Tom Slemen: I was recently talking to a doctor who has a practice in Wirral and was telling me that cases of tinnitus seem to be on the increase, adding that many patients are also reporting an auditory phenomenon that apparently waxes and wanes in certain areas of Wirral.
That is the dreaded Hum – a very invasive low-frequency sound that has been likened to the soft droning hum of a refrigerator, a noise similar to an idling diesel engine in the distance, and sometimes it has also been compared to the sound produced by a tuning fork.
Not everyone can
hear the Hum, but some people are very perceptive regarding this
nuisance noise, which causes those who hear it to become irritable and
depressed, and at night the baffling sound causes chronic insomnia....<<<Read More>>>...