Re: I ordered my high frequency filtering ear plugs today.

[Guest guest]

Wow--you are in a great position to work some magic! You make audio chips for laptops? That's great! It sounds like you've got the connections to make some prototypes and experiment with different possibilities.

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks,

Kathy Howe

-----Original Message-----From: Soundsensitivity [mailto:Soundsensitivity ]On Behalf Of xl_cheese24Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:50 PMTo: Soundsensitivity Subject: I ordered my high frequency filtering ear plugs today.

These are off the shelf units that require an earmold locally. They are made by a company called Westone. If any of you have read my experiments I am currently theorizing that my base triggers all have one thing in common. A higher frequency component. S's, wisps, sharp vocal sounds, smacking, etc. Some experiments with filtering specific frequencies showed promise for me. During audio playback of filtered data I felt like it was not going to trigger me. Keep in mind I'm very distraught right now and my main triggers are not really there. Today is the first day I've been at ease since last week. 4 nights with only a handful of hours of sleep. The rest of the time was spent in agony.Ironically as we were looking in the spec sheet for the westone style 42 earplugs I noticed that the main filter component is made by a company called Knowles. Well, I work for IDT and we make audio chips that go into laptops. I've worked with guys from Knowles before on their Digital mic products. The audiologist said that the plugs are just an cyclinder that contains the filter component. It's possible that it can be removed from the plug and replaced with different filters. Time to make some calls and see if different frequency responses can be obtained.

[Guest guest]

I don't want to get anyones hopes up. Although, I'm prolly setting

myself up for a big disappointment. The frequency response curve of

these devices are in the ballpark for what I think I need. On the

Knowles website it looks like an odd fabric type filter so it may not

be so easy to design around a desired responce.

>

> Wow--you are in a great position to work some magic! You make

audio chips

> for laptops? That's great! It sounds like you've got the

connections to

> make some prototypes and experiment with different possibilities.

>

> Let us know how it goes.

>

> Thanks,

> Kathy Howe

> I ordered my high frequency filtering

ear

> plugs today.

>

>

> These are off the shelf units that require an earmold locally.

They

> are made by a company called Westone. If any of you have read my

> experiments I am currently theorizing that my base triggers all

have

> one thing in common. A higher frequency component. S's, wisps,

sharp

> vocal sounds, smacking, etc. Some experiments with filtering

specific

> frequencies showed promise for me. During audio playback of

filtered

> data I felt like it was not going to trigger me. Keep in mind I'm

very

> distraught right now and my main triggers are not really there.

Today

> is the first day I've been at ease since last week. 4 nights with

only

> a handful of hours of sleep. The rest of the time was spent in

agony.

>

> Ironically as we were looking in the spec sheet for the westone

style

> 42 earplugs I noticed that the main filter component is made by a

> company called Knowles. Well, I work for IDT and we make audio

chips

> that go into laptops. I've worked with guys from Knowles before on

> their Digital mic products. The audiologist said that the plugs

are

> just an cyclinder that contains the filter component. It's

possible

> that it can be removed from the plug and replaced with different

> filters. Time to make some calls and see if different frequency

> responses can be obtained.

>

[Guest guest]

I had a pair similar to what you are describing made for me. The ear

mold was fitted specifically for the shape of my ears. There was a

little round filter you could fit at the end part that sticks out of the

ear.

At least for me they didn't help. I tried two filters, one that was

suppose to block all sounds from getting into my ear, and one that was

suppose to reduce the loudness of high frequency sounds. I still could

hear my trigger sounds like keys and dishes, even with them on!

I am curious to see if they help you any better. Thanks for the update!

xl_cheese24 wrote:

>

>

> These are off the shelf units that require an earmold locally. They

> are made by a company called Westone. If any of you have read my

> experiments I am currently theorizing that my base triggers all have

> one thing in common. A higher frequency component. S's, wisps, sharp

> vocal sounds, smacking, etc. Some experiments with filtering specific

> frequencies showed promise for me. During audio playback of filtered

> data I felt like it was not going to trigger me. Keep in mind I'm very

> distraught right now and my main triggers are not really there. Today

> is the first day I've been at ease since last week. 4 nights with only

> a handful of hours of sleep. The rest of the time was spent in agony.

>

> Ironically as we were looking in the spec sheet for the westone style

> 42 earplugs I noticed that the main filter component is made by a

> company called Knowles. Well, I work for IDT and we make audio chips

> that go into laptops. I've worked with guys from Knowles before on

> their Digital mic products. The audiologist said that the plugs are

> just an cyclinder that contains the filter component. It's possible

> that it can be removed from the plug and replaced with different

> filters. Time to make some calls and see if different frequency

> responses can be obtained.

[Guest guest]

An ear plug that does what this article describes would be ideal.

http://emusician.com/mag/emusic_silencing_sibilance/

> >

> >

> > These are off the shelf units that require an earmold locally.

They

> > are made by a company called Westone. If any of you have read my

> > experiments I am currently theorizing that my base triggers all

have

> > one thing in common. A higher frequency component. S's, wisps,

sharp

> > vocal sounds, smacking, etc. Some experiments with filtering

specific

> > frequencies showed promise for me. During audio playback of

filtered

> > data I felt like it was not going to trigger me. Keep in mind I'm

very

> > distraught right now and my main triggers are not really there.

Today

> > is the first day I've been at ease since last week. 4 nights with

only

> > a handful of hours of sleep. The rest of the time was spent in

agony.

> >

> > Ironically as we were looking in the spec sheet for the westone

style

> > 42 earplugs I noticed that the main filter component is made by a

> > company called Knowles. Well, I work for IDT and we make audio

chips

> > that go into laptops. I've worked with guys from Knowles before on

> > their Digital mic products. The audiologist said that the plugs

are

> > just an cyclinder that contains the filter component. It's

possible

> > that it can be removed from the plug and replaced with different

> > filters. Time to make some calls and see if different frequency

> > responses can be obtained.

>