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This is unbelievable"
a pH change of .3 ph units say from 7.3 to 7 transmits sound 70 pt more effectively with ocean water [link]
Thus this hearing aid is either a pill that changes the pH of the inner ear or an absorbable fluid to make sounds 70 pt or more louder Most tissues have a pH range more
than a 1 wide like 6.5-7.5 thus it may be possible to triple perceived audio volume with a peculiar fluid made of dmso plus buffered pH adjustment chemicals (possibly Magnesium Chloride plus Hydrogen Chloride) DMSO plus lipid surrounded buffered hyperacids
Once the dmso or lipid vesicle carries the buffered acid or minute amounts of superacid across the tympanic membrane the pH changes causing the sound to transmit more effectively
I think it might be possible to combine a photolytic compound like methylene blue plus the lipid surrounded buffered hyperacid to create amplifier chemistry that could be fitted with a beam of light
anyone know how to make a pill
the mechanism of sound through water is described: the chemistry of seawater could change by 0.3 pH units by 2050 (see below for background information on pH and ocean acidification). In the October 1, 2008 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, Keith Hester and his coauthors calculate that this change in ocean acidity would allow sounds to travel up to 70 percent farther underwater
change pH .3 units make things 70 pt more audible
http://www.eurekale.../mbar-cut092908.php
[beanangel, Mar 10 2009]
Slightly deaf bass player
http://www.digitals...ayer-went-deaf.html
for [Max] [normzone, Mar 10 2009]
[link]
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what works for seawater might not work for "cochlear goop" |
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A change that small is quite trivial, though i suppose it might make a difference between inaudibility and audibility. A more serious problem is altering the pH of the internal environment. It might be possible to do this by holding a mouthful of vinegar but it would rapidly be cancelled out. One thing that could probably be done would be to use a small quantity of heavy water. Any change would be brief. I think it would probably damage nerves in the cochlea, and that density is a better bet than acid. |
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It's a shame people don't hear with their kidneys or stomach. |
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This is stoopid, but only for three reasons. |
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1) Nobody is getting their hands on my cochlea. In
particular, I don't want it's pH messed around with. |
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2) The effect is most noticeable for low frequency sounds -
bottom of the piano keyboard. Useful for slightly-deaf
bass guitarists, perhaps. |
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3) It won't work. If your cochlea were, say, a mile long,
then it would be fine. But (in truth and without boasting),
I bet your cochlea is a lot smaller than that. Very little
sound energy is actually lost by absorbtion in the cochlear
fluid - almost none, in fact. Reducing those tiny losses
will have no significant effect. |
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//transmits sound 70 pt more effectively //
does not even remotely imply:
//make sounds 70 pt or more louder //.
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This is meaningless without citing actual measurement technique. |
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I'm convinced you critics are right about this |
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the attenuation is nonsensical |
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nevertheless you ought to be better able to hear the faintest whispers kind of like horton the elephant |
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