Hearing loss causes the brain to amplify then fabricate sound as tinnitus

Evidence

In other words, a decrease in audible sound due to increasing deafness prompts the brain first to amplify, then generate data to palliate this apparent lack. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 331

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 331
• XREF: connects to: The brain fabricates phantom sound when expected sensory input is absent — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 324; Reduced auditory input causes the brain to amplify internal neural noise — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 563; Near-total silence reveals that most people generate internal sound perceived as tinnitus — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 571 (+17 more)

Library Connections

• In sound’s absence the brain amplifies its own internal signals to compensate #expands (0.88) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 610
• Reduced auditory input causes the brain to amplify internal neural noise #expands (0.85) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 563

Broader Connections

• Hearing is mostly internal neural processing, not raw external sound reception #corroborates (0.78) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 561
• The brain amplifies internal noise so total silence cannot be perceived #expands (0.76) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 609
• The act of hearing itself makes total sensory silence unattainable #expands (0.74) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 526
• Brains conditioned by evolution may generate sound when none exists #expands (0.73) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 333
• A deaf man’s brain feels less silent without hearing aids than with them on #exemplifies (0.71) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 323
• The brain’s evolved vigilance actively forecloses the possibility of true silence #corroborates (0.70)
• Near-total silence reveals that most people generate internal sound perceived as tinnitus #exemplifies (0.68) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 571
• Imagined amplification allows a heard sound to persist after it stops #expands (0.65) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 332