Tinnitus signals damaged inner-ear nerve cells
Evidence
Called tinnitus, this annoying internal noise is like a “sunburn” of the nerve cells of your inner ear, indicating that they have been irritated and overworked. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1695
Categorization
- XREF: The sunburn metaphor echoes the book’s larger move of rendering invisible acoustic harm in bodily, felt terms. — connects to: Hearing loss causes the brain to amplify then fabricate sound as tinnitus — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 331; Near-total silence reveals that most people generate internal sound perceived as tinnitus — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 571; Reduced auditory input causes the brain to amplify internal neural noise — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 563 (+7 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1695
Broader Connections
- Excessive noise causes widespread hearing damage and tinnitus in the US population
#corroborates(0.80) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 357 - Tens of millions of Americans suffer environment-caused deafness or tinnitus
#corroborates(0.80) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 4 - Hearing loss causes the brain to amplify then fabricate sound as tinnitus
#complicates(0.75) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 331 - Reduced auditory input causes the brain to amplify internal neural noise
#complicates(0.75) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 563 - In sound’s absence the brain amplifies its own internal signals to compensate
#complicates(0.70) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 610 - The brain fabricates phantom sound when expected sensory input is absent
#complicates(0.70) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 324 - Near-total silence reveals that most people generate internal sound perceived as tinnitus
#complicates(0.65) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 571