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A deaf person's perspective on sound and hearing: Nabeel was born with a hearing loss near Washington, DC. He grew up there, and relocated to Houston in 2008. At age 30, he got a cochlear implant and writes about what it is like to hear.

Friday, September 11, 2009

What's that noise?

I'm sitting in my apartment when this really high pitched pulsating squeal reverberates inside my brain... I get up and go around my apartment turning off every appliance I see. Things go quiet. Problem solved, right?

SQUEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

What in God's name is THAT? I look outside, and see nothing out of the ordinary.

Been going on for 2 weeks, and I still can't figure out what it is for the life of me. It ain't sirens, it's more of a pure tone than that. Construction? Don't think so, too high pitched. I might have to drag a friend over here to tell me what I'm hearing.