Why does everything sound like it’s ‘underwater’ after hearing the noise of an electric razor for long enough?
In: Biology
Sound is vibration in the air. Vibration at a certain frequency at a length of time can cause the body to try to tune it out as “background noise”, resulting in your perception of hearing being lessened slightly.
The same phenomenon can be observed in your senses of touch. For example if you hold onto something which vibrates long enough your sense of feeling will become numbed and when you release whatever the object is you may still feel the vibration feeling but be slightly less attuned to other feelings related to tactile feedback (pressure).
An additional example is your sense of sight, your brain “edits” out your view of the bridge of your nose, or the frame of your glasses as “noise”, and so you don’t really see them even though they’re always in sight.
Hope this answers your question, OP. Updoot if it does.
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