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1108: Sound Healing | Skeptical Sunday
The Jordan Harbinger Show
The Impact of Sound on Health
This chapter examines the effects of noise and vibrations on health, particularly for forest workers and vulnerable populations like children. It blends serious insights with humor, reflecting on the absurdities of loud ultrasounds and their potential impact on unborn babies.
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I'm also thinking yo you couldn't make earplugs out of a kleenex or something i mean it must have been super loud oh
Speaker 2
yeah at some point he's like all right that's it i'm done i want to know the track he came out to me
Speaker 1
too i just also like i'd rather go to federal prison in miami for the rest of my life than listen to another night of i don't know what is like metallica or whatever it was.
Speaker 2
Sounds like the average date I go on. Everyone hates metal so much. That's so funny. But beyond hearing impairment, sound can cause all sorts of issues in the body. One study I found pointed out that vibrations can cause structural damage and inflammation of nerves in forest workers with higher prevalence of Raynaud's phenomenon, which is a disorder that can cause reduced blood circulation to your fingers.
Speaker 1
Yikes. So is that because of all the chainsaws? Why are forest workers dealing with noise? I'm guessing just they're cutting down trees? Is that what's going on? Yeah,
Speaker 2
it's a combination of the noise and the vibration, which also causes damage to the circulatory system, nerves, joints, and bones. Yeah, exactly. So for example, a 250 hertz vibration could induce oxidative stress in nerves, leading to inflammation. And children and newborns are especially sensitive to sounds and vibrations. Some studies have even looked at the stress caused by baby carriers, such as a stroller, during transportation and its effect on a child's nervous system. While the research is limited, we know that in some adults, vibrations can lead to increased blood pressure, motion sickness, vomiting, and increased cranial pressure.
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Speaker 2
developed ears.
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