When I read @galenkp 's proposals for this weekend, I asked my wife: "What would you say are the sounds that annoy me? " And she burst out laughing. That was a good sign, and I said to myself: "Yes, I'll write about this.

For several years now I've been educated about sound at large events. Such training involves theoretical material on the characteristics of sound and also taking care of our main resource to keep exercising it: our hearing. All this will improve the criteria as to what is well configured and equalized. I am not a master, but at least I have a good base. So, the issue of annoying sounds has become more important to me.

I think I have a weakness with repetitive, high-pitched sounds, and it will increase my discomfort if they are the product of carelessness or indifference. In fact, sometimes I seem to be the only one who is uncomfortable.

Sleep with the tap of a fan. Is a delight when they are new. you feel like nature has come to your rescue on those hot nights in someone else's house or in a coastal area. But everything is ruined when it has a noise that originates from one of its parts when it reaches a specific place in the middle of its swaying. And everything is silent! We are all supposed to go to sleep. That's why for my ears that sound is enhanced. It goes from being a Tack.... Tack... " to a "Booom!.... Booom!... " Impossible to sleep with that. As turning it off will solve one problem but will create another, the wisest thing to do is to leave it fixed, oriented to a strategic place and we will be able to sleep pleasantly.

Another annoying noise is the dripping of a faucet, either due to a defect or carelessness. It usually hits some firm surface, either the bottom of the dishwasher or some dishes to be washed. Blick... blick... blick... That feels like a nail in my eardrums. Whether I'm reading, studying, writing, talking or trying to sleep, that sound takes away my peace. What if the drop is falling on some water? The sound is worse. So I try to stop it, either by turning off the faucet or by making the drop fall in such a way that it doesn't generate noise.

Both sounds are annoying because they are repetitive, high frequency and sometimes caused by what we do or don't do. It is similar to someone at fixed intervals lightly pushing you in the side, please leave me alone! I don't know if maybe it has to do with something going on in the brain from being repetitive in a specific number of seconds. Has it been good or bad that I have fine-tuned my hearing? Could it be that I am becoming more crafty because of that training or because of my increasing age?

What was the one thing that made me hesitate about taking this topic for the weekend? Disclosing it to my friends. I hope next time I visit your house you won't use this information against me and we'll continue having our nice friendship and a good weekend. See you next time!

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