'The Hum'

the_syco

JupiterKid wrote: »

Permanent tinnitus sufferer here too - it’s definitely not a hum. Could it be nearby power wires suspended on pylons?

theoldbreed wrote: »

My husband can hear it but it doesn't seem to bother him.

Since their husband can also hear it, I doubt it's tinnitus.

Also, although must hear a ring, some do just hear a hum.

Cee-Jay-Cee

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Apparently those wind mill things out the country are a terror for this too..it can travel for miles..

Feckin green energy..

There are wind turbines approximately 8km from my house. On a dead calm night it sounds like the sea (the sea/ocean is 20km from here)

The Oort Cloud

I know the sound alright. There was a diesel car parked outside on the road last winter idling for 4 hours and it had an extremely low frequency sound that would make the inside of your brain shake. Not nice at all. If I was you, I'd wait till you hear it at night and take a walk around to see if a neighbour is using a diesel run machine because you can hear it from a good distance away, but you might be able to track it down.

Tinnitus is a very high frequency noise and the Hum is an extremly low frequency noise, so both are completely different.

bodhrandude

Sounds like the 'Heavenly Trumpets' or industrial sounding atmospheric drones that seemingly there are hundreds of youtube clips of, so yer not alone.

The Oort Cloud

There are a lot of fake video's out there as well though.

Capt'n Midnight

Check your fridge , especially if built in.

The Oort Cloud

I wonder does the OP live near an industrial complex, as pipes can cause this hum as well if there is a decent breeze, and the sound can travel a good distance. A piping place that stocks plastic or metal pipes ?.

In the spring of 2012, when I was living near the coastal village of Sechelt, on British Columbia’s picturesque Sunshine Coast, I began hearing a humming sound, which I thought were float planes.

The noise usually started later at night, between 10 and 11 p.m. My first clue that something unusual was happening came with the realization that the sound didn’t fade away, like plane noises typically do. And the slightest ambient noise – exhaling audibly, even turning my head quickly – caused it to momentarily stop. One night after the sound started I stepped outside the house. Nothing.

I was the only person in the house who could hear it; my family said they didn’t know what I was talking about.

Naturally, I assumed something in the house was the culprit, and I searched for the source in vain. I even ended up cutting the power to the entire house. The sound got louder.

While I couldn’t hear the sound outdoors, I could still hear it in my car at night with the windows closed and the ignition off. I drove for miles in every direction, and it was still there in the background when I stopped the car. I was able to rule out obvious sources: industrial activity, marine traffic, electric substations and highway noise.

When I searched on the internet for “unusual low-frequency humming noise,” I soon realized that others had conducted the same search. I was part of the small fraction of people who can hear what is called the “Worldwide Hum” or, simply, the “Hum.”

The questions motivating me and thousands of others were the same: “What’s causing this? Can it be stopped?”

http://theconversation.com/cracking-the-mystery-of-the-worldwide-hum-60296

bodhrandude

The Oort Cloud wrote: »

I wonder does the OP live near an industrial complex, as pipes can cause this hum as well if there is a decent breeze, and the sound can travel a good distance. A piping place that stocks plastic or metal pipes ?.

Maybe its the Na Piobairi Uilleann college down the road where all the piper students practice. :pac:

The Oort Cloud

At that hour of the morning i'd doubt it, but there again its quite possible

I also wonder if a neighbour near-side uses a diesel powered generator, you have to take all this into concideration to rule it out, but the hum in my opinion is more likely to be coming from some machine that is run on diesel.

Also check your home plumbing pipes incase there is air being released/leaked.

Avatar MIA

The Backwards Man wrote: »

There's a sewage treatment plant five miles from me and the pump is audible in certain conditions. All can be explained if you look far enough.

That's literally a shít reason.

BigCon

My WiFi extender has a barely noticeable hum from it. I only hear it when I'm in bed at night and the house is quiet. Nearly drive me mad until I figured out where it was coming from. Interestingly enough once I knew where it was coming from it didn't bother me any more and I don't even notice it now.

Capt'n Midnight

Wind turbines....

...or fluoride

The Oort Cloud

I wonder if a person standing right beside the person that can hear the hum but they can't, uses an electronic sound amplifier as a test to see can they pick the sound up ?. This should be tested, even as a curiosity to try and to find the hum sound-source whether outside the body or inside. Baby steps to finally find the answer to this problem.

By Colin Dickey. The New Republic.

A Maddening Sound.

Is the Hum, a mysterious noise heard around the world, science or mass delusion?


Source: https://newrepublic.com/article/132128/maddening-sound