Want To Be Heard?
It is in our biology,
that the highest sensitivity of our eardrums to noise,
is when our ears are preceded by silence..
Inversely,
our eardrums are the least sensitive or open to transmit noise,
when there is an abundance of noise..
The punchline is that if a bunch of loud noise is whirring around at the same time,
our eardrums contract, pulling malleus away from the eardrum, tensing the tympanic membrane, limiting its ability vibrate and thus dampening the vibrations transmitted through to the inner ear,
making us less able to hear or pinpoint one singular noise or sound..
BUT..
when preceded with silence, our eardrums are most relaxed and receptive to noise
Therefore, we hear noises the loudest when preceded with silence..
Think of the last horror movie you watched,
or a scary game you played..
The “BOOM”,
The one that usually comes right after a slow build of suspense,
a slight pause in the audio,
maybe a breath or two..
complete silence..
then BOOOM
So..
To cut to the quick,
how you can use
biological behavior to affect
human behavior and the human experience..
So you have a story,
and you want to be of service,
maybe a point of view that can make an impact,
you have the answers that others are in need of..
you want to change the world..
you want to blaze a trail..
If you truly want to be heard
First, go silent..
In doing some research for this particular blog,
I’ve come across some interesting points of study,
maybe I’m digging too deep for this but these types of things intrigue me in the way that make sense for other things, not just our biological behavior..
To me, if it’s any part of our biological behavior, it is almost always tied to our neurological response AND the human experience..
Things like,
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology decoded the way structures in our ear give our hearing its sensitivity and selectivity
To cut it short,
They were puzzled at the purpose and structure of the tectorial membrane, a Membrane that lies on top of tiny ears that line our inner ear.
Mechanically it’s Jell-O,
it’s thinner than a hair,
It is essentially a saturated sponge made mostly of water,
that would not let water out if squeezed hard as possible,
and held together by electrostatic forces..
The size, stiffness, and nanoscale pores, would be the kind of thing that muffles microphones, yet is essential for hearing.
They found that the size and arrangement of the pores, and the way water moves back and forth between pores in response to vibration, makes the response of the whole system highly selective.
Both the highest of tones and the lowest of tones coming into the ear are less affected by the amplification provided by the tectorial membrane, while the middle frequencies are the most strongly amplified.
”Its tuned just right to get the signal you need”, Sellon says, to amplify the sounds that are most useful..
Isn’t that amazing..
The most useful things to hear, that our ears respond to and amplify the most, and I’ve said it before, is not a far one sided argument, the best option in any situation is usually found somewhere near the middle..
And our ears our biologically made to seek out those “noises”
Another one is
“ The eardrums move when the eyes move: A multisensory effect on the mechanics of hearing “,
A study done by Kurtis G. Gruters, David L. K. Murphy, Cole D. Jenson, David W. Smith, Christopher A. Shera, and Jennifer M. Groh..
Look at that,
Similar to the RAS(Reticular Activating System) in our brain, {which can be read more on, in a past blog}
Our ear drums move, and everything else in our ears, look to transmit in the direction our eyes look!
Similarly, when it’s something you want to hear, wether it’s praise, or justification, or even negativity,
you simply have to look and you ears will follow..
Thats enough for me, hope you enjoyed this blog and make sure to stay tuned for more consistent blogs this year✌🏽
