Am I nuking my brain.

Avenged7Fold · 25 Nov 2015 at 15:45

I think you will find that the side effects will come after you start telling people you listen to hoover sounds every night for 8 hours.

Same way there are social side effects to telling people you like to sniff a strangers hair

Mynight · 25 Nov 2015 at 15:46

Sounds like a sucky way to go to sleep

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I just listen to the radio when I'm going to sleep or a language tape. I've got a mild case of tinnitus which really ****es me off when in a quiet room.

bledd · 25 Nov 2015 at 15:49

I'd be more concerned about overheat/battery explosion.

Get some comfy earphones if you must..

MooMoo444 · 25 Nov 2015 at 15:56

Combat Fighter said:
Just give the trumpet a polish late at night.

Should send you to sleep after.

Win win situation.

His boyfriend might be asleep already tho.

Rofflay · 25 Nov 2015 at 15:57

Avenged7Fold said:
I think you will find that the side effects will come after you start telling people you listen to hoover sounds every night for 8 hours.

Same way there are social side effects to telling people you like to sniff a strangers hair

I know people who doze off to hoovers and washing machines google ASMR, But the real reason is i simply cannot sit in silence because tinnitus drives me insane, And i have had it since i was young i remember getting the bleep test done in primary school.

So yea, Alcohol is a complete no no as well it basically drives me insane with tinnitus in a quiet room. Also Mynight do you get the pressure build up and then the complete deafness and high pitched tone too? I get that about once every few days.

thedoc46 · 25 Nov 2015 at 16:02

I think as long as you wrap yourself up in tin foil, that you should be OK !

Mynight · 25 Nov 2015 at 16:06

Rofflay said:
Also Mynight do you get the pressure build up and then the complete deafness and high pitched tone too? I get that about once every few days.

I do occasionally I didn't realise that was tinnitus related though. Its quite worrying when it happens as I'm never sure if its a new stage to the tinnitus or I've sporadically gone deaf. Only seems to happen in one ear though.

Stupid DJ maxing out the volume at the club I used to work at blew a speaker and even through earplug/radio earpiece I got hurt badly

. Tinnitus since then.

ScoTTyBEEE · 25 Nov 2015 at 16:09

Sounds like it's the Sun you should be worried about, try to avoid putting that under your pillow.

Rofflay · 25 Nov 2015 at 16:10

Mynight said:
I do occasionally I didn't realise that was tinnitus related though. Its quite worrying when it happens as I'm never sure if its a new stage to the tinnitus or I've sporadically gone deaf. Only seems to happen in one ear though.

Stupid DJ maxing out the volume at the club I used to work at blew a speaker and even through earplug/radio earpiece I got hurt badly . Tinnitus since then.

Yea that is you going deaf in that ear, I have not really noticed my hearing going though but it still keeps on happening where as you say you are completely deaf for anything up to 30 seconds. that is why i worried about exposing my ears to 8 hours of a hoover along with daytime noise. They are not getting a break now at all but i notice no change.

I used to use a bedside fan before this.

Luggs · 25 Nov 2015 at 16:14

Rofflay said:
the 8 hour hoover youtube video gives me the tingles

Dread to think what a tumble dryer does... :eek:

Mynight · 25 Nov 2015 at 16:16

Rofflay said:
Yea that is you going deaf in that ear, I have not really noticed my hearing going though but it still keeps on happening where as you say you are completely deaf for anything up to 30 seconds.

Hmm it doesn't appear to have affected my hearing. My last test proved perfectly normal for a 25 year old. Its rather weird feeling and is rather worrying despite my doctor thinking its not

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I was told that the pitch you hear during such an episode is the last time youll hear that pitch. Sounds like an old wives tale though to be honest.

dacads · 25 Nov 2015 at 16:24

Funny we think about it before bed yet all day we are engaged in radiation poison.

No the last bit wasn't serious.

Mynight · 25 Nov 2015 at 16:27

Even if it wasn't for human creations there's background radiation everywhere naturally.

I wonder if cancer rates are higher due to modern processes or if it's just were living longer.

Avenged7Fold · 25 Nov 2015 at 17:13

Living longer but not because of build up of background over time (background radiation is so low that it does not work this way), just that if you increase the time period then probability increases over that time period.

Better evacuate people from Cornwall. Background ionising radiation is relatively higher over there!

Always thought the locals looked a bit funny

Seriously though, doesn't make a difference in those sort of doses. I don't mean it makes a slight difference, i mean it makes literately no difference.

dacads · 25 Nov 2015 at 17:21

Ouch I'm sure there's a few people from Cornwall on here

My area looks clean

Mynight · 25 Nov 2015 at 17:22

Argh ok. I knew it wasn't something to worry about but I did wonder if it was a cumulative and thus made more dangerous by an increase in life span.

Cheers

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Appears we've contained the issue in Cornwall

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Avenged7Fold · 25 Nov 2015 at 17:29

If it was cumulative, the effects of background would be over 30 times higher in Cornwall, there would be no way to miss that!

Mynight · 25 Nov 2015 at 17:30

Avenged7Fold said:
If it was cumulative, the effects of background would be over 30 times higher in Cornwall, there would be no way to miss that!

well...

kwerk · 25 Nov 2015 at 19:09

ChroniC said:
At night time, I find having something on helps me sleep. So often I put on youtube on my phone and stick it under the pillow.
I am curious as to whether having a localised wifi signal/receiever next to my head for 30mins to an hour a day is dangerous.

I have a solution, just wondered whether it is worth the effort.

Dunno but it may impair your testicles.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3400170/

bennyB · 25 Nov 2015 at 19:13

Sounds like you need this, which has only recently been published... (you count your bedroom as a small to medium size enterprise right?!)

Non-binding guide to good practice for implementing Directive 2013/35/EU Electromagnetic Fields: http://bookshop.europa.eu/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/EU-Bookshop-Site/en_GB/-/EUR/ViewPublication-Start?PublicationKey=KE0415142

Direct link to guide to SME guide: http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=14749&langId=en

But the short answer is no.

Am I nuking my brain.

Wise Guy