In article , "~misfit~"
writes:

Once upon a time on usenet Mike Fleming wrote:

It's poorly expressed. Sounds create standing waves in the basilar
membrane, the location of the standing wave corresponding to the
frequency. The hair cells at the location of the standing wave are
stimulated by the basilar membrane. (Those of us with tinnitus have
hair cells at specific locations continuously transmitting, which
slightly messes things up.)

Yep that sounds a lot better. My condolences on the tinnitus.

I used to do soundmixing / stagelighting for live gigs a few deacades ago
and the band I worked with didn't have very long cables so I was never far
from a PA speaker stack. I'd get temporary tinnitus that would last for
days. I'd hate to have it permanently.

If you remember old CRT tellies which had a high-pitched whistle -
what I have is the same as that. Although it's there all the time, I'm
not normally conscious of it. And I think it was from riding
motorcycles with no ear protection (not exhaust noise, the noise of
wind rushing past a helmet).

--
Mike Fleming