2006nov20. That damned near-infrasound.
The sound, often described as being similar to the sound of air being blown over a bottle top, has troubled sensitive ears in Auckland’s northern suburbs and isolated parts of New Zealand’s far north for several years. One man who contacted Dr Moir became so frustrated by the sound that he deliberately damaged the hearing in one of his ears – by holding it close to a chainsaw engine – so that he could sleep.
The very next day, earplugs and earmuffs were invented.
