Does anybody still hear phantom Morse code in your brain after ending a session? I'm hearing random beeps that definitely don't come from an external source.
I tried to search Google but couldn't find anything on this topic.
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Sign up to join this communityDoes anybody still hear phantom Morse code in your brain after ending a session? I'm hearing random beeps that definitely don't come from an external source.
I tried to search Google but couldn't find anything on this topic.
This sounds very much like an aural example of The Tetris Effect (also known as Tetris Syndrome), in which "... people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to pattern their thoughts, mental images, and dreams. It takes its name from the video game Tetris[...] They may see colored images of pieces falling into place on an invisible layout at the edges of their visual fields or when they close their eyes."
I suspect a) you are not alone in this and that, b) by itself, it is not indicative of anything overly concerning.
Towards the end of Field Day, after operating CW for many hours, one would imagine Morse Code in the background static, or even when the receiver was turned off. We laughingly called this Hamlucinations.
This experience is quite common after heavy CW contest operation. I've heard it dozens of times most often in the presence of some kind of white noise such as running water, fans, etc.
Googling "auditory hallucinations white noise" gets hits on something referred to as Musical ear syndrome (MES).
Wikipedia describes it further as: a condition seen in people who have hearing loss and subsequently develop auditory hallucinations. "MES" has also been associated with musical hallucinations, which is a complex form of auditory hallucinations where an individual may experience music or sounds that are heard without an external source.
Yes, in one peculiar way. After many hours of CW, my ears become attuned to my sidetone frequency. Noises in the world that are of that frequency seem louder and grab my attention easier. I don't actually hear CW, but I do take a moment to decide that that sidetone frequency that I'm hearing is not actually CW, but just some incidental noise.