Why enhance the high frequencies?
A. In nature, the most common sounds that you hear are things such as running water, wind in the trees, birds singing, frogs croaking; all high frequency sounds which naturally occur in abundance. Low frequency sounds include waves crashing, thunderstorms or large waterfalls. These sounds are a minor component of the hearing ‘diet’. If we relate this natural balance to the sounds that surround us today, there is a frightening discrepancy. Lets simply look at our homes: refrigerators, computers, air conditioners, exhaust fans, vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, washing machines… the list goes on. These machines all produce low frequency sound. Dr Tomatis believes that low frequency sound drains our energy and you may have noticed a sense of relief when the refrigerator motor turns off, or the next door neighbor’s lawn mower stops. The human body has wonderful survival mechanisms. With an onslaught of low frequency sound, the ears simply shut down. Therefore the ear is not even receptive to t
