The LOUDEST vs QUIETEST Room In The World

I spent hours inside an anechoic chamber to see if it would make me go crazy. You be the judge!
Thanks to 3M to letting me have this wild experience. bit.ly/3MxAsapSciencex
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Written by: Mitchell Moffit
Edited by: Luka Šarlija

[@David-di5bo]

Actually the world's quietest room was the first time I tried standup.

[@fouzya8310]

ouch

[@dharmani_youtube]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 clearly you're much better now

[@barrettdecutler8979]

Heyooo!

[@maenad1231]

😂😂😂 Well you made _me_ laugh if that makes you feel better

[@manlylego]

...

[@alivehuman9729]

I’m already scared of the sound of popping balloons as it’s so loud , I can’t imagine doing that in the loudest room in the world

[@SirFae]

I wanna fart inside it

[@hopegold883]

Idk. I wonder if it would affect you the same way. Because it doesn’t *sound* like a popping balloon. If it’s the sound of the balloon that gets you, maybe it wouldn’t. It sounds more like a gun shot.

[@Doriuswithnomi]

same

[@abracadabra8501]

Same, and I hate fireworks too but that’s a lot harder to do safely in one room😂

[@gi5897]

@@SirFae OH GOD YES THAT IS A GENIUS IDEA

[@idrawthings3134]

That one Mosquito in my room when I’m trying to sleep: 3:58

[@jo2659]

I was about to comment that😂

[@frost_angel7251]

I already did XD

[@ryanhan4462]

lmao

[@user-ik8tg6pm2q]

That was the first thing i did imagine in my head

[@shelleylewis6322]

The subtotals siad music XD😂😂😂😂😂😂 2:21 - 2:29

[@TiaTam]

That "quietest room" is probably the one place where I would actually have the courage to sing out loud, knowing that no one else would hear it-

[@Just_Kovi]

Ikr? So cool!

[@fuchsia5899]

It would sound v dry tho

[@TiaTam]

@@fuchsia5899 dry or not, better than feeling embarrassed because others hear your mistakes :')

[@saturn6563]

I would do it, but I’m scared of the dark

[@TiaTam]

@@saturn6563 but it's not dark in there, there are lamps

[@akatsukichik112]

I can't be the only person thinking about how amazing it must be to have a full night's sleep in that room.

[@catlenem.6204]

Yeah but I'd probably hate waking up in it

[@chezchez3821]

I just want to curl up with a book in a room like that

[@Memecious]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDEl5mMiax2sMU,,

[@afrahossain]

unless you're someone who can't sleep in silence like me 🥲

[@1398go]

@N agreed. You’ll be hearing all your organ’s slushing.

[@voidgames5445]

4:12 your voice is so clear, any voice actor would envy the lack of other sounds.

[@eon1311]

2:27 man I miss that song

[@deekshasingh2795]

I wonder what happens when you leave a deaf person in this room. Do they feel the silence too?

[@RosheenQuynh]

OOOH, that sounds like a fascinating experience!!!

[@charliebryer2802]

As a lifelong tinnitus sufferer, I would love to try it. Though, as I’m hearing noise that doesn’t appear to exist outside my head I don’t know what effect (if any) it would have.

[@sakuranovaryan9261]

Yeah they probably will my mom can still feel vibrations and high pitched noises ..

[@KL-fo8zt]

@@charliebryer2802 That's interesting, my husband has tinnitus also and if rooms are too quite it hurts his ears

[@X.R.808]

Depends on which type of deafness. Most people are partially deaf (like legally blind people) and there's the obvious completely deaf, there's also tinnitus deaf (fully or partially/mostly).

[@marcisdrawing937]

4:02 The mosquito in my room when I try to sleep

[@A1mog3]

True

[@R2-D2663]

I knew someone Was gonna comment that

[@hubixtujest1364]

@@R2-D2663 same

[@Hello-bt1il]

BRUUUUHHH, i was literary thinking the same thing lmaooo

[@Arthur32O]

good thing it's not summer here

[@genboomxer]

I worked fr a company that had an anechoic chamber for testing. One of the engineers let me inside and asked if I wanted to be shut in with the lights off. He warned me that it might be a bit unsettling, so he only allowed 5 min. of total dark/quiet. 5 minutes was enough to let me know that total silence is NOT something my brain could process adequately to adjust. I swear I could hear the blood moving through my body. Swallowing, blinking, breathing, scratching an itch, all became the loudest sounds in my head. I thought I could 'feel' the silence. I guess what I felt was the absence of external pressure. I didn't freak out, but that short time was quite enough. Thanks for doing this!

[@spikysumo]

You probably could hear your blood. I get ectopic heart beats, so my heart skips beats on occasion, and when I'm trying to get to sleep and one occurs the ever-present buzz in your ears goes silent for a fraction of a second.... It's always disconcerting because I'm paranoid my heart has stopped 😂

[@PhoebeSimony]

That sounds terrifying... I wanna try it 😅

[@joshuagavaghan224]

I tried to mention this to someone else too who said they love silence. The thing is, when it's silent of NOISE then you're just going to hear all the sounds of your body functioning. You CAN hear the blood flowing through you, and your digestive processes and all the creaking of your joints. Now this room plus earplugs? Might be better? Very low noise floor and also suppression of your own noise. Except you'll still hear it through the bone vibrations. Either way, masking sounds with a static or predictable noise is a lot better than real silence.

[@joshuagavaghan224]

@@spikysumo dude is that what that is? Sometimes one ear will go "out" like it feels like someone turned the tone knob tone suddenly but I can still hear out of when I talk. Then over like 20-30 seconds it gradually sounds like my other ear again. It's very distinct from my usual tinnitus.

[@bunnyboo2]

Dude this is what I feel like it must be for Dolores in Encanto tho

[@stephunnie_NCT]

As someone with ADD, I wish I had access to a room like that (the anechoic chamber) for meditation. I'd finally be able to focus on my body/breathing without getting distracted by every little noise around me

[@ShiverRightOnYT]

I have ADHD and want to be in the loudest room so I can screem at full volume

[@Deadly_bullets]

I want scream to

[@LanesAviationYT]

@@ShiverRightOnYT I think you meant the quietest room

[@ShiverRightOnYT]

@@LanesAviationYT and show people my pain

[@melaniefel2711]

You would go crazy tho. You'll hear everything in your body, your blood, your organs. People go crazy in this chamber.

[@Channell598]

Imagine the loudest noise in the loudest room ☠️ ( 0:22 this shows you that it would kill you)

[@gabrielbarros493]

the world's loudest noise would easily kill you even outside of that

[@ModernFilesharer]

An activ sonar signal 🤯🤯

[@nekosaiyajin8529]

fire a revolver in there

[@TAGanimation]

I remember reading about the ”quietest room in the world” in a book many years ago. It’s a room so quiet, you can hear your own heart beat.

[@arkofpolaris4646]

As well as your blood flowing through your veins.

[@Ice.muffin]

@@arkofpolaris4646 That would be insane.

[@QRaine]

@@Ice.muffin I would be both terrified and interested

[@ThaNoobTuber]

As if I couldn't do that before. I need to eat less salt.

[@fallenepoch5305]

Y’all can’t do that on a regular basis

[@shadow_24]

3:57 that random mosquito in the corner of your room be like

[@sweedelnishadsa]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@eikosiandmiloloverasmr4214]

Fr

[@geetugupta7244]

Lol

[@ally-mp7cc]

For someone who is deaf in one ear, and struggles to hear people within a close distance, i would be interested in experiencing this, just to be able to finally hear everything that i miss out on a day to day basis. Background noise makes it difficult for me to hear things properly as i go about my life.

[@Paimon_food853]

Im partially deaf in one ear too! Basically my right ear doesn't pick up certain frequencies and things sound more high pitched so😅

[@bitedithor4907]

5:56 The scream xD

[@sweedelnishadsa]

Lolll

[@razorwolf2758]

And it gets worse, imagine u hear a “psst”

[@oskarwinters1873]

I was alone in a library at 4am once and it's the quietest place i have ever experienced. Super relaxing. Great for studying.

[@schwiftyjerry666]

I often study in my college library late at night and I agree, it's so much more peaceful when you're the only one there.

[@Linzz_1213]

I’m not even gonna ask how and why you were in the library at 4am but uhh.. COOL!!

[@martintruong2428]

its to use a ritual to summon a demon to help you with your studying

[@TheRealTakoOrder]

@@martintruong2428 yes I also like to summon my guardian spirit to help me study

[@lighted2327]

Hell nah Alone nah fam

[@jebowlin3879]

As another adult that is afraid of the dark, I can confidently tell you that its not the dark that scares you, its your imagination, not that that helps me any

[@zefellowbud5970]

I found what helps fix fear of darkness is imagining myself as the monster

[@BlazeTrail1269]

@@zefellowbud5970 *imagine?*

[@DestroyerOfWeebs]

I was too, but what helped me is imagine me as a badass dude that can just show middle finger for any ghost, when you make your ego bigger, the room turns to be smaller, wich will make you have more control about the room around you.

[@ivan_d_feets4495]

@@DestroyerOfWeebs it was to much childhood anime for me and I just imagined myself manifesting my aura of energy and light and confidence. Pretty odd yes but it if works it works I suppose lol

[@seggsmcmuffin6630]

It’s not being alone in the dark, It’s not being alone in the dark and not knowing.

[@Bashos]

You know when it is quiet enough you can hear your heart breath as it beats

[@user-rs6sw7ps4b]

No matter how quiet it is , my Tinnitus always kicks in like mini sound waves in both my ears

[@user-rs6sw7ps4b]

I've missed sleeping without hearing this beeping hell

[@midas9197]

The quietest room would be the perfect bathroom

[@laureltubman]

… so you can hear the magic as it happens??

[@75egcg]

Could you imagine the cacophony of noise in the loud room? A simple high pressure toilet bowl fart would make you go deaf and shatter glass.

[@norah6954]

@@75egcg i don't think so, the room kinda swallows up sound do it would probably be a comfy bathroom

[@75egcg]

@@norah6954 I’m talking about the reverb room

[@pinecone189]

Ah yes to hear every gurgle and fart

I wish Airplanes were this quiet, instead I get a screaming baby every time

[@gigachad7729]

Make it play outside

[@goldenking874]

At least you get to go on airplanes bro count your blessings lmao

[@hansuri401]

@@gigachad7729 chad

[@lowboogie1429]

🌽🌽🌽🌽YYYYY

[@LegacyCat386M]

@@gigachad7729 everyone else on the space station:

[@StormyNightz11]

We need the worlds quietest room in a library

[@zuko891]

Whenever I'm in a dark room without sound I start to feel hyper and on edge resulting in a psychotic laughter

[@Simple-2-]

Uhhhh

[@aComedicPianist]

The reverberation chamber sound a lot like pressing down the sustain pedal on a piano and playing every single note possible, except the strings don’t stop vibrating.

[@tentaplayz3691]

I HEAR IT NOWW

[@jimena_poppy1885]

As a pianist, I agree

[@Memecious]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDEl5mMiax2sMU,,

[@nuberiffic]

no, it really doesn't

[@flaminggaming143]

Theres strings on a piano?🤔

[@yllwClusterduck]

I would love to hear Aurora sing in both of these rooms to see how the songs change. There are so many interesting experiments you could do in these rooms.

[@alliexcx5576]

I haven’t watched much of the video yet but do you mean the singer aurora who made that song runaway and under the water?

[@yllwClusterduck]

@@alliexcx5576 yep! There is beautiful footage of her singing in big cathedrals and she was also the Voice that Elsa was following in Frozen 2. I'd love to see how her song changes in these two rooms.

[@cricrumusic1932]

Aaaa aaaa i love how aurora is becoming famous :'(

[@TheRealFDR]

I need to hear the halo songs in the reverb chamber

[@terabhaitopper1097]

@@TheRealFDR aaaaa ahhhhh a ahhhhh aaaa a hhhhhhhh oooooo

[@YoyoF37]

The balloon popping differential was crazy

[@justgiz]

im more impressed with the fact that you were able to just sit in that room for 2 hours. I can't even spend 5 minutes not doing anything.

[@TheTrainmobile]

Omg, I'm surrounded by 3M products all the time! Their microplastics are even in my drinking water. :D

[@Candicedickinsonllc]

they are really refreshing 🥰

[@ThisisFerrariKhan]

😂

[@Th3BlackLotus]

Their chemical plant caused the level of PFOAs in my local water to skyrocket and exceed the FDA limit.

[@KinDiedYesterday]

PLEASEEEEE HAHAHA

[@18tricksta89]

@@Candicedickinsonllc context please?

[@kb9847]

I've always wondered how I would do in this room. I LOVE silence. I get over stimmed very easily and I think I would find it very peaceful. I'm glad you shared that you did find it peaceful because other videos I've watched on this I feel that they are overreacting. Thanks for your insights. I don't think I would like the all dark though either.

[@lpsftw8572]

Same! As someone with autistic spectrum disorder, sound is the biggest issue for me so I feel as though I would adore being in the room. Though as you said, total darkness would be the point I'd leave said room

[@gogetagodmode5980]

its too quiet though.. you can hear your organs and start to hallucinate after 30 minutes, its rlly scary

[@lachimolala819]

@@gogetagodmode5980 Sounds awesome to me

[@InnerRise]

@@lachimolala819 me too! No drugs!

[@kb9847]

@@gogetagodmode5980 that would be very weird tbh. lol

[@James-jp8kd]

4:20 The best room for studying

[@sir-william-bum-bum-the-third]

3:52 it sounds like your trying to watch a video while being really tired and it sounds soo quiet

[@lefrederico9952]

I though i was the only one that have this feeling, like it doesnt matter if you are listening to a guy screaming, it still sounds quiet and that makes me feel even more tired. Thats strange f

[@wysgyeman]

I have constant ringing in my ears. I would love to try the quiet room, yet I know the ringing would then become deafening. That was a very cool video! Thanks for doing it!

[@owlwhoknowswhereyoulive1820]

and the part where you hear you own heart beat

[@dungeonmasters4]

@@owlwhoknowswhereyoulive1820 I always hear my own heartbeat

[@laidbackcontent2461]

Frfr

[@AldousHuxley7]

Mine went down significantly by turning off my emf devices at night. Timer on wifi phone full airplane mode smart tvs turned off etc. smart guard on smart meter should be shielded as well.

[@AldousHuxley7]

@@owlwhoknowswhereyoulive1820 Thats caused by potassium deficiency. Need to eat more dark leafy greens.

[@divavthataintme]

I would love to go in that room, just to see how loud I can actually scream without worrying about disturbing someone

[@ellehcim.k5449]

I could finally practice singing

[@divavthataintme]

@@ellehcim.k5449 ikr

[@starlytical]

Sammmeeeee

[@IdkMiaIG]

That's exactly what I would do

[@Celestial-yq6hz]

I’d probably cause a pseudo-sonic boom with my sneeze

[@noise3312]

I have tinnitus so the quietest room sounds like an absolute nightmare. If I’m in my room with no sound the ringing is unbearable. I need to have a fan going just to drown out the ringing, but if it’s as quiet as a room can possibly get, the sound would be so deafening it would probably make me pass out.

[@LaraKroft951]

I remember reading about the quitest room in the world many years ago, and there was something like "nobody could spend more that 40 minutes in that room", and I was like... just take my money and let me in. Piece and quiet all the damn time? Like no relatives constantly buzzing you, no calls, NOT A LIVING SOUL disturbing you? I'm in until they find the way to throw me out, cause I'm locking from the inside, bye bye

[@melaniefel2711]

No you wont. Because its not really quiet in there. You'll hear your own blood, your own organs, it will turn you crazy.

[@joninapepperell1151]

I know what you mean. It would be bliss for me. They say about the quiet because you can hear every sound in your body as its emphasised x

[@JanhaviMishra]

Mitch: **in the world’s loudest room** Also Mitch: **immediately starts singing the periodic table song** Ngl if I were there, I would’ve done the same thing 😂

[@kristian.perez_]

1000th like

[@natemedude]

once he stopped i began continuing singing the song, am sure my dog thought i was crazy

[@lueroso1540]

I was thinking, I would love to go into the loudest room in the world and just belt as low as I can xD

[@Darlock8647]

Of all songs u would choose the periodic table.

[@moonbeenlily2345]

I like the pi song more but yeah

[@fruitbouquet5479]

Have they ever tested eco-location animals like bats having trouble navigating or seem disoriented, just curious.

[@GaleGrim]

I hypothesize that in the anechoic chamber they would be "blind" or very limited and blurry for echolocation uses as the noises they emit to be bounced back and then hear to use echolocation wouldn't bounce back much if at all, and for the reverberation Chamber it might act as normal or be a sort of "bright light" room where they can't "see" because it's too noisy in a similar why to us not being able to see if our environment is too bright.

[@GaleGrim]

Oh, slightly different hypothesis! The reverberation chamber might also act like a Fully mirrored chamber for a bats sense of echolocation, they can see them self in the audio "reflection" and know somethings up and won't be blinded by it.

[@demoknighttf2756]

maybe it looks like they are on a flat plane that goes on forever

[@aztrolivr]

That would be super interesting

[@darkpaul1uxgaming269]

Good idea!

[@eilonwytheepicgamer8358]

Him: "Bryan then LOCKED me in there alone" Also him: **Closes door himself**

[@Creative-LOL]

7:55 Welcome to Helen Keller's World

[@jesselasalle5104]

The anechoic chamber would honestly be a nightmare for those with ADHD (aka myself.) I need sound to process the bombardment of thoughts that have no off switch in my head, so silence would be decimating to me.

[@washyourmoney3685]

Same here but with ocd and trust me just pray for God to help you it will get better if you believe and are sincere🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@wiseoneedarra593]

I have ADHD and I have been in the anechoic chamber at BYU. I wasn't in there alone, though we did have a few minutes of everyone being quiet. I actually really liked it. I'm always in my head anyway and my mind was no longer split between trying to process everything outside my head and everything inside. The attention brought to my own body was meditative in a way I've never been able to achieve before or since.

[@Tiniuc]

@@wiseoneedarra593 I feel like I'd be in your boat too.

[@alexandracuciuc2962]

@@washyourmoney3685 me who has both

[@-Solidwater]

I don't have uncontrollable thoughts but I'd be horribly understimulated, bored and I'd feel like I've been there for eternity when it's been only a minute or two

[@richardbidinger2577]

I wonder how a room like that would affect somebody with ADD.

[@kalymya2265]

So I have ADD and I'm also hyperacusic. I recently visited the french anechoic chamber at IRCAM. It was one of the best expériences I've ever had, I want to live in it forever.

[@ThisisFerrariKhan]

I have severe ADHD and I would probably fall asleep because of the darkness aspect. If the light was cut on, then I’d probably jump off the walls 😂

[@durdleduc8520]

considering the fact that people with adhd, autism, and similar neurodivergent disorders have a lot of problems when it comes to overstimulation, i think we would want to live there lol

[@chribu_]

I have actually a bigger problem with understimulation. I would feel so uncomfortable even just being in a usual room for two hours with nothing to do. In combination with the quiet and the dark I really would either fall asleep or totally freak

or with my tinnitus

[@tfrowlett8752]

The closest I ever got to an anechoic chamber is when I went on a cave tour and they asked everyone if they wanted to test their nerve. I said yes so I went to a deep part of the cave and they turned the lights off. It was dead silent and there was no reception, but I did have a long wave radio which can penetrate the ground. I lasted over 45 minutes before my nerves got the better of me.

[@damia256]

I never goes inside a silent room, but I had a similar experience before and I will tell you, if you go inside a silent room, you will feel as if you're suffocating, your head felt like you wanna explode and you wanna threw up. It's not the best experience, and the best way is to stay silent. And being silent makes you be more wary of surrounding, you will have sensitive hearing and it will eventually drive you insane. I know some ppl thought that it would be fun to stay inside a silent room and chill but it's different experience altogether :)

[@pearlscake]

anechoic chamber: insanity test neurodivergent people: wow this is so relaxing //falls asleep// anechoic chamber: *no wait that wasnt supposed to happen*

[@RosheenQuynh]

Unless you're a neurodivergent person who craves (good) stimuli, anechoic sounds like a nightmare cuz I need noise at all times.

[@Muis33]

Mentally insane people : AH! Finally I can hear the voices clearly!

[@RosheenQuynh]

@@Muis33 Remember that there are sane people who actually suffer from voices...

[@Muis33]

@@RosheenQuynh I'm Schizophrenic... Can't relate.

[@sakuranovaryan9261]

@@RosheenQuynh they do? I didn't know that damn

[@travelofficial2]

I heard this in max volume (3:35) What he said was: "To see how the volume changes in my voice because the amount of echo reaching the camera and the amount of audio and sound waves reaching, It will change as i get further back especially the fact that there is literally nothing to reverberate it and concentrate it to you, so the level of audio even though, I've stayed the same will probably feel quite different."

[@Enkaizu]

underrated

[@gembagus]

Lol

[@jenie9977]

Thanks

[@ZADARGG]

Use Subtitle instead

[@yangpentingaming]

Dedicated

[@pintokiller821]

I love you, your content and your account, thank you so much for everything, hug from Portugal ❤

[@thecombiner6864]

5:04 Apparently, staying in a room like this is also really hard because many people can hear their own heart beat. A loud heart generally means that you're in danger.

[@sittingtreeva927]

2:20 I non-jokingly love this part, I've listened to it over and over again lol

[@darth_meme_lord2980]

Same

[@BlindLifegaming]

I’m not the only one!

[@user400]

cheesy

[@abhisheksah4829]

2:22

[@alexs.7956]

Omg yes!

[@Frigiduck]

I remember going to a science and technology museum at one point. It had an exhibit based around sound, and it had a decently sized anechoic chamber. It was weird to be in there for more than just a couple of minutes.

[@NuanceBleue]

there is one at the Palais de la découverte in Paris too. After all the constant noise of the museum, beiing in the silence feel weird after a couple of relieving minutes, like you need the noise again

[@sakuranovaryan9261]

I wish we had those in your country sounds super cool

[@Ulam009]

I love how u make this content :)

[@AgentJames56]

I love this dude's personality.

[@WestExplainsBest]

2:08 My students' brains when I try to explain fractions.

[@Swaggin4Life]

Hi teach

[@jamesjr8838]

Man, if i was in the silent room, with the lights off, I’d lose my mind. I’m not scared OF the dark, but what may be in it, and not having the awareness of even the smallest bit if light will freak me out

[@Ice.muffin]

Gotta break it to ya, that's what people afraid of the "dark" are actually afraid of, exactly what you mentioned, be it on a subconscious level only. It's on a conscious level in your case.

[@froctoof6059]

No one is afraid of the dark like it's actually just pitch Black, but everyone is afraid of what is in the dark

[@chickenbob562]

i think its way worse when you are inside of building and its not completely dark, but almost completely dark and you can still see silhouettes of stuff like i feel "safer" when its completely dark instead outside it doesnt matter at all imo

[@DG-mi2mc]

Good you show the key fragments in the beginning, saves me 8 minutes 👍

[@afb9999]

I've been on sound proof rooms where generators work without them working and when you first enter the room and "hear" the silence is very strange but after a while you get used to it

[@playly]

In a room like this, I'll probably go crazy with my tinnitus....

[@JC_wonderland]

But when you step out it might have a reverse therapeutic affect, lol was looking for someone to comment this

[@leatherman180]

Ya I have chronic tenitus it effects me everyday but I've heard that facing your tenitus for a long period of time like going into a room like this would help me get used to it

[@JC_wonderland]

@@leatherman180 it won’t be as loud when you step out, it fades into the background

[@brkstf70]

Me too!!!

[@dhawalpandey2807]

4:07 mosquito singing near my ears

[@dragulia_venaro]

The quietest experience I've ever feel in my bed room is when there was a power outage at my place. In that moment, I can hear the clock ticking, and I can even hear my own heartbeat.. Before I'm going crazy, I quickly play some music with my earphone and sleep..

[@NikkiKNuvo]

this was so cool to watch! Can't help but imagine that the dark silent room is what Helen Keller experienced for most of her life. Much time for philosophizing. :)

[@Spidaface666]

*I would love to spend the night in that chamber get the best sleep of my life*

[@9PlatinumGamer9]

Would probably be horrible to hear the blood in your ears and creak of your neck constantly.

[@BradenJohnYoung]

If you made it through the night, imagine how deafening normal background noise would suddenly seem!

[@tentaplayz3691]

Exactly

[@tentaplayz3691]

Nahh, that white noise be peaceful af

[@OverClover]

My tinnitus would drive me insane

[@loughkb]

Now you almost know what it's like for someone who goes deaf after being able to hear. I say almost, since you could still hear your body noises. And with the lights out, you caught a glimpse of Hellen Kellers world. No sight, no sound, her whole life. Now you know.

[@Vedangi_]

Underrated comment

[@vvsk4918]

It's very close, yes! But Mitch could still talk to himself and then hear his own voice back, despite the quiet room. Helen Keller didn't even have that type of stimulation. She relied on touch and non-verbal vocalizations for so much of her youth, I don't think the experiences are nearly as comparable.

[@loughkb]

@@vvsk4918 If you really want to dig down that deeply into minutia, then I would have to point out that Helen could certainly feel the vibration of her own voice in her neck and chest. Just as we do. :-P

[@throatychunk]

except blindness isn't pitch black, it's nothing human mind can't grasp the concept

[@9nikolai]

​@@throatychunk The human mind can grasp the concept. A lot of human minds spend their entire lives with the concept. But a lot of human minds grasped the wrong concept that black means nothing rather than black meaning no light. But it's so simple to explain, especially now that we have computers: Some people think being completely blind is like using a computer with a constant black screen, but it's more like not having a monitor at all. Similarly, being completely deaf isn't just turning the volume all the way down, but rather like having no speakers at all.

[@Itsmepiper]

As someone who doesn’t really watch informative/learning videos, I can say this is one of the actual interesting science videos I’ve watched.

[@Realitybreakerpeppino]

3:27 man, i love the A-300 sound that was made

[@wahbro3380]

"This is one of the loudest rooms in the world" My bedroom when Mario says "buh-bye!" on my DS under the pillow: *I beg to differ*

[@curtisdaniel9294]

Cool Happening! Have you ever tried a Sensory Deprivation Tank? You sit/lie in a tank with a saturated solution of (I think) magnesium sulfate, Epsom Salt. If you haven't, give it a try and let Us Know. Compare it to the Anechoic Chamber.

[@XenoTravis]

Magnesium baths are so calming. Wish more knew about magnesium supplements in general

[@tentaplayz3691]

Sooo.. basically dead?

[@XenoTravis]

@@tentaplayz3691 nah it is a super duper meditative state

[@kb9847]

the only thing is it's dark and I'd be wet. I hate being wet. haha oh and claustaphobic. lol

[@XenoTravis]

@@kb9847 the temperature and water is such that you don't feel it. You also can use it to get over random and odd things like not liking being wet by working on yourself. It is pretty trippy and very powerful. It is pretty messy after though so it definitely takes work getting used to. But mental stuff usually requires someone to be very uncomfortable at first

[@cerulity32k]

I really want to see what happens when you hit the resonant frequency in the reverberation chamber. How loud will it get?

[@paulcamacho8753]

1:57 Those safety goggles added to the sound reflection.

[@NazStudios]

As an audio engineer, I was so impressed how much crispy the audio was at that distance in this chamber! Damn. Adele should make an album here! Edit: Damn. That's a lot of likes!

[@gamleoslo]

You should check out the Vigeland mausoleum.

[@AmyMcLean]

Sounds scientists: 20 minutes in a silent room will drive you crazy. Every mom in the world: TRY ME! I'M GONNA TAKE A NAP!

[@simonesessolo4066]

3:57 Pov: You are the mosquito in my room just before I fall asleep

[@walshar2705]

even though I wasn't in the quiest room but when I just saw it in the video I LITERALLY felt my heart going "I know this room is gonna be quiet" and felt everything was actually very very v e r y quiet

[@PunTimesWithNeil]

Would be interesting to see the difference between neurotical vs schizoid type mental illnesses in the anechoic chamber/sensory deprivation tanks. The whole "going crazy" idea is moreso just giving space for everyday intrusive thoughts or images to run wild without distraction.

[@AzraelAlpha]

Sounds a bit like torture

[@BGDMusic]

sensory deprivation could very well be a form of torture some people may say they enjoy it but it's just a matter of time

[@LK-ir2pg]

Right? Like I would love to sit in a quiet dark room all by myself for hours. I already sit in my closet with noise cancelling headphones in the dark, I feel like I would enjoy it way more than an average person would. The world is seriously overwhelming sometimes, I would love to just not have anything going on for awhile

[@XLFz882]

I can't handle being in a dark and silent room I will see things and I will hear my brain electricity I hate it I would probably scream Constantly and what if you suffocate

[@jyostnabenparmar1783]

Ikr it would be interesting to see how it affects them

[@LionGaming-pk9yt]

4:35 that is some scp stuff right here

[@Butcher339]

3:58 that one mosquito at 2:00 AM.

[@3lvisplay]

That room would be the perfect recording booth. I need it!

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

Honestly, when I first contemplated the idea of no life after death, that's exactly what I envisioned. Except that instead of an hour, it'd be an eternity. And as you can imagine that really freaked me out as a little kid

[@Polyglot_English]

No life after death is more like having no brain.

[@SerchUrrea]

Well it doesn't matter if its like that, because you wouldn't be aware

[@AbbyInTexas]

As an individual who loves silence, darkness and being alone. This would be heaven! As long as I had a pillow and couple of blankets. I must be comfy :)

[@SirFae]

*(sound of your blood going through your veins and hearing things intensifies)*

[@user-pu8hy2xh7v]

Like me

[@Velvety.official]

@@SirFae lol

[@GrassHumanAnimalHeathmanaaer]

I made it 69 lukes !

[@SirFae]

@@GrassHumanAnimalHeathmanaaer I don’t care

[@livanKoko]

2:46 i thought he was wearing half a mask bruh 💀

[@NarutoUzumaki-pt8hb]

Finally the best room for the asmr

[@balancemaster55]

I remember veritasium doing this ages ago, nice to see these topics covered by a variety of channels.

[@user-qj9dv3vk9n]

Me too

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

This feels like the reverse of the siren room from "Hunting by Stars". It's an AMAZING, and I mean F*CKING AMAZING book by an author named Cherie Dimaline, and what happens is that, to break his will, this one guy is locked in a room that has nothing in it but bright lights, a two-way mirror, and a SCREAMING siren. He says the sound matches the pitch of his panic, and actually puts him on the floor it's so loud. I don't know what would break someone faster, though: sensory deprivation, or sensory overload? If you're going to read this book, though, and I IMMENSELY recommend it, you have to read "The Marrow Thieves" first. "Hunting by Stars" is its direct sequel.

[@szarekhthesilentking7043]

As many many experiments will tell you, humans prefer negative stimulation than no stimulation at all.

[@lilbirb7106]

3:56 that one mosquito in your room while you are trying to sleep

[@jhulpthefox]

Yeah, i love going in my mind sometimes, and im sure im more intuned to my body than other people so i imagine that room would be super nice.

[@jennim7]

I once traveled to Maui, to the top of Haleakala, at night. I would think that's the quietest place I've been. It was a bit unnerving, but a super memorable feeling. Almost a deafening hum in my ears (which I assume was my blood pumping), and I could hear my friend's stomach growl from 25 feet away

[@andrewralte4844]

i hope you fed your friend lol

[@r.a.6459]

Dude, that's a different kind of quiet, like you're going out to a local park at 1am. It's peaceful and serene.

[@scratchpad7954]

0:25 Uh, no. The loudest room in the world is one's bathroom when the shampoo bottle falls over in the tub. You also missed the perfect opportunity to sing the Halo theme song while in the reverberation room.

[@war_robots7911]

The worlds loudest room is a nightmare

[@trinefj11]

Sound proof headphones does this to me, I feel so relaxed

[@mysock351C]

What's interesting about this is it shows how little of what you hear is actually the direct sound from an object. Generally, the direct sound is what's used to localize something, but the reflections you hear from the first sound to about 80ms afterwards are what actually composes the bulk of what you perceive as the "sound" from something. From my experience, the direct sound is what's used to localize, while the indirect sound contains the actual perceived acoustic signature along with the cues as to the surrounding environment the source is in (i.e. small room, concert hall, outdoors, etc.). You can get a similar effect after it snows. Outside peoples voices sound muted compared to what you would normally hear. Of course, the above is the two extremes, where either all the sound is absorbed and there are no reflections, or allowed to reflect until its eventually attenuated by the losses in the air itself.

[@jonasj.3797]

3:35 me lowering my volume to the lowest

[@2yldy]

True

[@nargacugalover]

2:22 I love the periodic table song!

[@imabonker1660]

I might need that Anechoic Chamber for my gaming set up.

[@hardikpratap446]

I used to work for them and they have the absolute best of engineering teams and these rooms actually have many real life applications. They're fun but also very useful.

[@lachnanin2398]

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[@twitofu1885]

Thanks for saving my time ♥

[@edgarbadillo2127]

Thx

[@progoti0714]

anechoic chamber will be a perfect music studio

[@ravensmansand8285]

Dude who showed you around was great on camera no camera shyness at all man

[@thestraltheundead4093]

At 2:23 I literally sing along. Its so catchy and helpful. A reminder of when you will make the same song but the elements vertically.😬✋

[@dark1257]

What's the song?

[@Cloudyrollz]

Same

[@dhanacipta4602]

@@dark1257 just write periodic table song

[@razorwolf2758]

This song was played in my science class and now everyone keeps singing it to torment me keep in mine THIS IS A GRADE 10 CLASS!!! >:(

[@Restart_Animator]

Now this is like an encore!

[@SIDTerces]

As an Introvert, that is the most special room to me. Peace and Quiet in Darkness

[@zselimegmen8714]

I just need music

[@jyostnabenparmar1783]

Exactly 🥺💕

[@kaboomgamer333]

The sound of a balloon popping in the quietest room sounds like one bloon popping in BTD5

[@DrDingsGaster]

I want to hear a euphonium playing in the loudest room!