James B. Davis karl shah-jenner : >More interesting >again is that our human ones are even MORE sensitive. but the problem is >they're buried too deep on most people (think skinned?) - however some >people do become aware of these and can use them in the sense of being able >to determine where they are spatially. The thing is our brain turns down the volume automatically. Ever have one ear plugged with wax for awhile then get the wax out? (I did) Turn on the tap and it sounds like Niagara Falls. I'm not kidding. After about 10 minutes the brain programs the volume back down to normal. Pity would couldn't turn it off and on at will, or could we??? Might as well tell the whole story here, I had an ear so badly plugged the doctor couldn't get it cleared. I got a Murine earwax removal kit and went at it every night for a week. I syringed and syringed warm water each night for like 15 minutes, after soaking with the removal stuff of course. The last couple days large plugs came out, and finally, wow, Niagara Falls! There ya go, true story about hearing. not nice! and that fact about muting leads to another interesting observation they came up with recently - can't recall who, but some group theorised sound levels in the head might actually be louder than we think, so the set about measuring the sound levels in out heads (sound passes faster and with less loss through water an solids like bone) and they found sound levels vastly in excess of a jumbo jet! somehow the brain muted this, but more interesting again - somehow we are protected from deafness .. we should by rights be deaf within the first few weeks of birth based on the sound levels hitting our ears k
