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Hi, Shortwavers. Emily Kwong here, and we have a special episode for you from

one of the best science podcasts out there, unexplainable from Vox. Unexplainable digs into

scientific mysteries and unanswered questions about everything from dark matter and black holes

to what dinosaurs may have sounded like. And last year, host Noam Hassanfeld did a five-part series

about the way our brains process sound. It's called the sound barrier. And their second episode

is about tenetous. That's when you perceive a ringing in your ear, this persistent sound that

comes from nowhere, almost 15% of adults suffer from this, and there is no cure.

In fact, researchers are only just beginning to understand the cause.

Here's that piece, and you can check out the rest of the sound barrier series on the

Unexplanable podcast feed.

Enjoy.

I noticed it around just New Year's time.

I just remember there was something on the bright side of my ear going on.

It's like, do do do do do dodo, do-do, do-do.

And I thought it was just the pipes.

I kept asking my fiancé if he's been hearing something going on in the walls next to me.

But he's reported back, nothing.

Kelly started hearing things almost four years ago, just a couple months after her 25th birthday.

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