> It sounded digital in nature and was repeating. My tinnitus is somewhere between a sustained chorus that slowly changes its primary note, and yes, a low-spee

> It sounded digital in nature and was repeating. My tinnitus is somewhere between a sustained chorus that slowly changes its primary note, and yes, a low-speed multi-tone frequency-shift modem. [1] Closest description I can come up with. Seemingly discrete, constantly changing, warbling notes. First time I realized that, I thought it might be a sign of mental illness - misinterpreting sensory information as coded messages is never a good sign! But apparently not. Just how I perceive my tinnitus. I've heard others describe it in similar ways. Obviously, cultural priming is a factor here; if we had never heard digital modems before, maybe we'd describe it as bird song (as many with tinnitus do). [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/OLIVIA_500_16_sample.ogg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/OLIVIA_5...