The quest for the source of the strange sound known as the
Kokomo hum?the low, unending sound that's been driving
residents of this Indiana town nuts for a couple of years?is
still going on. The town is paying sound expert Jim Cowan
$100,000 to track it down.The low-frequency noise
causes some people stress that leads to health problems
such as nausea, headaches or insomnia. Some hear it as a
hum, while others feel it as a rumble.
Cowan, who works for Acentech in Boston, says he's heard
the hum himself. "There's definitely something out there
that's different," he says. "It could be something as simple as
an industrial fan, a new piece of machinery or none of the
above. It's possible it may not be acoustically related at all
and we could solve the sound end of things, make the sound
go away and people may still be feeling the symptoms." He's
now testing in four different areas of town where residents
have complained about it the most. He says, "It's definitely
progressing. We're going through a process of elimination
more than anything else."
Here's what they're searching for in Kokomo.
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