lousienne:legallyblindobservations:The World’s Quietest Room Scientists at Minneapolis’ Orfield
lousienne: legallyblindobservations: The World’s Quietest Room Scientists at Minneapolis’ Orfield Labs created their own soundless room, an anechoic chamber. Their studies have found that when putting subjects within the chamber, they begin to hallucinate within 30 minutes. With an average quiet room having a sound level of 30 decibels, the anechoic chamber’s sound level is -9 decibels. The ceiling, floor, and walls of the chamber absorb sound rather than have it bounce off as normal objects do. The chamber is so quiet that the subjects can even hear their own organs functioning. Although extremely interesting, the experience is rather unpleasant. Not one subject has spent more than 45 minutes in the chamber alone. Leaving a person to only their thoughts, the chamber could drive them insane. I honestly don’t think I would last more than 10 minutes in this room, considering lower frequencies sometimes hurt my ears (but it’s mostly discomfort) and sine-based sounds can make me feel ill. But still, I would love to try this sometime. I’m dubious about the hallucinations… on the other hand, with the sprog, I hallucinate her making noises all the time simply because my subconscious is telling me that she should be. I’d give this a shot. Also, Lousienne. Rock on. :) -- source link