I have become addicted to whitenoisemp3s.com, where a talented and dedicated recorder of various types of steady noise has made available her quite astonishing recordings. I mean maybe I'm a noob at this genre, but I've slowly been collecting her custom 1-hr mp3s, named such things as "Lavatory 3am," or "Sleepy Car Ride" (recorded on the trans-Canada highway!) or my favorite, "Early Winter Wilderness," and no matter what I am doing it is easier to do it if they are constantly playing in my ears. I've been sleeping with earphones in and working with headphones on and even reading with the things playing and it's the most soothing thing ever. So in case, you know, your sedatives aren't working, I recommend this website wholeheartedly. The mp3's come with a lifetime money back guarantee! she also employs animated .gifs charmingly. that's quite a trick.
they came in very handy last night as I had two 12,000-word edits; nominally four hours' work, they only took me six. I've stopped trying to comprehend what is being written about and only strictly correct grammar. If I cannot make sense of a sentence I tell them that I don't know what they are trying to say. doing these long ones consecutively makes me appreciate the short ones more but overall I'm getting very tired of doing this. I suppose teaching might be a welcome switch, but I'm not absolutely sure even of that.
I must eat here in a minute and then go over to the Art Institute to pick up desk copies of my textbooks. I need to sleep, and maybe I should sleep first, but I don't know what time the admin assistant for our department goes home and I bet it is less than 8 hours from now. so I'll go over there and then collapse back here.
if I can get myself to take my headphones off.
they came in very handy last night as I had two 12,000-word edits; nominally four hours' work, they only took me six. I've stopped trying to comprehend what is being written about and only strictly correct grammar. If I cannot make sense of a sentence I tell them that I don't know what they are trying to say. doing these long ones consecutively makes me appreciate the short ones more but overall I'm getting very tired of doing this. I suppose teaching might be a welcome switch, but I'm not absolutely sure even of that.
I must eat here in a minute and then go over to the Art Institute to pick up desk copies of my textbooks. I need to sleep, and maybe I should sleep first, but I don't know what time the admin assistant for our department goes home and I bet it is less than 8 hours from now. so I'll go over there and then collapse back here.
if I can get myself to take my headphones off.
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(i found myself telling ted one more time that going to that joseph arthur concert ruined my hearing permanently. funny how that galls me to this day. oh well, it's a test of character, or something!)
and yeah I've lost a few db's at certain frequencies to certain very loud musical acts, but I've always considered it a worthwhile sacrifice. but going to see bands is sort of like going to church for me. there's a larger experience I'm connecting to and I don't mind losing a little aural discernment for the privilege!
of course these days only a very few acts are still worthy of hearing loss. or more precisely, of aching back and knees.
tinnitus is worse than just a little hearing loss. i no longer ever "hear" silence -- it's always like a drill going off inside my head. some days it can make me feel unhinged. the only thing for it is to refocus and try to tune it out. :(
i can't think of any act worth more of that, nor even a film to see in a theater! just shows how i'm getting old. *g*
I have tried the method she suggests on her website. the pink noise is about the frequency of what I have, and if I listen to it for ten to fifteen minutes, my ears do seem quieter afterward.
in any case, I've been living with earphones glued to my ears since finding this site, so maybe it was bothering me and I just didn't realize it!
after posting my last comment to you, i felt bad about complaining in your direction. the tinnitus truly can drive me bonkers, though. i can hear it even when environmental noise is medium-loud. if i'm listening to crickets or quiet things, the tinnitus almost drowns them out. yikes, i'm complaining again.
pink noise? i didn't see mention of that, will go back to check. which of the mp3s did you download? i tend to like rippling water ones, while rushing air ones hurt my ears.
can't tune out conversations at the cafe though, which is why I use this page for free white, pink and brown noise. as you might suspect, each darker color covers lower frequencies.
I actually like some of the rushing wind recordings if they have some low end in them. but the other day I grabbed Intergalactic Cruiser and it will put me to sleep in a nanosecond. it's the lowest pitched one I've found so far. I think you might enjoy Sleepy Car Ride if only for the memories it is sure to evoke. it's quiet; you have to turn it up a little to get the sensation of having one ear buried in the back seat. :)
I actually combined Intergalactic Cruiser with Brown Noise in GarageBand and now I have something that will cancel conversation and deep bass. great for Philz Coffee, where I love the coffee but hate the music. the Beatles were a great band and all, but every damned morning? you only expose that kind of obsession to your significant other.
I wonder if there is a way to sneak some Klaus Nomi into their sound system.
i hadn't found that freebie page yet. thanks for that. those i'll definitely download.
i'll go sample the sleepy car ride now. dad loved to drive through the night. :)
I've just moved into the second floor of a three-story wooden building. It was dumb, I guess, knowing my noise sensitivies. But the roommates only wanted 230 from me to move in, and no credit check, and they're lesbians of my age... I was just too tempted.
Not that white noise will take care of thudding sounds from neigbors. But I like the idea of soothing white noise as a constant companion.
but yeah. this is almost better than meditation at calming me down--although I still would like to break through the anxiety wall that has stopped me from meditating for such a long time. look: instant thread drift!