An interesting story I would like to share.
I was talking with a tinnitus researcher and he told me a story about an experiment / challenge they did with journalists. They basically sent an audio file to a set of journalists, 10 or so, and they were to use an iPod at a specific sound level and listen to it for 24 hours straight. The audio file contained a sound track that simulated what it is like to live with moderate-severe tinnitus. It has different sounds playing and would randomly spike to simulate what it is like. If the journalists turned down the volume at any point, they lost. If they took they headphones our for even a second, they lost. The challenge was simple, just listen to the track for a full 24 hours without interruption.
Guess how many lasted the full 24 hours? Zero.
I don't think people realize how torturous this thing is. I have a lot of respect for people who deal with tinnitus because I know what we have to go through.
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