Perceived pitch drops while yawning?
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 4:48 pm
Maybe some of you physicians know what's going on --
I've got a concert playing on TV right now, and I just yawned & stretched. During the yawn, it sounded like the pitch of the music actually bent downwards a smidge, and when I stopped yawning, it came back up to normal.
It always happens during a real, honest-to-goodness yawn -- you know, when you can kinda hear a bit of midrange rumbling/shaking inside your head. I can't replicate the effect when I consciously force a yawn.
Are the inner ear components being shifted inside my head? Is it something else?
And don't just say, "Dude, it's all in your head," because it IS...
I've got a concert playing on TV right now, and I just yawned & stretched. During the yawn, it sounded like the pitch of the music actually bent downwards a smidge, and when I stopped yawning, it came back up to normal.
It always happens during a real, honest-to-goodness yawn -- you know, when you can kinda hear a bit of midrange rumbling/shaking inside your head. I can't replicate the effect when I consciously force a yawn.
Are the inner ear components being shifted inside my head? Is it something else?
And don't just say, "Dude, it's all in your head," because it IS...