The amount of armchair diagnosis going on, both in this case and in this thread, is remarkable. >Dr. Douglas Smith, who led the medical examination of the Amer

The amount of armchair diagnosis going on, both in this case and in this thread, is remarkable. >Dr. Douglas Smith, who led the medical examination of the American diplomats, questioned how much a single recording could reveal about the experience. Some patients didn’t report hearing anything unusual, he noted, while others heard a range of sounds. >“It could be like a low-tone motor, or metal scraping, or like driving in a car with the back window open,” said Dr. Smith, director of the Center for Brain Injury and Repair at the University of Pennsylvania. >Dr. Smith wouldn’t rule out the possibility that some diplomats might have heard crickets, but said that had no bearing on the real damage they’ve suffered. I'm also curious if these crickets are native to China, where diplomats have had similar symptoms.