Very very soft sounds

[Guest guest]

I am one of those people who is only 4s sensitive to certain trigger

people. From reading all the posts I would probably assess the degree

of my 4s on a 1-10 scale as a 4. I have noticed many posts where

people with 4s seem to be ok if people don't slurp, chew with their

mouth shut, don't smack, etc...

My husband is one of my trigger people. I have become ultra sensitive

to his sounds. He is a quiet eater. He doesn't smack, chews with his

mouth shut, etc... I can hear the food inside of his mouth when he

eats with his lips shut. I blare the radio very loudly at dinner, but

I can even hear the noise intermittently with his mouth shut over the

blaring radio. I can't stand to hear him swallow water. My husband

breathes very quietly but when he sits next to me and we watch tv I

can hear him breath over the sounds of the tv. My family has a habit

of kind of holding their breath and then exhaling in a very small

grunt, but my husband doesn't do this. He actually is a quiet

breather and the sound is more like a very low squeak.

Is anyone else this sensitive to very very soft sounds ? I don't

think the sounds I am noticing are normal sounds that someone else

ignores. I think they are sounds that most people could not hear

even if they tried to.

Awhile back I noticed that the clock ticking sounded odd and changed

when I turned my head. It turned out there was a second alarm clock

in the room and they were ticking in unison and when I turned my head

one way I could only hear one, but when I turned my head the other

way I could hear both. I am not 4s triggered by the clock ticking.

It's more of an annoyance (I do have to remove them if I'm trying to

sleep). But I kind of doubt most non-4s sufferers would notice two

clocks ticking in unison.

I intentionally listened to my husband swallow some water the other

day, and I could literally feel the wash of my bodies chemical

reaction sweep downward over my entire body ! AAAGGGGGHHHH

[Guest guest]

I am also sensitive to these very, very soft sounds. Even the tiniest

breathing noises. I am very lucky to have an understanding partner

who eats extremely quietly, but I can still hear some sounds. I don't

think anyone else would hear them. It's almost like the sound of the

atmosphere - it's not even an actual sound.

You know how when you leave the TV on mute and you can hear that sort

of static buzz? It's like that for me. Like these tiny noises are on

a completely different level to what " normal " people are capable of

hearing. My partner claims not to be able to hear the static buzz of

the TV on mute but I can hear it three rooms away.

I think we have supersonic hearing!

There are some sounds, like these ones, that can't be masked by

anything other than either ear plugs or a sound very close to the

ear. I have found that turning the TV or radio up loud does

absolutely nothing to cover up the very soft sounds. I can hear them

sound and clear. Like I said, they're on a completely different level

to other sounds. They're not quiet sounds to us - they are soft,

irritating sounds, and they're as loud as any other everyday sounds.

Sometimes louder.

Bonnie

>

> I am one of those people who is only 4s sensitive to certain

trigger

> people. From reading all the posts I would probably assess the

degree

> of my 4s on a 1-10 scale as a 4. I have noticed many posts where

> people with 4s seem to be ok if people don't slurp, chew with their

> mouth shut, don't smack, etc...

>

> My husband is one of my trigger people. I have become ultra

sensitive

> to his sounds. He is a quiet eater. He doesn't smack, chews with

his

> mouth shut, etc... I can hear the food inside of his mouth when he

> eats with his lips shut. I blare the radio very loudly at dinner,

but

> I can even hear the noise intermittently with his mouth shut over

the

> blaring radio. I can't stand to hear him swallow water. My husband

> breathes very quietly but when he sits next to me and we watch tv I

> can hear him breath over the sounds of the tv. My family has a

habit

> of kind of holding their breath and then exhaling in a very small

> grunt, but my husband doesn't do this. He actually is a quiet

> breather and the sound is more like a very low squeak.

>

> Is anyone else this sensitive to very very soft sounds ? I don't

> think the sounds I am noticing are normal sounds that someone else

> ignores. I think they are sounds that most people could not hear

> even if they tried to.

>

> Awhile back I noticed that the clock ticking sounded odd and

changed

> when I turned my head. It turned out there was a second alarm clock

> in the room and they were ticking in unison and when I turned my

head

> one way I could only hear one, but when I turned my head the other

> way I could hear both. I am not 4s triggered by the clock ticking.

> It's more of an annoyance (I do have to remove them if I'm trying

to

> sleep). But I kind of doubt most non-4s sufferers would notice two

> clocks ticking in unison.

>

> I intentionally listened to my husband swallow some water the other

> day, and I could literally feel the wash of my bodies chemical

> reaction sweep downward over my entire body ! AAAGGGGGHHHH

>

[Guest guest]

We all agree that we seem to have supersonic hearing because we hear

things that others do not. I can also hear my husbands food even with

his mouth closed. I get upset because I can hear his teeth clicking

while he's chewing it. I happened to marry the most ritualistic food

preparer in the entire universe. Before he eats, he stirs everything

on his plate a million times and then turns the plate and then stirs

again. He adds salt and then stirs. He adds pepper and then stirs. He

turns his plate 90 degrees and stirs again. He moves the food around

on his plate and stirs before each bite. All of this with a metal

fork on a ceramic plate! I make him use plastic now and he gets VERY

angry at me. I still HEAR the stirring with the plastic, even from

the other room. Every meal is a fight. He was going to eat his food

in the garage the other day because he said that NO man should ever

have to eat a steak with a plastic fork.

When he talks on the phone and the other person is talking, he holds

his breath and lets the air out slowly, like what you were

describing. He said he never knew he did that until I mentioned it.

He also twirls his hair on his head and his beard hair. I can hear

the scratching of the hair between his fingers from across the room.

My son says, " you're making that up! How can you hear that? "

[Guest guest]

I happened to marry the most ritualistic food

> preparer in the entire universe. Before he eats, he stirs everything

> on his plate a million times and then turns the plate and then stirs

> again. He adds salt and then stirs. He adds pepper and then stirs. He

> turns his plate 90 degrees and stirs again. He moves the food around

> on his plate and stirs before each bite.

And I thought my husband was the most ritualistic food preparer ! When

we go to fast food, I'm usually done with my burger before my husband

takes his first bite. He arranges all his food just so, spreads his

ketchup just so, salts, peppers, etc.... AAAAAAGHHHHHHHHH And then I

have nothing left to eat (and block sound) when he starts. And he's

polite ! He waits until I'm at the table to start eating !!!! I have

to keep reminding him to start early ! I usually only eat dinner with

him, music blaring. I think I'm just going to have to plan on getting

the in ear noise makers.

[Guest guest]

> You know how when you leave the TV on mute and you can hear that sort

> of static buzz? It's like that for me. Like these tiny noises are on

> a completely different level to what " normal " people are capable of

> hearing. My partner claims not to be able to hear the static buzz of

> the TV on mute but I can hear it three rooms away.

>

> I think we have supersonic hearing!

Yes absolutely. I think modern TV's have improved a heck of alot (the

old guns from the 70's and early 80's were obnoxious particularly on

larger models) I think we're talking about a cacophony of tones around

and above the 20,000 Hz range (IE 'normal person' range) My mother and

I would both be driven mad by particular security systems employed in

some stores back in the 80's as well. Also mentioned on this board

elsewhere, as a computer's hard drive starts to age sometimes it

develops a whine up in this range.

At the Boston Aquarium a number of years back I found a display that

illustrated hearing ranges of the animal kingdom. It had a knob that

would increase a sine wave pitch from infrasonic (heard by elephants

and whales etc) through 'our' range and upwards to the ultrasonic end

of whales and dolphins. I went slowly beyond the 20 kHz range and

noticed the little 'patches' of sound up there that i could still tune

in to, they'd fade in and out.

Perhaps you heard of the British 'vagrancy deterrent' system a shop

owner installed outside his store, blasted sounds up in that range so

that younger people with their 'fresh' little ear cilia would be

greatly distressed by them and want to leave. I'm sure we'd be

shopping there often, right ;D

[Guest guest]

Well I dont have super hearing, or supersonic hearing, I hear the same

as the general population, however when someone is singing at the club

and someone in front of me is eating like a pig, the people at the

table can hear both as well as I, but they are focused on the singer

while I'm focused on the pig. Shame that, damn shame.

[Guest guest]

That's wierd, when I hear the T.V. when it's on mute I hear an

incredibly loud screech. Even with the TV volume pumped pretty high

I can still hear the painfull sound. It's a constant fight to

overpower that screeching sound, so overall you can imagine why I

probably don't even like watching T.V. anymore.

>

> > You know how when you leave the TV on mute and you can hear that

sort

> > of static buzz? It's like that for me. Like these tiny noises

are on

> > a completely different level to what " normal " people are capable

of

> > hearing. My partner claims not to be able to hear the static

buzz of

> > the TV on mute but I can hear it three rooms away.

> >

> > I think we have supersonic hearing!

>

> Yes absolutely. I think modern TV's have improved a heck of alot

(the

> old guns from the 70's and early 80's were obnoxious particularly

on

> larger models) I think we're talking about a cacophony of tones

around

> and above the 20,000 Hz range (IE 'normal person' range) My mother

and

> I would both be driven mad by particular security systems employed

in

> some stores back in the 80's as well. Also mentioned on this board

> elsewhere, as a computer's hard drive starts to age sometimes it

> develops a whine up in this range.

>

> At the Boston Aquarium a number of years back I found a display

that

> illustrated hearing ranges of the animal kingdom. It had a knob

that

> would increase a sine wave pitch from infrasonic (heard by

elephants

> and whales etc) through 'our' range and upwards to the ultrasonic

end

> of whales and dolphins. I went slowly beyond the 20 kHz range and

> noticed the little 'patches' of sound up there that i could still

tune

> in to, they'd fade in and out.

>

> Perhaps you heard of the British 'vagrancy deterrent' system a shop

> owner installed outside his store, blasted sounds up in that range

so

> that younger people with their 'fresh' little ear cilia would be

> greatly distressed by them and want to leave. I'm sure we'd be

> shopping there often, right ;D

>

[Guest guest]

Solution: LCD or plasma screen TV.

>

> That's wierd, when I hear the T.V. when it's on mute I hear an

> incredibly loud screech. Even with the TV volume pumped pretty high

> I can still hear the painfull sound. It's a constant fight to

> overpower that screeching sound, so overall you can imagine why I

> probably don't even like watching T.V. anymore.