The hearing system actively filters and modulates sound more than passively receiving it
Evidence
As Melcher and her MEEI colleagues see it, the hearing system is not so much a linear, objective perceptual tool as it is a complex planet that certainly accepts information from outside, but that spends at least as much time modulating and filtering data, and processing them once they are perceived. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 558
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 558
- XREF: connects to: Near-total silence reveals that most people generate internal sound perceived as tinnitus — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 571; The physical structure of the ear itself shapes and constructs perceived sound — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 561; The human ear itself generates sound as a byproduct of amplifying incoming signals — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 329 (+17 more)
Library Connections
- The brain’s evolved vigilance actively forecloses the possibility of true silence
#corroborates(0.88) - The human ear itself generates sound as a byproduct of amplifying incoming signals
#exemplifies(0.85) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 329 - The act of hearing itself may make true absolute silence unattainable
#expands(0.82) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 526
Broader Connections
- Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it
#corroborates(0.95) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346 - In near-total silence a person may hear the mechanics of their own body
#exemplifies(0.75) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 578