Anechoic Chamber == Madness?
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:25 am
You've probably heard of the super-quiet rooms that are built to test audio factors... the anechoic chambers... rooms so quiet that mere minutes inside will drive one to madness...
An NYT reporter has risked her sanity to bring you the unsound facts, on the record...
Could I Survive the ‘Quietest Place on Earth’?
...Much of the lore about the chamber’s propensity for mind-annihilation centers on the concept of blood sounds...
Hearing the movement of blood through the body is supposedly something like an absolute taboo, akin to witnessing the fabrication of Chicken McNuggets — an ordeal after which placid existence is irreparably shattered.
An NYT reporter has risked her sanity to bring you the unsound facts, on the record...
Could I Survive the ‘Quietest Place on Earth’?