Tempus fugit
Some time ago I posted about hearing - or apparently hearing - sounds that were familiar from before I lost my hearing. My brain was more of less filling in the blanks, and letting me hear things like the sound of the shower water, or my hairdryer, or the coffee canister plopping down on top of the tea canister: https://hearinglisten.blogspot.com/2021/01/your-brain-on-nothing-at-all.html Ah, there, so it appears that I posted that in 2021. Two years on, I'm taking another shower (not to worry, there were a few in between as well) and I noticed that it's not happening anymore. No more rushing water in the shower courtesy of my hardworking brain, no more banging cabinet doors. I know sometimes when things are making noise but it tends to be when there's associated physical bangs, or vibrations like the sonic toothbrush makes, but mostly, my brain has noped out of the business of trying to make me feel normal, just like my ears had already done. It's not surprising, I