Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 But our outer ears, called pinnas, are nothing to turn a deaf ear to, either; they enhance our ability to hear by funneling sound waves into our inner ears. Beyond their well-known ability to process sound waves, ears turn out to be important in sending signals about our health.
SIGN OF THE TIMES
JTTk The oldest mummified human sVvVK/ in the world has pierced ears.
Discovered in an Austrian glacier in 1991, this 5,000-year-old mummy has holes in its ears measuring about 'A to 'A inch in diameter. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 Since the hairs are attached to nerves, when they move,
Figure 15.1 sound waves SOUND WAVES vibrate the eardrum and the adjacent smallest bones in your body which then cause the snail-shaped cochlea next to them to quiver as well, these good vibrations then stimulate adjacent hair cells to excite the auditory nerves, this is where the message transmission takes place: the nerves send messages to the brain so you can hear. A common cause of hearing loss is fraying of the hairs within the cochlea due to occupational exposure to loud noises that crash into these delicate structures. |
Lynne Mctaggart
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 As a nod to his forebear, Walter himself had specialized in the mathematics of harmonic analysis, or the frequency and phase of sound waves. It occurred to him one day sitting at home in his garden ?his three-year-old son was ill at the time - that you might be able to extract three-dimensional images from sound waves. Without reading of Gabor, he'd worked out his own holographic theory, reconstructed from mathematical theory. He'd consulted his own books in mathematics to no avail, but after looking up what had been done in optical theory, he came across Gabor's work. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 We already know for example, that electrical impulses and sound waves rapidly accelerate the healing of bones. We know that infrared light in the 600 and 700 nanometer range accelerates the healing of flesh wounds. We also know that environmental stress caused by noise (living near airports) or electrical interference (living near high-voltage power lines) is detrimental to health. A recent study, for example, showed that men who frequently use cell phones show radically reduces sperm counts due to the side effects of cell phone radiation. |
Alex Vilenkin
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 The relation between particles and the vacuum is similar to the relation between sound waves and the material in which they propagate. The types of waves and the speed at which they travel vary in different materials.
We live in the lowest-energy vacuum, the true vacuum.2 Physicists have accumulated a great deal of knowledge about the particles that inhabit this type of vacuum and the forces acting between them. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 When a metal plate across which sand has been spread is subjected to sound waves, the sand rearranges itself from a shapeless mass into intticate geometric patterns (refer to figure 8.2 on page 157). Natute appears to favor an energetic geometry, so it was not a huge stretch to think the body might as well.
Peter and Reid set to work to test some of these ideas. Among their first experiments was one that would attempt to detect any spatial structures or fields that might be important to the energetic matching process. |
| What's more, the body spaces within which these fluids move alter and augment the frequencies of the sounds, which has an important effect on any information content encoded by those sound waves. We don't often think about the shapes of our cells or organ systems and the anatomical structures that encase them, but according to NES theory, and a few other alternative health systems such as TCM, the body's cavities play an important role in health. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 ULTRASOUND
Ultrasound imaging is a common diagnostic medical procedure that uses high-frequency sound waves to produce dynamic images (sonograms) of organs, tissues, or blood flow inside the body. Prenatal ultrasound examinations are performed by trained professionals, such as sonographers, radiologists, and obstetricians. The procedure involves using a transducer, which sends a stream of high-frequency sound waves into the body and then detects their echoes as they bounce off internal structures. |
Bruce H. Lipton
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 When, for example, a skilled vocalist like Ella Fitzgerald maintains a note that is harmonically resonant with the atoms of a crystal goblet, the goblet's atoms absorb her sound waves. Through the mechanics of constructive interference, the added energy of resonant sound waves causes the goblet's atoms to vibrate faster. Eventually the atoms absorb so much energy that they vibrate fast enough to break free from the bonds that hold them together. When that happens, the goblet actually explodes. |
Marshall Editions
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 Extracorporeal Shockwave lithotripsy, or ESWL, (in which sound waves are used to break up stones) is a common method of stone ablation. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, a procedure done under sedation or anesthesia to remove stone fragments, is performed if stones are too big to be removed by ESWL, or if ESWL fails. The procedure does require a short hospital stay. Ureteroscopy is another procedure that can be performed to remove stones. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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| When the sounds from birds chirping or sports fans cursing enter your ear canal, those sound waves hit the skinlike tympanic membrane (that's the eardrum, for those unfamiliar with percussion instruments). That membrane is shiny and reflects lights when it's healthy, but if infected, it appears red with fluid around it. Just as the head of a drum vibrates when hit, so does your eardrum. That oscillation vibrates the smallest bones in your body, which abut the eardrum and are larger than a grain of sand but smaller than a big grain of rice. |
Lynne Mctaggart
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| There were other ideas, such as the spectacular conversion of sound into light waves, or sonoluminescence, where water, bombarded with intense sound waves, creates air bubbles which rapidly contract and collapse in a flash of light. The theory in some quarters was that this phenomenon was caused by zero-point energy inside the bubbles, which, once the bubbles shrank, converted into light. But Puthoff had already tried all these ideas in turn and felt they held little promise. |
Lynne McTaggart
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 He remembered his early television experiments and wondered whether a field of energy pulsated inside him that shared a kinship with sound waves.1
Gary's childhood experiments may have been rudimentary, but he had already stumbled across the central mechanism of intention: something in the quality of our thoughts was a constant transmission, not unlike a television station.
As an adult, Schwartz, still a bustling dynamo of enthusiasms, found an outlet in psychophysiology, then a fledgling study of the effect of the mind on the body. |
Bill Gottlieb
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 Science has long known that every atom vibrates, emitting sound waves even though they're far too faint for us to hear. Since body parts are made up of atoms, they all produce sound waves. Some therapists believe that these sound waves are altered when disease or stress hits—and they also believe that directing sound waves at the body or its parts can restore natural rhythms and encourage and support healing. This technique, called cymatic therapy, is used in the United States by holistic practitioners, including acupuncturists, osteopaths and others. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Shock Waves
Another alternative method to surgery is lithotripsy, a technique by which the gallstones are literally pounded into submission by a series of sound waves. According to a 1993 report by the medical journal Lancet, this therapy has numerous setbacks because it can result in kidney damage and raise blood pressure—risks that have remained unchanged until today. Both these side effects can lead to an increase in the number of gallstones in the liver (see "Disorders of the Circulatory System" and "Disorders of the Urinary System" in Chapter 1). |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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| Beyond their well-known ability to process sound waves, ears turn out to be important in sending signals about our health.
SIGN OF THE TIMES
JTTk The oldest mummified human sVvVK/ in the world has pierced ears.
Discovered in an Austrian glacier in 1991, this 5,000-year-old mummy has holes in its ears measuring about 'A to 'A inch in diameter.
EAR SIGNS OTHERS MAY NOTICE RED EARS
When we see someone with bright red ears, we might assume they're embarrassed about something, and we may be right. Whenever we blush, our ears—as well as our faces and other visible body parts—often turn crimson. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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| In noisy situations-doing yard work with power tools or maybe dinner with the extended family-it's worth using noise cancellation headphones, which emit energy in a frequency that we can't hear. The sound waves they create have the same amplitude but opposite polarity as the original sound; they combine with the external wave and effectively cancel it out so there's no sound at all. Models available in stores typically cancel lower-frequency noises, while the ear cups themselves protect you from high-frequency noises. |
| If the sound waves can't muscle past the wax and onto the drum, they can't start the vibration process that allows your brain to process those sounds, so you experience some hearing loss.
Other things that cause us to lose hearing include wear and tear from viral infections and certain medications that attack hair cells. Sometimes it is actually bad karma. About eighty genes are currently linked to hearing loss as we age; age-related hearing loss is under genetic control, but the details are still unknown.
YOU TIPS!
We have muffs to protect us from cold and plugs to protect us from snorers. |
Philip Yam
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 The procedure, termed protein-misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA), relies on sound waves to break up the masses of PrPSc. As a result of the procedure, there are more PrPSc pieces to convert normal PrPc. You start with a sample that harbors an undetectably small amount of PrPSc. Add PrPc, which gets converted; sonicate the sample (bombard it with sound waves); then add more PrPC, sonicate again, and so forth, until PrPSc can be detected. The team reported a 6o-fold increase via sonication in the June 14, 2001, issue oiNature; Soto said that a 100-fold or 1000-fold increase is possible. |
Arthur C. Upton, M.D.
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| For example, active noise-cancellation systems could broadcast antinoise sound waves, mirror images of noise sound waves, to cancel out loud sounds. (One such sound processor is under development by car radio manufacturers; it samples wind and engine noises and broadcasts antinoise sound waves to cancel out engine and wind noises.)
However, the best solution to noise-induced hearing loss is prevention. As outlined by the 1990 NIH conference, what is needed are:
• Incentives for manufacturers to design quieter products. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Sensorineural hearing damage affects the nerves that receive sound waves and transmit their impulses through the ear and to the brain, where the impulses are registered as the sensory perception of sound. Almost all sensorineural hearing damage is due to high levels of noise. Loud concerts and stereos turned up to full volume may be the most obvious source of excessive noise, but sirens, airplanes, trains, jackham-mers, and construction sounds are common culprits as well. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Sound waves are gathered by the outer ear and enter the ear canal to vibrate theeardrum, which passes the sound to the amplifying hammer, anvil, and stirrup into the cochlea which transforms the vibrations to electrical nerve impulses passed via the cochlear nerve to the Brain. The eustachian tubes connect with the throat, and equalize air pressure between the ear and the atmosphere. The ears are also balance organs; semicircular canals sense head movements, and the utricle and saccule sense position and gravity; and this information is transmitted along the vestibular nerve to the Brain. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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| A middle-ear infection can also cause a blockage, especially if the infected fluid remains in the ear for a long time and coagulates around the small bones (ossicles) that are responsible for transmitting sound waves. Ear infections and excessive ear wax are both readily treatable, often with home care, and several highly effective nutritional strategies can prevent the problem from recurring.
In some instances, conductive hearing damage is more serious. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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| Sometimes stones in the gallbladder can be fragmented or dissolved without surgery, using the drug deoxycholic acid or lithotripsy (the use of sound waves to break up stones). Bile acid preparations used to dissolve stones work very slowly and can be used only on small stones.
Q Eighty percent of gallstones produce no symptoms and require no treatment. Discuss any recommended treatment with your doctor and surgeon and make sure an operation is absolutely necessary before proceeding.
Q Physical activity can reduce the risk of gallstones by 20 to 40 percent. |
| Conductive hearing loss occurs when the passage of sound waves is impeded in the external or middle ear. It may result from factors such as earwax buildup, middle ear infection and inflammation, Paget's disease, arthritis, or trauma to the eardrum. Sensorineural hearing loss is a consequence of damage to the structures or pathways of the inner ear. It may result from damage to the acoustic nerve (the eighth cranial nerve, also known as the auditory nerve), which carries information from the inner ear to the brain, or from damage to tiny cells called hair cells in the inner ear. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 In tinnitus, the acoustic nerve ttansmits impulses to the brain that ate not the result of vibrations produced by sound waves. Instead the impulses are the result of stimuli that originate inside the head or within the ear. In healthy ears, thousands of auditory cells maintain an electrical charge. There are microscopic hairs on the surface of each auditory cell that move in relation to the pressure of sound waves. Movement of the hairs discharges electrical charges through the hearing nerve to the brain. The brain interprets these electrical signals as sound. |
Bruce H. Lipton
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| The science of physics implies that the same harmonic resonance mechanism, by which sound waves destroy a goblet or a kidney stone, can enable similar energy harmonics to influence the functions of our body's chemistry. But biologists have not explored these mechanisms with the passion with which they pursue new drugs. That is unfortunate, because there is enough scientific evidence to suspect that we can tailor a waveform as a therapeutic agent in much the same way as we now modulate chemical structures with drugs.
There was a time in medicine when electrotherapy was used extensively. |
Bill Gottlieb
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| Some therapists believe that these sound waves are altered when disease or stress hits—and they also believe that directing sound waves at the body or its parts can restore natural rhythms and encourage and support healing. This technique, called cymatic therapy, is used in the United States by holistic practitioners, including acupuncturists, osteopaths and others.
Finally, there's the theory that sound waves can balance energy centers, or chakras, in the body and promote health. |
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