Re:Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from...
by FreeFull on Thursday October 12, 2023 @07:44AM
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Neutral activity itself definitely takes phase into account somehow, since you can hear the phase difference of two same-frequency tones being played independently into each ear, without any kind of sufficiently strong mechanical connection that would explain it.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from...
by Tor3 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @08:19AM
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I experimented with this when I was young and I concur - it's really like this. Astonishing but that's how it works.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from...
by imetatroll on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:37AM
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I think though that the brain is also considering the spacial relationship of the sound to the listener. Hearing the sound from an external source rather than "inside your brain" does provide relief in my experience.
In simpler terms: tinnitus does not have phase, at least not in the same way a sound wave does.