From the article... > With no sound from the outside world coming in, the total and utter silence will gradually turn into an unbearable ringing in your ears.

From the article... > With no sound from the outside world coming in, the total and utter silence will gradually turn into an unbearable ringing in your ears. I think that's probably what would do me in. I'd love to hear all the squishy bits go, I bet that part would be really neat, but it takes about 60dB to drown out my tinnitus and that would be loud in there.