One thing I’ve been hearing much in this household over the past several months is: white noise, chiefly in the form of recorded rain sounds such as:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZkdNFkNps&t=619s

…and similar offerings I’ve saved to the computer and also transferred to the phone, to listen to in the bedroom through the speakers in there.

Why? Chiefly to block out any local barking dogs and other intrusive noises, when I’m not in the mood for listening to music. But sometimes I have the rain going even when there’s also music going.

What I’ve also noticed during this time is increasingly muffled hearing, presumably just due to a build-up of wax.

I’m wondering if excessive white noise might in itself somehow trigger excessive ear wax production. Can’t find anything on the internet suggesting this, so I’m wondering if anyone here has had similar experience.

Bubblecar said:

One thing I’ve been hearing much in this household over the past several months is: white noise, chiefly in the form of recorded rain sounds such as:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZkdNFkNps&t=619s

…and similar offerings I’ve saved to the computer and also transferred to the phone, to listen to in the bedroom through the speakers in there.

Why? Chiefly to block out any local barking dogs and other intrusive noises, when I’m not in the mood for listening to music. But sometimes I have the rain going even when there’s also music going.

What I’ve also noticed during this time is increasingly muffled hearing, presumably just due to a build-up of wax.

I’m wondering if excessive white noise might in itself somehow trigger excessive ear wax production. Can’t find anything on the internet suggesting this, so I’m wondering if anyone here has had similar experience.

> What I’ve also noticed during this time is increasingly muffled hearing

Age.

> Chiefly to block out any local barking dogs and other intrusive noises

It only takes a little background noise, in the form of white noise or other, to make foreground noises harder to hear. eg. at 3 am I have the TV volume set to 5, and can hear speech quite clearly and the train 5 km away. To hear the same TV program during the day I have to set the TV volume up to 40, or more if it’s raining or aircraft are flying over.

pink noise, or white noise, they are very different, latter’s not very pleasant

two things happen with added sound, you can both simultaneously mask noise and desensitize

transition said:

pink noise, or white noise, they are very different, latter’s not very pleasant

two things happen with added sound, you can both simultaneously mask noise and desensitize

White noise is the pleasent one, it puts people to sleep, wind in trees, rain are natural examples, listening to hiss on the radio human made example.

White noise generators review

nytimes

The Best White Noise Machine

pcmag

5 Top-Rated White Noise Machines

Tau.Neutrino said:

transition said:

pink noise, or white noise, they are very different, latter’s not very pleasant

two things happen with added sound, you can both simultaneously mask noise and desensitize

White noise is the pleasent one, it puts people to sleep, wind in trees, rain are natural examples, listening to hiss on the radio human made example.

White noise generators review

nytimes

The Best White Noise Machine

pcmag

5 Top-Rated White Noise Machines

A simple fan is also a white noise generator.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

transition said:

pink noise, or white noise, they are very different, latter’s not very pleasant

two things happen with added sound, you can both simultaneously mask noise and desensitize

White noise is the pleasent one, it puts people to sleep, wind in trees, rain are natural examples, listening to hiss on the radio human made example.

White noise generators review

nytimes

The Best White Noise Machine

pcmag

5 Top-Rated White Noise Machines

A simple fan is also a white noise generator.

Some people play back looped recordings of rain or wind.

on a tape or cd or mp3 etc

Tau.Neutrino said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

transition said:

pink noise, or white noise, they are very different, latter’s not very pleasant

two things happen with added sound, you can both simultaneously mask noise and desensitize

White noise is the pleasent one, it puts people to sleep, wind in trees, rain are natural examples, listening to hiss on the radio human made example.

White noise generators review

nytimes

The Best White Noise Machine

pcmag

5 Top-Rated White Noise Machines

A simple fan is also a white noise generator.

dunno, here’s some of what wiki says about pink noise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_noise
“..Pink noise or ​1⁄f noise is a signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the power spectral density (power per frequency interval) is inversely proportional to the frequency of the signal. In pink noise, each octave interval (halving or doubling in frequency) carries an equal amount of noise energy.

Pink noise is one of the most common signals in biological systems”

transition said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

White noise is the pleasent one, it puts people to sleep, wind in trees, rain are natural examples, listening to hiss on the radio human made example.

White noise generators review

nytimes

The Best White Noise Machine

pcmag

5 Top-Rated White Noise Machines

A simple fan is also a white noise generator.

dunno, here’s some of what wiki says about pink noise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_noise
“..Pink noise or ​1⁄f noise is a signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the power spectral density (power per frequency interval) is inversely proportional to the frequency of the signal. In pink noise, each octave interval (halving or doubling in frequency) carries an equal amount of noise energy.

Pink noise is one of the most common signals in biological systems”

Yes, your right, I had it the wrong way around.

Stop eating / drinking dairy for a few months.

It creates more mucus/ earwax etc

My GP Merle used to do a good job of cleaning out the wax, but unfortunately she retired earlier this year.

wookiemeister said:

Stop eating / drinking dairy for a few months.

It creates more mucus/ earwax etc

You’re one of the ‘skinny’ police aren’t you!

Bubblecar said:

My GP Merle used to do a good job of cleaning out the wax, but unfortunately she retired earlier this year.

GPs bread and butter is cleaning out old ladies’ ear wax, they might use a metallic hand pump syringe or a small electric pump that flushes out the wax, from what I’ve seen they don’t help and the victim is told by the nurse to use a special oil to help soften it – that doesn’t help either. Other old ladies get ear infections and the GPs torture them by making them put that vinegar mix into their ears that hurts like merry hell. If they are kind they will give them anti biotics.

If you have ongoing outer ear infections squirt colloidal silver solution into your ear with a syringe, you can use it to flush the wax – by that time I’d guess your ear wax is painful – right ? Get a syringe from the chemist and use warm water to flush the wax out ( let it soak for a while). Use the colloidal silver to sanitise and clear ALL bacteria build up. You could 2 drops of tea tree in warm water to flush too ( shake it up into a white mixture).

Eating and drinking dairy is probably the cause of your ear wax.

wookiemeister said:

Bubblecar said:

My GP Merle used to do a good job of cleaning out the wax, but unfortunately she retired earlier this year.

GPs bread and butter is cleaning out old ladies’ ear wax, they might use a metallic hand pump syringe or a small electric pump that flushes out the wax, from what I’ve seen they don’t help and the victim is told by the nurse to use a special oil to help soften it – that doesn’t help either. Other old ladies get ear infections and the GPs torture them by making them put that vinegar mix into their ears that hurts like merry hell. If they are kind they will give them anti biotics.

If you have ongoing outer ear infections squirt colloidal silver solution into your ear with a syringe, you can use it to flush the wax – by that time I’d guess your ear wax is painful – right ? Get a syringe from the chemist and use warm water to flush the wax out ( let it soak for a while). Use the colloidal silver to sanitise and clear ALL bacteria build up. You could 2 drops of tea tree in warm water to flush too ( shake it up into a white mixture).

Eating and drinking dairy is probably the cause of your ear wax.

I injest all my colloidal silver to cure my chronic madness.

If you put your head into ANY body of water ( pools, lakes, rivers etc)you should ALWAYS flush the ear canal with a weak tea tree solution or colloidal silver solution flush your throat with clean water.

Swimming pools are a likely culprit for anything from outer, middle and inner ear problems – don’t laugh , really. Bacteria/ virus travel into the middle ear and get into the inner ear causing balance problems and the like. You can knock this for six using the light mix of tea tree solution – the tea tree oil will seep into the middle ear and into the inner ear , probably your brain as well. It seeps into the mucus cavities and onto the back of your eyeballs.

I did a test by using peppermint one day instead of tea tree oil. After getting on the bus and forgetting all about it I suddenly realised the backs of my eyeballs were getting VERY warm, a little panicky I wondered what was going on, the smell of peppermint started draining into my mouth and I suddenly realised that it was like eating a strong mint – your mouth feels warm – except in this case it was the back of my eyeballs. After half an hour it went away.

Witty Rejoinder said:

wookiemeister said:

Bubblecar said:

My GP Merle used to do a good job of cleaning out the wax, but unfortunately she retired earlier this year.

GPs bread and butter is cleaning out old ladies’ ear wax, they might use a metallic hand pump syringe or a small electric pump that flushes out the wax, from what I’ve seen they don’t help and the victim is told by the nurse to use a special oil to help soften it – that doesn’t help either. Other old ladies get ear infections and the GPs torture them by making them put that vinegar mix into their ears that hurts like merry hell. If they are kind they will give them anti biotics.

If you have ongoing outer ear infections squirt colloidal silver solution into your ear with a syringe, you can use it to flush the wax – by that time I’d guess your ear wax is painful – right ? Get a syringe from the chemist and use warm water to flush the wax out ( let it soak for a while). Use the colloidal silver to sanitise and clear ALL bacteria build up. You could 2 drops of tea tree in warm water to flush too ( shake it up into a white mixture).

Eating and drinking dairy is probably the cause of your ear wax.

I injest all my colloidal silver to cure my chronic madness.

Ive chugged half a bottle – its quite safe its not poisonous

I do not recommend drinking it though, use it for external problems

so now we’re onto the blue noise nice

GPs make lots of money flushing old ladies ears , its a ongoing customer.

Thus there’s no reason to cure them

Once you flush out with colloidal silver ( let it sit) you’ll most likely NEVER have another infection.

My take on it is the anti biotics don’t clear it totally, the silver leaves a residue to continually kill whatever pops up after treatment

wookiemeister said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

wookiemeister said:

GPs bread and butter is cleaning out old ladies’ ear wax, they might use a metallic hand pump syringe or a small electric pump that flushes out the wax, from what I’ve seen they don’t help and the victim is told by the nurse to use a special oil to help soften it – that doesn’t help either. Other old ladies get ear infections and the GPs torture them by making them put that vinegar mix into their ears that hurts like merry hell. If they are kind they will give them anti biotics.

If you have ongoing outer ear infections squirt colloidal silver solution into your ear with a syringe, you can use it to flush the wax – by that time I’d guess your ear wax is painful – right ? Get a syringe from the chemist and use warm water to flush the wax out ( let it soak for a while). Use the colloidal silver to sanitise and clear ALL bacteria build up. You could 2 drops of tea tree in warm water to flush too ( shake it up into a white mixture).

Eating and drinking dairy is probably the cause of your ear wax.

I injest all my colloidal silver to cure my chronic madness.

Ive chugged half a bottle – its quite safe its not poisonous

I do not recommend drinking it though, use it for external problems

Did it cure your chronic madness?

Witty Rejoinder said:

wookiemeister said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

I injest all my colloidal silver to cure my chronic madness.

Ive chugged half a bottle – its quite safe its not poisonous

I do not recommend drinking it though, use it for external problems

Did it cure your chronic madness?

It made me invincible

Find a local with a ferret, they love ear wax and have long tongues that can get right into your ear canal to get it out

Cymek said:

Find a local with a ferret, they love ear wax and have long tongues that can get right into your ear canal to get it out

Ewww.

Bubblecar said:

Cymek said:

Find a local with a ferret, they love ear wax and have long tongues that can get right into your ear canal to get it out

Ewww.

Don’t want no ferrets ferreting in my ears, thanks very much.

Heard some of the most brilliant ambient sound this morning before dawn. After a major cloudburst the wind and rain had stopped and there was just the sound of dam overflows running and a million frogs, crickets, cicadas.. in the distance a cock crowed.

I wish I had some high end recording gear.. parabolic mics etc

Ian said:

Heard some of the most brilliant ambient sound this morning before dawn. After a major cloudburst the wind and rain had stopped and there was just the sound of dam overflows running and a million frogs, crickets, cicadas.. in the distance a cock crowed.

I wish I had some high end recording gear.. parabolic mics etc

Sounds lovely, apart from the cock.

Bubblecar said:

Ian said:

Heard some of the most brilliant ambient sound this morning before dawn. After a major cloudburst the wind and rain had stopped and there was just the sound of dam overflows running and a million frogs, crickets, cicadas.. in the distance a cock crowed.

I wish I had some high end recording gear.. parabolic mics etc

Sounds lovely, apart from the cock.

Makes note: No cock for bubblecar

Ian said:

Bubblecar said:

Ian said:

Heard some of the most brilliant ambient sound this morning before dawn. After a major cloudburst the wind and rain had stopped and there was just the sound of dam overflows running and a million frogs, crickets, cicadas.. in the distance a cock crowed.

I wish I had some high end recording gear.. parabolic mics etc

Sounds lovely, apart from the cock.

Makes note: No cock for bubblecar

That’s not necessarily a rigid rule.

Ian said:

Bubblecar said:

Ian said:

Heard some of the most brilliant ambient sound this morning before dawn. After a major cloudburst the wind and rain had stopped and there was just the sound of dam overflows running and a million frogs, crickets, cicadas.. in the distance a cock crowed.

I wish I had some high end recording gear.. parabolic mics etc

Sounds lovely, apart from the cock.

Makes note: No cock for bubblecar

How, then is the Bubblecar cistern refilled?

Bubblecar said:

Ian said:

Heard some of the most brilliant ambient sound this morning before dawn. After a major cloudburst the wind and rain had stopped and there was just the sound of dam overflows running and a million frogs, crickets, cicadas.. in the distance a cock crowed.

I wish I had some high end recording gear.. parabolic mics etc

Sounds lovely, apart from the cock.

…

Go saddle me the black he said, go saddle me the grey
Sound you not your horns he said lest our coming you’d betray
But there was a man in Lord Barnard’s train who loved the little Musgrave
He blew his horn both loud and shrill. Away Musgrave Away!

I think I hear the morning cock, I think I hear the jay
I think I hear Lord Barnard’s men, I wish I was away
Lie still, lie still my little Musgrave and hug me from the cold
It’s nothing but a shepherd lad a bringing his flock to fold

Is not your hawk upon his perch your steed eats oats and hay
And you a lady in your arms and yet you go away
So he turned her round and he turned her round and then they fell asleep
When they awoke Lord Barnard’s men were standing at their feet
…

Bubblecar said:

Ian said:

Bubblecar said:

Sounds lovely, apart from the cock.

Makes note: No cock for bubblecar

That’s not necessarily a rigid rule.

:)

Ian said:

Bubblecar said:

Ian said:

Makes note: No cock for bubblecar

That’s not necessarily a rigid rule.

:)

I’ve been told little blue tablets fix that.

Bubblecar said:

Ian said:

Bubblecar said:

Sounds lovely, apart from the cock.

Makes note: No cock for bubblecar

That’s not necessarily a rigid rule.

LOL

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bubblecar said:

Ian said:

Heard some of the most brilliant ambient sound this morning before dawn. After a major cloudburst the wind and rain had stopped and there was just the sound of dam overflows running and a million frogs, crickets, cicadas.. in the distance a cock crowed.

I wish I had some high end recording gear.. parabolic mics etc

Sounds lovely, apart from the cock.

…

Go saddle me the black he said, go saddle me the grey
Sound you not your horns he said lest our coming you’d betray
But there was a man in Lord Barnard’s train who loved the little Musgrave
He blew his horn both loud and shrill. Away Musgrave Away!

I think I hear the morning cock, I think I hear the jay
I think I hear Lord Barnard’s men, I wish I was away
Lie still, lie still my little Musgrave and hug me from the cold
It’s nothing but a shepherd lad a bringing his flock to fold

Is not your hawk upon his perch your steed eats oats and hay
And you a lady in your arms and yet you go away
So he turned her round and he turned her round and then they fell asleep
When they awoke Lord Barnard’s men were standing at their feet
…

Here’s Planxty’s version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0-gcccksAg

Bubblecar said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bubblecar said:

Sounds lovely, apart from the cock.

…

Go saddle me the black he said, go saddle me the grey
Sound you not your horns he said lest our coming you’d betray
But there was a man in Lord Barnard’s train who loved the little Musgrave
He blew his horn both loud and shrill. Away Musgrave Away!

I think I hear the morning cock, I think I hear the jay
I think I hear Lord Barnard’s men, I wish I was away
Lie still, lie still my little Musgrave and hug me from the cold
It’s nothing but a shepherd lad a bringing his flock to fold

Is not your hawk upon his perch your steed eats oats and hay
And you a lady in your arms and yet you go away
So he turned her round and he turned her round and then they fell asleep
When they awoke Lord Barnard’s men were standing at their feet
…

Here’s Planxty’s version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0-gcccksAg

…it’s a horrible song but nicely sung :)