Upper-Ear Plugs

Upper-Ear Plugs
Andre Willers
28 Mar 2011

Synopsis :
A simple paper plug above the earholes has remarkable effects as far as mood , blood-pressure and sound-discrimination is concerned .
Try it . This really works .

Discussion :

See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "Click Baby" Mar 2011

I am not a Click-speaker , yet the effect before–and-after of inserting a wadded-up little ball of toilet paper in the folds of the ear just above earhole was dramatic .
Actual sound discrimination was noticeably enhanced . The music sounded sharper . Individual notes and melodies were much easier to hear and follow .
Much sharper . Try it .

What is going on ?
I can only surmise that Click perception is still being perceived by normal ears ,
but not clearly . The frequencies will still be the same as in sub-vocals . So , recordings will still have them . Even instrumentals . Humans will perceive music without the click-effects as flat but sharp .
Poor perception of Click mushes up the signals to the brain .

I am doing this now , inserting and pulling out little wads of toilet paper out of the earfold just above , but not in the earhole . The effect is remarkable .
Not only music perception , but mood and blood-pressure .

Fight-or-Flight tension
I think that the continual dissonance between the background sound and the click sound creates a Fight-or-Flight tension in the nervous system .
Blocking the system with lower information density (blocking the click system in normal humans) will then drop the tension , increase brain-sound discrimination as more neural assets are allocated , and decrease blood pressure .

Drawback :
As usual , there is a negative . The Click mechanism is used by the mind as a sort of semi-random generator for creativity .
So , don't use it continually .

Click Speakers
An upper-ear plug would be essential for them .
Also for other humans , indicating that they are not listening in on sub-vocal communications .

Sports
Ordinary human sport activity would be enhanced by an upper-ear plug .
For the same reason that music sounds sharper .
Especially sports with "twack" sounds .
Focus is sharper .

Blood pressure
Think inverse rousing music . Not just calming , but super-calming . A speaker that transmits the inverse sound-wave to the upper ear . Like the sound nullifiers now commercially available . Watch out for hypotension .

Schizophrenics and others who hear voices :
Many voices will be blocked . Some feedback loops might be broken .

Combat .
Most of the Shock and Awe systems are through the Click system in the upper ear .
All that Kai! Shouts can be rendered meaningless by an upper-ear plug .

Training and PTSD
I have noticed that the system trains extremely fast . 2-3 iterations .
Un-training in PTSD situations might be just as fast .
It is worth a try
A simple aural stimulus , with a upper-ear block would very possibly work quickly .
The dichotomy between the aural and the click system should be sufficient to disrupt the feedback loop of the PTSD .

This is actually quite beautiful .
That one such simple intervention can have so many beneficial effects .

Andre