Re:Bose Hearphones
by cellularmitosis on Friday December 09, 2016 @03:34PM
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I wonder if you are hearing a "beat" tone (a third tone which is heard when two tones of different frequency are played. Playing tones at 500 and 600 Hz will also cause a tone at 100 Hz to be heard). This is how 3D positional audio systems work -- they beam two ultrasonic tones, and the difference tone appears to emanate from where the ultrasonic beams intersect.
Sending 50kHz vibrations into the earn should interact with a 49kHz tone to cause the listener to hear a 1kHz tone.
(This is all from an acoustics course I took over a decade ago, so take it with a grain of salt!)
I would love to learn more. I know someone who suffers from severe tinnitus. Any improvement could be very life-changing!
edit: is this your project? http://www.tinnitus.vcu.edu/Pages/Tinnitus%20Improvement.pdf
Our device was very similar to this china manufactured version:
https://www.melmedtronics.com/product/the-inhibitor/
Any chance you could provide some links? White papers, etc.?
An interesting side note is that you could 'hear' a very high pitched sound when using the device even though 50kHz is far outside the standard human hearing range. We still are not sure but think we were hearing a lower harmonic of the tone bouncing around the skull.