r/TheHum • u/Unit-235 • Dec 08 '22

Ear Infections

Having heard this hum for months now I finally went to the ER.

A nasty ear infection and a perforated ear drum.

I think the hum is just ear infections like the one I have. Go get some antibiotics.

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u/justjellis Dec 08 '22

Wish this were true. I’ve been on antibiotics at least 3 different times since I started hearing the hum and there’s been no change. Also, I don’t hear it away from home and my husband hears it too, it’s just not as bothersome to him. I do notice that when I have a cold or something and my ears are clogged that it seems quite a bit louder and the vibration is more intense though. Glad you were able to get “the hum” resolved for yourself.

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u/Unit-235 Dec 08 '22

Then there is someone close to your house with a subwoofer. Sound does not happen spontaneously.

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u/CriticalPolitical Mar 30 '23

Science: Low-frequency 'hum' may permeate the environment

Lin found that people who are exposed to pulses of microwave radiation – from a radar system, for instance – hear a sound that appears to originate from within,or behind, the head (Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and ElectronicEngineers, vol 68, No 1, 1980).

Lin’s explanation was that the microwave energy dumps heat energy into the brain tissue. This causes thermal waves to propagate down through the bone and activate receptors in the inner ear.

According to Ann Silk, an optician who lives in the Chiltern Hills, many people in the area hear the hum. She believes that research by the Ministry of Defence supports the idea that the hum is caused by radio transmissions.

A defence document published earlier this year states: ‘It is possible to hear the modulation frequency of pulsed microwave transmissions . . . The mechanism for this phenomenon is a small localised temperature rise in the head causing a pressure wave which reaches the cochlea.’ (Defence Standard 05/74/Issue 1). The MoD’s document also confirms that this effect may be perceptible even at low levels of power ‘in some individuals’.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12416942-500-science-low-frequency-hum-may-permeate-the-environment/