"is still unclear whether the consequences of such maladjustments are only temporary (similarly like seeing the world in green/ red discoloured after taking off red/ green 3D glasses) or if the continuous consumption of neuroacoustically datareduced sounds can lead to long lasting or even permanent damage."
just like seeing red/green colours, some sounds can affect the hearing too. i have a fluorscent lamp at home, and it's a bit worn out/damaged so that it once in a while makes a VERY large humming noise (from the thing that converts 220VAC to whatever the tubes needs..don't know what frequency, but it's not very high.. and if i stay in that room (washing room) for more than ten minutes with my head approx 30 cms from the lamp, and then turn on the tap (it's a large metal sink) the sound of the streaming water sounds strange as one should be affected by some drugs.
it's kind a like the sound that one hear in dukenukem3d when duke is in the sewer..
and this altering of the way i hear sounds stays with me for many minutes after i leave the room..
I'm sure you all have seen the joke-pic titled Apathy with the text "If we don't take care of the customer, maybe they'll stop bugging us."
It seems like more and more companies has started doing this..
i work at a warehouse, and last year i got a box full of food. some packages of thin-sliced ham and pastrami, a tiny steak, some smoked salmon, crab paste, pickled herring, some chocolate cookies and other stuff. in general - food that i never eat.
they funny part was that i was sick the last working day before christmas, and they placed my box of food in a cold storage room used for storing 35mm film. i came back to work at the third of january, and it took them two or three days to remember that they had a christmas gift for me. and much of the food was already past the best before date.. sucks?
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maybe there was some smartass working for riaa or warnermusic or something that thought he could scare a few from downloading mp3 music?
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"is still unclear whether the consequences of such maladjustments are only temporary (similarly like seeing the world in green/ red discoloured after taking off red/ green 3D glasses) or if the continuous consumption of neuroacoustically datareduced sounds can lead to long lasting or even permanent damage."
just like seeing red/green colours, some sounds can affect the hearing too. i have a fluorscent lamp at home, and it's a bit worn out/damaged so that it once in a while makes a VERY large humming noise (from the thing that converts 220VAC to whatever the tubes needs..don't know what frequency, but it's not very high.. and if i stay in that room (washing room) for more than ten minutes with my head approx 30 cms from the lamp, and then turn on the tap (it's a large metal sink) the sound of the streaming water sounds strange as one should be affected by some drugs.
it's kind a like the sound that one hear in dukenukem3d when duke is in the sewer..
and this altering of the way i hear sounds stays with me for many minutes after i leave the room..
don't know why.. but.. kinda fun
I'm sure you all have seen the joke-pic titled Apathy with the text "If we don't take care of the customer, maybe they'll stop bugging us." It seems like more and more companies has started doing this..
i work at a warehouse, and last year i got a box full of food. some packages of thin-sliced ham and pastrami, a tiny steak, some smoked salmon, crab paste, pickled herring, some chocolate cookies and other stuff. in general - food that i never eat. they funny part was that i was sick the last working day before christmas, and they placed my box of food in a cold storage room used for storing 35mm film. i came back to work at the third of january, and it took them two or three days to remember that they had a christmas gift for me. and much of the food was already past the best before date.. sucks?