Post #25694

2025-12-03 00:16 UTC

I have a heart condition that I get an ECG (electro cardiogram) done for every 6 months or so. It’s just an ultrasound on your heart. They always take mine from a bunch of different angles and a bunch of different types of pictures. But I was recently in the hospital and told the technician that their machine was loud. She looked baffled. I told her I can hear the ultrasound and hers is the loudest I’ve encountered. Apparently I’m the only person she’s ever done work on (or however to say that) that’s been able to hear it. So I guess that is my super power. Or I’m just autistic, as apparently many autists can hear very high pitched noises. But the ultrasound is pretty cool. The frequencies and the pitch will change depending on what photo mode they’re in. Like a doppler mode is all pewpewpewpewpew while the normal mode is all eeeeeeeeeeeee. Lol. It’s hard to explain.

Replies (5)

@TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2025-12-03 00:25

That’s awesome! I can’t hear ultrasounds, but I can hear electronics, which gets really annoying

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@dxc@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-03 00:54

That’s a wonderful superpower! I can hear cars or footsteps approaching before my friends realise them, but high-pitched electric mole traps and ticking clocks can be annoying. Listening to music with good hearing is like taking drugs though. You should check out well-mastered music, commonly going as audiophile music.

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@ace_garp@lemmy.world 2025-12-03 01:14

Its seriously wild that you can do this! Apparently, ultrasound machines can use frequencies that start just higher than human hearing, 20kHz. Can you hear dog-whistles, bats, or other electronics? Get a hearing test and call Guiness (c:

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@toynbee@lemmy.world 2025-12-03 12:35

I had this exact experience and tried to ask the technician about it. She didn’t understand what I was asking. I thought I was just explaining it poorly. Lemmy needs to stop trying to convince me I’m neurodivergent.

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@Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 2025-12-03 16:25

Annoyed by the commonly imperceptible sound an ultrasound machine makes? Possibly autistic Facinated by how and why the machine works while it annoys you? Definitely autistic I joke but im exactly like this too lol.

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