How a Woman Suddenly Woke Up Deaf

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What would you do if you woke up one day and suddenly stopped hearing the voice of the person you love? A woman in China got up one day unable to hear her boyfriend’s voice, and visited her doctor to realize that she could hear her doctor perfectly well. It was an unsolved mystery until another patient walked in. Let’s get into it!
Research: Jenny C.
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[Chen’s Selective Hearing Loss case]
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[Neil Bauman and Selective Hearing Loss]
hearinglosshelp.com/blog/the-...
[How do we hear?]
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[The Mosquito]
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[Stephani M. Rose and Temporary Hearing Loss]
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[@Brew]

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[@vladipeace]

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[@michaelmayhem350]

She's the first havana syndrome victim lol

[@limsalalafells]

Just curious... Maybe a bit annoyed. Does nord recommended violating the terms of service and licensing agreements to commit (technically) piracy to watch videos not available in your region?

[@johnsonchan9012]

Hi brew I love your content but I have to point out the picture of multiple falling ears in 4:39 is rather disturbing the see not to mention slight risk of causing trypophobia , still love this video though.

[@nhagoku3696]

Hi brew brew brew brew brew brew brew brew

[@Uchiha...Itachi]

I really like how they don't only talk about the main topic but also talk about the other people who have experienced similar issues.

[@kingkaza]

Well it will be a short video of they say "this ONE person died...... that's it" but if they went "BUT this person also died 'the same way'" then you got interests also is a prize for people who stayed on longer

[@tayloranderson7547]

That is so worried about that

[@MintNiceCream]

looks like you got here from naruto too

[@The_Grecian_Empire]

@@MintNiceCream Jesse, we need to stop being cringy and cook!

[@flamezy1740]

Fr

[@janerecluse4344]

PSA: If you wake up completely deaf on one side, go straight to an ENT. It is almost certainly sudden sensorineural hearing loss, and most walk-in clinics will assume your ear just has fluid on it and will send you home to go permanently deaf instead of giving you the steroid injections you need. Do it for my barely-functional right ear.

[@constipatedrad5804]

what's an ent

[@janerecluse4344]

@@constipatedrad5804 Ear Nose and Throat specialist. They do all three because the tubes are connected.

[@aubsion2670]

Actually i woke up deaf turns out it was just ear wax i cleaned my ears then i was able to hear again

[@gooutside-_-]

This happened one time a couple months ago i was scared but when I woke up it could barely hear i thought it might've been bc of my noise cancelling headphones but then my hearing came back maybe 20 mins later slowly hasn't happened since

[@janerecluse4344]

@@aubsion2670 Okay, but if that doesn't work. 😂

[@LazyPillowCase]

I had very poor hearing but then suddenly when I was grade 8 i heard a *pop* and suddenly I feel a sense of relief and everything sounds so clear and less muffled

[@-_lIl_-]

this is literally how it feels like on a plane and after on a plane

[@Anakin-Skywalker2]

POV me after a fever

[@Eleven-qj9qc]

"It's been playing for the last few seconds. Did you hear it?" me, a deaf person:

[@link-cq2wx]

Wait then how did you hea-

[@Aryadacoolkid]

@@link-cq2wx captions exist

[@okjeffy6581]

I’m not deaf, yet I couldn’t even hear it. Maybe he did t really play it and was just trolling lol.

[@RazerLazer]

I have hearing loss

[@merasheepmsp7193]

I love how in this video you're able to hear how they change things in the sound so that you can experience these certain things. Very nice.

[@infinitywarrior4620]

I'm guessing with headphones, I only have one earbud on but other than that the hear decrease was noticeable

[@AznPrzsn]

What change in sound?

[@zaimzainal6635]

@@AznPrzsn watch with earphone and youll notice it

[@RubbiDuckiLuci]

@@infinitywarrior4620 You must have had the left one in, then, haha.

[@infinitywarrior4620]

@@RubbiDuckiLuci yeah, I did

[@hellradiolives]

My brother has the exact opposite frequency issue and often has trouble or can't hear my sister in law or nieces but has no problem hearing deeper voices.

[@sebastianscully9948]

That sounds like a blessing ngl

[@ericepixzx]

@@sebastianscully9948 lol

[@ObsidianOsama]

Yeah I would be glad too if I couldn't hear voices like weeeeeee

[@ravensnflies8167]

what a lucky guy.

[@helpicantholdmypoopin]

Bruj

[@mistingwolf]

I remember as a kid that my mom took me to the local clinic because I stopped responding when she would call me upstairs (my room was in the basement), and I "didn't hear" her so much she got worried. I just got really, really good at ignoring her cause she called me ALL THE TIME for errands or whatnot.... got tired of it. My hearing was just fine, lol

[@thesmartone6601]

Are you winning,Son?

[@jamesmerkel1932]

So in other words you have no respect for one of the people keeping you fed, clothed, and access to the internet. Not to mention put up with your deadweight.

[@sometimelordything]

@@jamesmerkel1932 give respect, get respect

[@GarkKahn]

@@sometimelordything surely speaks as someone who never received any love from a mother lol

[@GarkKahn]

Well a teacher in high school "muted" one of my classmates way before these apps were a thing Basically she was that classmate saying lots of bullsh1t so loudly that martians couldn't sleep because of her screams and wasting time rather than pay attention so the only 2 times in 3 years she actually gave a right answer in class the teacher didn't hear her, and i could tell he was being honest and not just ignoring her on purpose or something like that

[@minecteddifyLOL]

Girl took "I wish I could mute men" to another level.

[@lunamoona4920]

I know what loosing hearing in one ear is like. I once had a really bad ear infection in one ear and I could barely hear on that side. You'd be surprised how much we usually rely on stereo sound

[@BeeLZBeeb]

Same here, it was educational for sure. Mine was due to dust (from clothing) in the factory I worked in.

[@christophermorin9036]

Same, I was working on a bicycle and the rear tire exploded 6 inches from my left ear. It was one of those really skinny tired racing bikes and the tires are pumped to 90psi minimum. I had little to no hearing in my left ear for nearly two months, and it took half a year for it to slowly come back. I have it all back, mostly, but I also have permanent tinnitus now.

[@lunamoona4920]

@@christophermorin9036 dang!

[@FroggyMosh]

@@christophermorin9036 Oh tinnitus is terribad. The absolute worst. It's completely maddening and there'll be times you'll confuse the ringing in your head with real sounds like; power transformers, running plumbing, the neighbors washing machine in the middle of the night, etc. etc... Though with practice you can get accustomed to it. I've had it pretty much all my live. Do you have it in the one ear, or both? Aside from this I have abnormally sharp hearing. Weird flex I guess, but it's not _too_ awesome*. _* no seriously, The clattering of dishes HURTS, sometimes literally knocks the wind out'a me. I hear fluorescent lights hum, ...and that hum flutters with power spikes such as AC units switching on/off, which is often and prominent enough to get distracting._ _And think of that sort of person who ELECTS to talking Really LOUDLY_ *ಠ_ಠ* *_...A L W A Y S_* _...It's absolutely exhausting. I've resorted to wearing wax earplugs pretty much 24/7, lately._ _Whoops! This became a rant._

[@itsjo-jo9683]

@@FroggyMosh YESSSS omgggg I was diagnosed with tinnitus in my left ear this year and omfg it’s been driving me insane. I have my days where I can almost completely ignore it but when it’s time for me to go to sleep it takes me about 2-3 hours. And my favorite sleeping position is on my left side so it’s been a nightmareeee trying to sleep but sometimes I just push through it cause I’m too comfortable, I just hope with all the advancements with technology and medicine they’ll find a ‘cure’ but I use that term loosely😭

[@TiredMomma]

I used to be able to hear a dog whistle, only until last year after a bad illness. I don't mind it tho. Dog whistles are such an annoying high pitch sound. I liked how the sounds were changing at certain points in the video. I could tell so that's good. The ending is so relatable 😂

[@BMoneyTSM]

whats a dog whistle?

[@littlelillylilz]

@@BMoneyTSM its a whistle only dogs can hear its super high pitched so its like out of human hearing range

[@BMoneyTSM]

@@littlelillylilz cool

[@ayuchanayuko]

Dog Whistles and CRT TVs/Monitors! Such a high frequency headache-inducing sound =3=

[@Nikki0417]

@@ayuchanayuko Does that second one refer to that quiet, high-pitch sound TVs mak? I've always been able to tell when a TV is on even if it's muted because they still seem to make a sound.

[@manus.4962]

I'm 40 and could hear the mosquito perfectly. I've been tested in hearing studies at uni several times and was told my hearing was very good for my age. Very interesting content as always. Keep up the excellent work!

[@jayoballes3547]

Hm. I replayed it and I noticed only that the volume of the narration went down.

[@catmuncher]

i cant hear it and im 15

[@Sethir]

@@catmuncher same dude

[@lcstarlightnova3613]

@@Sethir same 🥲

[@canadianbacon0]

Same. 32 and I almost threw my phone. My health screening to get hired to my current job, they said my hearing was almost perfect.

[@badgerCopter]

I've always had sensitivity to high freq sounds. When I was little my parents thought I was weird because I could hear all the CRT Tv's in the house "whistling" even when the volume was turned all the way down. Even now at almost 40 y/o that "Mosquito" device they featured in the video hurt my brain.

[@animeloveer97]

god same i had to turn off tvs at night due to it also it gave me a headache and nausea

[@TheUltimateRare]

i can't hear Mosquito at all, probably never could due to my hearing loss i always had.

[@subszonet]

I guess you could say selective hearing at its finest.

[@boredonyoutube8289]

I’ve known a great number of clever men, I’ve outlived them all, you know how? I ignored them. -Olenna Tyrell

[@kingkaza]

@@boredonyoutube8289 may i ask the context?

[@boredonyoutube8289]

@@kingkaza For sure! It’s from Game of Thrones (S7 I believe) before Daenerys tries to conquer Westeros and asks for Olenna Tyrell’s advice and Olenna tells Daenerys everyone is a sheep but Daenerys is a dragon so she should be a dragon. Basically saying that she’s a natural leader and should listen to her own instincts instead of yes men.

[@kingkaza]

@@boredonyoutube8289 ah ok

[@maenad1231]

I’m kinda jealous

[@JustAFace_InTheCrowd]

I’ve been able to hear the mosquito noise for 28 years…. It always was a joke to myself that I was still young……… I couldn’t hear it in this video…….. It’s happened, I’ve caught the OLD….. It’s only a matter of time now.

[@AnaMert1]

Chances are it's above your phone/computer speakers frequency. I also didn't hear a thing but I am sensitive to high frequency sounds.

[@MusiicRoolz]

yeah I'm 26 and couldn't hear it with my phone speakers, as soon as I put headphones on my ears died.

[@Momogizibo]

I’m 22 … I couldn’t hear it on this video but could hear it on another which is odd

[@abird5575]

dont worry, you dont want to hear it *cringes in pain*

[@blueboieddie]

@@abird5575 bro I can’t hear it 😭

[@Cthulhululu]

My neighbors installed a squirrel repellant device in their backyard and were very surprised when we asked about it the next day because both my dad and I could hear the dammed mosquito tone in our own house

[@animeloveer97]

those things dont even work they should be illegal god just noise you can hear down the street and in your house its so invasive

[@chloecordingley8126]

I have APD (auditory processing disorder) and it's sort of like this and selective hearing, I can't always hear people's voices and what they're saying but I always seem to hear the background noise and noises unnecessarily far away a lot more, and it is kind of a super power but not when I really have to pay attention to someone, also the reason I didn't have many friends or did that well in school but now I'm 20 and I've learned to deal with it, practice and can listen to people a lot better.

[@randomartz8417]

I have ADHD but I suspect I could possibly have APD. I can hear sounds very well but conversations become a huge problem when there’s background noise, many words sound similar, and I sometimes struggle locating sounds.

[@KoderKat]

This is crazy.. I was recently hospitalized for systemic lupus (an autoimmune disease), and had a crazy amount going on with me. One of the weird, unexplained side effects, was that in my hospital bed I could hear someone gently typing and clicking on a computer very far away as if it was right under my pillow. it eventually went away, but god it drove me crazy! I had no idea how it was possible, this is really interesting!

[@beeame]

I also hear typing and mouse clicking sometimes when it's quiet.

[@theamazingcake9690]

Are you sureee? It’s never lupus! (If you get that reference, I adore you instantly)

[@KoderKat]

@@beeame when it's quiet sure, but this was in a busy hospital ward lol

[@lambybunny7173]

People with APD experience the same thing/something very similar but throughout their entire life, I'd know because I have it as a comorbidity with autism. It's insane. Someone will be right in my face talking to me and I'll have to ask them to repeat multiple times, but in a loud room I'll be driven insane by EVERY NOISE because it's all I can hear. It's awful.

[@Michael-zb9no]

@Silent Paww *Pops Vicodin* It's never lupus.

[@Romanticoutlaw]

brew: "did you hear it?" me for the past few seconds: 🤕

[@yabiyabi]

I don't hear it, where is it :(

[@palethiaminerva4704]

same!

[@rachelrak4502]

I'm so glad to be wearing my stereo headphones during this episode! Wonderful job editing the audio to really demonstrate pitches and experiential sound

[@tshephovalentiajonker2622]

I often find it difficult to hear people when they're close me when they speak on a low tone but strange enough I often hear sounds from afar that some people can't hear. What you explained is informative.

[@ofox716]

I cant hear "the mosquito" but i can feel it. I get dizzy and headaches almost immediately.

[@debraerts9171]

when he started playing the noise I instantly took off my headphones and muted my pc.

[@qazwer001]

@@debraerts9171 I am using speakers and had to crank the volume down. that was excessively loud I can definitely see how someone could "feel" it without being able to hear it

[@colleennewholy9026]

I felt nauseous, even though I didn't "hear" it I must be aging out of detecting it lol

[@animeloveer97]

the NAUSEA UGH

[@natara2046]

I got a headache when it played but didn’t hear it

[@AdeleiTeillana]

One of my cats has low frequency hearing loss. Cats can't hear low frequency stuff as well as humans anyway. She's always the last cat to realize when someone's come in because she can't hear the door. She also can't hear men's voices and absolutely flips out when she (or they) walk in a room and she sees them (no men live with us and she's afraid of strangers.) But she can hear high pitched stuff perfectly. Sometimes I wish she didn't, lol. Like if I'm trying to put a cat toy away and trying to be as quiet as possible so she doesn't hear and want to play, she always hears and is right there asking to play.

[@00SNIVY00]

I've been trying a lot harder to be more conscious of my hearing over the past couple years. If I don't focus on a conversation, I can miss hearing something being said directly to me. Or if there's other conversations happening at normal volume I'll miss things more often than I used to.

[@starsilverinfinity]

The audio wizardry was pretty cool - thanks for the immersion lol

[@gunnasintern]

damn that means she won’t be able to watch Brew’s videos…unless they’re all dubbed by Quiz

[@AnaMert1]

Good bless the yt automatic subtitles feature. I use it all the time.

[@RazerLazer]

@@AnaMert1SAME!!

[@JohanFaerie]

I have tinnitus and it affects my upper range of hearing. I can still hear things in the 15-20k range, but alot of the time it just blends into it. Like that mosquito whistle, couldn't hear it because it blended in, but during my last hearing test I passed perfectly.

[@animeartist888]

Same. The mosquito ring tone drove me insane in high school, but I now basically always have it in one ear. Makes it hard to distinguish when I'm actually hearing another super high pitch and when it's just my tinnitus being a little more noticeable than usual.

[@Ivan_1791]

Omg, that's exactly my case. When they were checking it for me I got so confused because my tinnitus masked some of the frequencies.

[@ottolilja4673]

I literally had to do a double take to hear it. Once I focused on it I could hear it through my tinnitus.

[@jinhong91]

My tinnitus is at around the 6.5kHz to 7kHz range, I still can hear up to 18.5kHz. Beyond that, I just feel a weird feeling on my ears

[@animeloveer97]

same lol

[@graveholdtv8727]

I think I am suffering from one of these conditions, went to a specialist but it didn't help me much... imma talk about this with my doctor! thanks for this good quality of videos you keep giving us ! ♥

[@daydreams6956]

get checked for auditory processing disorder. it's more common and can explain some of what's in the video.

[@shadowlouise]

Fascinating! This information should be widely shared.

[@michaelentwistle7464]

people may be a little confused as to how someone can hear -30db. Audiograms are measured in dBHL (decabel hearing level) which is calibrated slightly differently, with 0dbhl at what was considered "normal healthy hearing for an average person at peak". This is a really good video for explaining hearing loss!

[@ZigOutdoors]

Exactly this! It's often glossed over that the decibel is a *relative* unit. If one doesn't state how the scale is normalized, the unit doesn't communicate anything of value. It could be -30dBSPL (sound pressure level), -30dBHL (hearing level), or -30dB relative to a giant PA system blasting at max volume (the speaker at max would be 0). As a result, -30dB could mean anything from "so quiet you can't hear it" to "so loud it will rupture your eardrums."

[@humanbutterfly]

I understand that! I was so confused when a standard hearing test came back with one value in negative db. The audiologist was kind and explained 0 db as the expected hearing threshold for humans or baseline. There are "quieter" sounds.

[@alyssa_the_noodle5228]

I have an auditory processing issue. I can hear random small sounds, but if I’m not looking at you while you talk, I won’t hear or process what your saying.

[@TheresaTV1]

I have a similar issue, so I can’t listen to audiobooks or talk radio. I do well with song lyrics but regular speech without visual cues is challenging. Thank goodness for captions on tv.

[@animeloveer97]

dude me too im practicly deaf if im not looking at someone talking but weirdly i can tell where random noises come from really well

[@floram9481]

I think this video gave me something to go to my doctor about and possibly what's been plaguing my family for the last few generations (that I know of, but since it's just "what happens to us" most of us kind of just "accepted our fate" despite going to specialists and doing everything we can to avoid triggers that cause our ears to feel full, etc. Even if it's not it, hopefully, I can be helpful, esp since my own hearing seems to be getting worse).

[@myhandlesakura]

hey, any updates that you'd like to share?

[@sophialendes3667]

I’m hard of hearing since I was a little girl. I always have to go to my doctor at least once a month. I do hearing tests only once a year to see if anything changed. My doctor told me that I don’t hear low sounds so well. That means I struggle to hear male voices. I didn’t know that until he told me that and it all made sense. I’m happy to see that some people on this platform do these kind of videos. It helps me a lot because I don’t feel so alone anymore.

[@slcRN1971]

My husband and I - both have Ménière’s. Mine is a milder form (as long as I eat a lower sodium diet/almost no caffeine), whereas my husband has the severe form. He mentions lower sodium diet in this video, yet caffeine is a big problem too. Out to eat one day and the waitress gave a regular cup of coffee to my husband, instead of decaffeinated. He drank only about 1/4 cup and he knew an attack was coming: fullness in his ear, dizziness, nausea. Two of the staff helped him to the car but before sitting down, he started vomiting and sweating profusely. He must take a pill every day ,to keep that ear draining correctly.

[@littlemiharu]

What medication does he take for meniere’s if you don’t mind me asking?

[@slcRN1971]

@@littlemiharu : HCTZ (hydroclorothiazide) pills, every day.

[@renjunsriceroll]

hope the restaurant apologised for giving caffinated coffe when you asked for decaf! that's just irresponsible of them.

[@zogaminecraft9510]

You should've put an warning when playing the noise. I freaked out.

[@eetadakimasu]

great video! I have Menier's and I'm glad to see more info on it becoming more mainstream. I just got new earbuds (jabra 7) and when setting them up it played a hearing test on each earbud to customize the sound. It's been amazing but was sad to realize that I've lost more hearing.

[@Necrikus]

I'm not exactly "young", but yeah I could hear the mosquito. My senses of smell and hearing are a bit overly sensitive and trust me, it's far more of a hinderance than it is useful.

[@R.G.962]

Especially the static from a phone charging or some random electronic's buzz, it gets annoying

[@amygomez8159]

I’m a teen and I couldn’t

[@89Firegod]

I couldn’t hear any of the really high sounds and I am only 25.

[@CrystalBrightz]

I heard it and I'm 32.

[@darkcreatureinadarkroom1617]

I'm not sure how long the mosquito played, I registered around one second of it and now I'm very unhappy. 😫

[@ForestFlame]

"can't hear the voice of the person you love?" I am already in that situation

[@kingkaza]

Why do i feel someone gonna suggest divorce?

[@Django0324]

Divorce them

[@anabelleclark7904]

My mom has only partial hearing in one ear, completely deaf in the other. Whenever she needs to look for her phone or do something that requires spatial hearing, she gets one of us to listen for it. As a result, both me & my brother have learned to detect the location of sounds very well 😅

[@cayladevelbiss9337]

Brew thank you SO SO much for this video

[@apotato-]

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[@salpertia]

Ok

[@jalengrant497]

Noice

[@laziboi5285]

Learn something new every day 👍

[@bierymolina4379]

._.

[@chineseherb.]

Ok

[@starmoonshine]

I'm in my 30s and still hear that mosquito sound. It hurts! Wasn't expecting that. Good episode though!

[@CrystalBrightz]

Same.

[@TheDemonAscended]

Listening to this with headphones and hearing the shifts when brew does examples is kinda cool

[@Kagome28100]

I missed Brew videos! This is the most interesting one yet

[@evilgibson]

When me and my brother were kids, our parents were addicted to competitive Tetris/Dr. Mario. This was when there was no such thing as LCDs tvs. Just CRTs Sleeping with a high pitched whine for the entire night was a nightmare. Would ask them to stop playing because it was so loud and they would be so confused because it was muted

[@CrimsonStrider]

I know what you mean. I could tell my family when they turned the tv on or off while in another room. As an adult I could still hear CRTs, but I haven't been around any for a while and I'm not sure if I've lost that ability or not.

[@XY2Moroccoball]

​@@CrimsonStrider Is it just me or am I able to sense when a TV is on no matter where in the house I am?

[@animeloveer97]

its the flybacks man they whine so bad

[@Kr0noZ]

I'm in my 30s... that mosquito was just at the border of my hearing, but that made it all the more annoying because I couldn't quite place the rather "coil-whine"-like noise for a moment and was looking around my room for the source. Guess my time at metal festivals hasn't (yet) damaged my hearing too badly. Which is also why I noticed something "off" with the audio in this video, namely the shifting frequency at several point, I assume that this was done on purpose but it's very distracting.

[@FMAiscool]

@Hunky It can also depend on your speakers. Some speakers don't pick it up.

[@cartman20000]

I'm not sure if Bluetooth headphones can pick it up either, as the audio is compressed when it is sent to the headphones.

[@Nettsinthewoods]

That was very interesting and helpful. I knew nothing about these ear conditions and thought that you could walk any of them off. Clearly not. Thank you very much!

[@shacharh5470]

I'd love to see a video about tinnitus without hearing loss, I understand that's one of the most mysterious hearing conditions

[@OlyChickenGuy]

I was wondering if this episode would touch on Auitory Processing Disorder, and it sounds like at least the first case could have been a form of it? A friend of mine was diagnosed in college, to which her symptoms were that she had FANTASTIC hearing... but couldn't make out what you were saying to her face, and digital audio was almost impossible to make out (except she was fine with music and movies- it was more phones that she couldn't process).

[@anonymousartist8751]

Yeah it’s not a deafness persay, just garbles words if in a loud environment or facing away from someone. Probably why it wasn’t mentioned.

[@anonymousartist8751]

I was diagnosed with it as a kid so I have experience lol

[@OlyChickenGuy]

@@anonymousartist8751 Aye, watching through the whole episode I can see how it's not related to the topic that was trying to be focused on, and was left out.

[@anonymousartist8751]

@@OlyChickenGuy yeah, it’s more of a brain problem than an ear problem

[@dragonslayer101]

It's probably because she has the inability to tune or ignore sounds outside a conversation like say you're on a school bus and your friend is talking to you but you can't listen to them because all you can pay attention to is the loud noises the kids behind you are making or the sound of the wheels on the bus move or the sound of the birds outside and so on. Also I think the reason why your friend can't process talking on the phone is because she can probably only hear the static sound when someone is talking to her especially on a long distance call.

[@Lisa99913]

So I have a lot of trouble hearing low noises. I can feel vibrations of base in some speakers but the lower sections of, like, base guitars, I cannot hear. Some deeper voices I can’t hear at all. Those are rare, but I used to have to change teachers in high school because of it. I can hear super high and faint noises as well. I have to have a white noise machine to sleep to drown it all out because the sound of electricity, and bugs, and the house settling can get so loud it’s overwhelming. I even have my own custom set of ear plugs that I wear most of the time. Im super sensitive about echos and irregular noises. The shower with all the noise can be hard sometimes too. It has been a superpower at times though. I’ve rescued dozens of stray kittens from all sorts of places when no one else could find them. I’ve even practiced with judging the directions sounds are coming from. I can hear when some appliances or devices run out of battery because they stop making their sound. I can even hear emergency sirens and alarms from almost impossible distances. But they have to be high noises. The lowest note on a standard 72 key piano is close to the lowest I can hear, though it starts to fade about an octave above that. The "texture"of a sound has a lot to do with it too. Airy and smooth sounds like a flute are good, but scratchy smooth sounds like a violin are a bit too much. Oboes are the best though. Double Bases don’t make a noise to me. Base brass like Tubas make a kind of shuddery noise, but I don’t hear a note or anything. Some of them if they’re loud sound like they have layers, and I can only hear the top ones, even though I know they’re base instruments. Some dogs I can’t really hear when they bark. Movies that have rumbley low noises I can feel through the ground and the seat, but it’s mostly silent… people ask a lot of questions and I’m happy to share, because sometimes I’ll find out another noise that I’m missing, but tell them one they’re missing.

[@animeloveer97]

ah another person who can hear devices running lol

[@Cillana]

I have symptoms similar to Meniere's Disease. I was diagnosed with that at first. I have some sort of hydrops. A few times I was straining while having a swelling episode and caused a Perilymphatic fistula. This is a hole that allows fluid from the inner ear to leak out and causes vertigo and balance issues. It can take months to heal. I have now had surgery to strengthen this weak spot with a piece of cartilage in both ears so it should never happen again. I have a very small amount of low frequency hearing loss but that could be because the surgeries caused some stiffness in the structures in my middle ear. I do get fullness in my ears and temporary hearing loss (sounds like I have ear plugs in) if I eat too much salt or get dehydrated. It's hard to tell if I have vestibular hydrops because too much salt and dehydration are also two of my many migraine triggers and my migraine symptoms include vertigo and dizziness.

[@MsAchampion]

I love the graphics or animations within these videos. ❤😊

[@HuneyBunches]

Can vouch for the deafness in the one ear. Had it all my life but it sucks all the same. I can’t locate sounds in my job where it’s highly important

[@Desocupad0]

It seems your job requires hearing ability beyond what's adequate for your situation.

[@halogalaxy5612]

How did u get hired In the first place?

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

@@Desocupad0 need money to live. Sometimes you just deal with it even if its unhealthy because you get paid.

[@harnageaa]

some people will love this syndrom

[@RUTOMY]

We need merch!! For you and the whole on the hill squad!

[@ath-o8071]

Definitely need to use headphones to fully enjoy the sound effects in this video. Love the video like usual ♥️

[@qazwer001]

definitely do NOT need for the mosquito tone if you can hear that frequency. That was WAY too loud on my speakers :( that said some cheaper speakers cut off at a lower range so some people might only be able to hear it on headphones if they are higher quality then the speakers edit: I typed this up right after the mosquito tone that was too loud. I agree with headphones for the rest of the video

[@kittencutie7074]

@@qazwer001 yeah it's a really high pitch thingy and tbh not as bad as acrual mosquito

[@ZOCCOK]

When the Mosquito rang and when the Audio suddenly went silent when talking about Cochlear Hydrops were the very first time Brew managed to give a jumpscare

[@swishasnkush1573]

3rd vid I've watched this evening....i like your style, effort & subjects. Ya got me. Subbed 😎

[@scronx]

An entertaining account of a very strange but compelling subject. I need to just hear all your productions in a row!

[@LaphyTaphyCreation]

Ooh, a new video, time to binge watch :]

[@tigremc]

Even though I hear on both ears, I still can't tell where sounds are coming from and I don't know what's causing it, but it's always been like this.

[@TheVillainInThisGame]

Yes i could hear the high frequency noise and it caused me physical pain so thanks for that.

[@pigcatapult]

I have hyperacusis *and* auditory processing disorder, so not only are sounds at certain high pitches (e.g. flutes or violins playing, kittens meowing, that tinny noise in the background of low-quality sound recordings) physically painful for me, I have no idea what you just said. I literally hear more clearly when I'm reading captions.

[@animeloveer97]

same with the captions thing for me

[@AnaMert1]

I think I have some of this. I find it kind of hard to understand speech, especially men. I can do it but it's not that easy, it's like trying to understand foreign language. It requires a lot of focus. However I can hear things like the electronic mouse repellents that are supposed to be at a frequency out of the range of human hearing. They are really annoying. My hearing is also really sensitive - I get strangely irritated by sounds like rain dropping against metal windowsill for example and I can hear TV two floors below me. But I constantly tell people to lower the radio volume if its playing in the same room because I can't hear the words in songs when they are played loud, not to mention - the loud, messed up noise is draining me and causing anxiety.

[@pewdiepiebro35]

Im just 19 and cant hear over 9KHz, always spooks me when i dont hear something my friends can

[@BichaelStevens]

And here I thought I'm bad coz I'm limited to 13-16k depending on ambient noise

[@donavanblenkers495]

dude, I was just watching, when you started talking about the "mosquito", saying how It deters younger people. But you had to play the sound without warning, and my god the headache I have right now. nice video btw

[@qazwer001]

when you played the mosquito tone, I certainly heard it that was waaaayyyy too loud, what frequency was that? it seemed quite a bit lower pitch than a crt which is at the edge of my hearing in my mid 20's(I don't hang out at places that play loud music/other noise, CRT because I have one for retro gaming and parents still have one when I'm at their house). When I was a kid I could tell when my brother was up if I heard the crt whine, the tv might be on mute at 6 am but you can't stop the whining :)

[@LJ-fo6nk]

I have tinnitus that is thought to induced by adjustments of my SSRI medication dose. High pitched Ringing or whine intensifies for a couple of days and then after a week or so it disappears completely or is barely noticeable. Has a hearing test and examination and have perfect hearing. It's fascinating to think it's almost like hearing the changing in the way your brain is firing or perceiving signals. It is trippy how complex brains are.

[@AwesomeIan135]

I think I had a temporary case of this after a severe concussion. During my recovery everything seemed to be significantly louder. At night I would be woken up whenever one of my parents (on the opposite side of the house) went to use the bathroom. I also had to wear construction site style headphones to go anywhere outside the house without getting a terrible headache.

[@animeloveer97]

makes sense cause swelling

[@luceriousisback]

OW, that sound hurt so bad I had to take the headphones off! Also, I love your vids.

[@b.aleman8401]

I've been dealing with Cochlear Hydrops for a while now. Didn't know what it was, or that I should see a doctor. I've looked into it, but it's the first time I've had any real information on it. I'll definitely be seeing a doctor soon. Thank you.

[@nomadicbehemoth2830]

I have the exact opposite of this I can’t hear female voices/ children or high pitched noises. I don’t hear the beginning/ending of sentences, and consonants are easily missed especially if there any background noise. Hearing aids help to a certain extent but even then it doesn’t always help.

[@nicholasyoder]

Aren’t they all that way?

[@NoDonutsjustDunkin]

LoL

[@MyNameWasTom]

Like 100% of women do this

[@gendo1123]

Ya my ma is like this for me

[@urdoingagreatjob-vonnie2321]

@@MyNameWasTom yup, even I agree🤦‍♀️

[@hopebby4389]

I Wish

[@michaelplantarich3375]

Great episode. Good to see grill make an appearance. Hope they start videos again soon!

[@danagibbs3265]

I have come and go tinnitus and slight hearing loss in my right ear, as well as having experienced some vertigo and off-balance since November. I've been trying to figure it out and I've only been able to get one appointment with an ENT. I was supposed to do hearing test and some other stuff in May, but on the day of the test they called to reschedule to August. My hearing was mostly fine from May to June, but recently the tinnitus hasn't gone away. I find with the basic hearing test my Samsung phone has that I have more trouble hearing lower pitch sounds, but only slightly and I haven't noticed anything alarming yet. Really hope I can get this figured out soon before it causes more issues

[@nostalgicumbry3279]

First time i heard about the mosquito thing was when one of my older teachers caught a student using it for their text notifications. The teacher explained that students use it to use their phones without teachers knowing due to not being able to hear it due to old age. Needless to say the student panicked when they got caught.

[@animeloveer97]

dang dude blast back to lkike 2008 lol

[@nostalgicumbry3279]

@@animeloveer97 2005 but yeah 🤣

[@paranormalsoulz]

the mosquito pitch is the pitch i always get when my ears start ringing :(

[@riatsila144]

Sheesh. Your audio editor did top notch work on the on this one. Really screwing with us using heaphones!

[@Lady-V]

11:18 I heard what you did here; that was really cool. Good thing I happened to be wearing headphones.

[@piratelechuck1911]

I thought I couldn't hear the buzz at all, but then I pulled my phone speaker close to my ear and it felt like a small sewing needle made of sound was piercing my eardrum, and it was actually painful. That is the most accurate description I could think of. What gives?! The wife knows my hearing is wonky and a doctor once told me I had "blown out a range", likely due to loud music as a kid.

[@thehermitman822]

I went back and could hear it only with the speaker close to my ear too. I wonder if I could hear it w/o him talking over it now.

[@sithisakel5168]

The mosquito noise is trapped in my ear now lol that was extremely annoying I can see what it works lol

[@redacted8983]

Thanks, Brew. You just gave me tinnitus

[@UntilRebirth]

I'm 27, still hearing that Mosquito, thanks Brew!

[@subszonet]

Her family: why you still single? Her:

[@fallingspark2258]

My parents have this box thing that emits a high frequency sound whenever the dog barks. It's to dissuade him from barking. The sound is quite annoying as I can hear it, and my parents are constantly setting it off themselves. Meaning it doesn't work since Koda (the dog) doesn't associate the sound with his barking.

[@animeloveer97]

they dont work regardless. the dog doesnt give 2 shts

[@pastellasugarina8176]

18:02 Idk what happened or what this says about me, but when he played the 6K and 8K frequency, it hurt SO bad. I don’t even have headphones on or have the volume all the way up. My volume is playing out loud on a comfortable level. It’s been 5 minutes and it still feels like someone stabbed my inner ear.. I wish I had some sort of warning 😣 I know I’m sensitive to high pitch sounds but wasn’t expecting it to hurt so much.

[@user-vk4mm9so7l]

I like how this discusses its normal to other people so i know its authentic

[@RitmosMC]

Once, I was going about my normal day when I suddenly heard a high-pitched noise in an ear (I believe my right ear). It happened again twice later that day. A few months later now, it hasn't happened since, so I doubt it's a chronic or serious disease. Still something to think about though...

[@2Ten1Ryu]

Tinnitus maybe?

[@maryagrimm8412]

@@2Ten1Ryu dude I get that all the time I thought it was normal 💀

[@Cthulhululu]

Yeah thats a pretty normal experience I've heard it both explained as being related to inner ear muscle spasms or just problems with the stereosillia that cause the hearing loss most people experience with aging

[@2Ten1Ryu]

@@maryagrimm8412 I think it is normal, too. I get it sometimes as well but very rarely.

[@sweis12]

I passed my hearing test at 100% but the constant ringing in my ears is almost the same as the sounds they played. I just guessed and hoped for the best .

[@animeloveer97]

you should have told them about the ringing... thats tinnitus

[@overdosingontomatoes8619]

bro my soul left my body instantly after you said that mosquito was playing fot the past few seconds. I couldnt hear anything!

[@iamnotmydepression]

I have auditory processing disorder, which my family joke is just selective deafness 😀 It's a strange one because I have perfect hearing but my brain doesn't process the sound in a normal way. It can only really focus on one sound at a time. If I'm listening to an audio book or watching TV and someone talks to me I don't hear them, or if there's a lot of sound ie busy street, restaurants, I can't understand what people are saying.

[@OcteractSG]

This reminds me of an old flipnote I found with my DSi. Essentially, Brendan tried to tease May by saying that he can’t hear women. (Brendan and May are the protagonists of Pokemon’s 3rd generation games.)

[@animeloveer97]

man gen 3..

[@tr3m3r]

At least she can still hear Micheal jackson

[@NynnaOnYT]

LOL

[@jadedkratos5528]

I'm 32 and I still can hear the mosquito noise thing.... I can hear the frequencies of tv sets, the frequency bats talk at, the frequency those annoying Toyota Prius' give off... I have pretty good hearing.

[@benja2998]

i sometimes "hear" sounds that I like that are stuck in my mind, i can sometimes put on the sounds that are in my mind but it's a bit harder too turn them off

[@Seizuqi]

OWWW that noise really hurt, 6:07 I paused the video and can still hear it ???

[@FairyPhantasia]

Can't we all be so lucky 🤣🤣🤣

[@Drag0nmaster]

I'm assuming unable to hear lower frequencies? Called it

[@RyuukoKobayashi]

Your mosquito example set off the stress warning on my smart watch >.> guess its working as intended lol

[@therowofboats4840]

Meniere's disease really sucks when trying to play games where hearing is a huge advantage (primarily competitive shooters like tarkov, pubg, among others). I also found after taking American Sign Language (ASL) how much I read lips to supplement the things I miss. Its caused a lot of anxiety and antisocial behavior because in large groups where there is a lot of noise I am essentially Deaf and unable to communicate unless someone else knows sign or they constantly shout loud enough to hurt the rest of the hearing audiences ears. Not to mention the vertigo and lack of balance in every day life. Thankfully tinnitus (while I have it) doesn't really bother me -- its always been background noise to me.

[@Tombomb3107]

I have a bit of a unique condition I've never heard anyone else having. My left ear hears more lower frequency sounds and my right ear hears more higher frequency sounds. I'm 26 years old. When you played the mosquito sound, it was so loud that it felt like it was piercing my right eardrum. Next to my parents house a neighbour uses a high frequency sound to scare cats away and when it goes off, it hurts my right ear so much I start to feel sick. Besides that, my hearing is pretty normal unless there is a lot of background noise. If there's a lot of background noise around me I can hear a conversation taking place far away from me but struggle to hear someone talking right in front of me.