thermionic
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Hi,
There has been a lot of coverage about this issue in the media lately.
Here's a link: http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/
Note that the people behind the organisation aren't stupid.
Anyway, up until now, I've been inclined to put people who claim to have the disorder in the same bracket as those who wear tin-foil hats... However, my GP says he's concerned. It also tends to be women that suffer - note that they tend to be able to hear higher frequencies (sum + difference demodulation).
I've noticed that I occasionally get mild tinnitus when on my laptop (this is not a posture / jaw-related thing btw - I've had that x-rayed for wisdom teeth extraction recently). When I turn off the laptop or leave the room, it goes...
As I write this, my laptop (Dell) is interfering with my TV - I have hazy lines across the screen... I expect this from hairdryers and the like, but I'm only around them for a few minutes at a time, unlike the laptop... The pattern from the laptop looks a bit more menacing than that from a noisy motor (could be my imagination).
What say you? Have any double-blind studies been performed?
Until I know for definite, I think I'll do my best to limit use of the laptop. Switching off the wi-fi doesn't affect the TV.
Cheers,
Justin
There has been a lot of coverage about this issue in the media lately.
Here's a link: http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/
Note that the people behind the organisation aren't stupid.
Anyway, up until now, I've been inclined to put people who claim to have the disorder in the same bracket as those who wear tin-foil hats... However, my GP says he's concerned. It also tends to be women that suffer - note that they tend to be able to hear higher frequencies (sum + difference demodulation).
I've noticed that I occasionally get mild tinnitus when on my laptop (this is not a posture / jaw-related thing btw - I've had that x-rayed for wisdom teeth extraction recently). When I turn off the laptop or leave the room, it goes...
As I write this, my laptop (Dell) is interfering with my TV - I have hazy lines across the screen... I expect this from hairdryers and the like, but I'm only around them for a few minutes at a time, unlike the laptop... The pattern from the laptop looks a bit more menacing than that from a noisy motor (could be my imagination).
What say you? Have any double-blind studies been performed?
Until I know for definite, I think I'll do my best to limit use of the laptop. Switching off the wi-fi doesn't affect the TV.
Cheers,
Justin