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Incredible thing happened to sailor who spent an hour in the quietest room in the world

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Published 20:34 19 Nov 2024 GMT

Incredible thing happened to sailor who spent an hour in the quietest room in the world

He sat in the 99.99 per cent sound absorbent room after nine months on an aircraft carrier

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

You may think that some peace and quiet is all you need, but how much is too much?

This sailor was put through one of the most mentally challenging ordeals out there, which will leave you hearing the blood pump through your body.

It sounds chilling, but for the first time ever, you're able to hear your lungs filling with air and bodily fluids making their way around.

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Recognised by Guinness World Records as the single most quiet place in the world, the silent room at Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, is known as the room with no echoes.

People that have attempted to sit in the room for long periods of time have struggled (ScienceDuude)
People that have attempted to sit in the room for long periods of time have struggled (ScienceDuude)

Scientifically identified as the 'anechoic chamber', NBC News reporter Gary Sanders went over with US Navy Petty Officer Nick Hair, as the sailor aimed to return to normal life.

Having spent nine months on the deck of USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier at sea, with thousands of sailors onboard and aircrafts taking off and touching down constantly, Hair missed the tranquillity of everyday life, such as hikes in the woods near his home in upstate New York.

Sleeping in a room with 100 other people for nine months ought to drive you up the wall though, so he requested to sit in complete silence in the anechoic chamber himself in a return to normality.

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Equipped with Styrofoam wedges three feet large, as well as concrete and steel insulation, the room is 99.99 percent sound absorbent.

It's all he wanted, after he said that the past nine months were 'like living under a roller coaster'.

So in the world's quietest room, where you can 'hear a pin drop', Hair chose to sit in for over an hour and recalibrate.

Reporter Sanders revealed that he was in there for just five minutes, explaining: "There's this intense pressure, sort of like you're in a car driving up a mountain and keep having to swallow and yawn to equalise the pressure, and I'm pretty sure what I hear is the blood flowing in my neck."

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Steve Orfield, the owner and founder of Orfield Laboratories, said: "The ear is both a loud speaker and a microphone and when it's deprived of sound, it produces its own it creates its own oral hallucinations."

It turns out that the chamber's existence is to help test out the sound level of products, such as vacuum cleaners or hospital equipment - people sitting around in it is not its primary use.

After some time in there, Hair admitted: "It is becoming a little disorienting, it's interesting."

Hair had no problem sitting in the room for over an hour (YouTube/TODAY)
Hair had no problem sitting in the room for over an hour (YouTube/TODAY)

But despite this initial worry, the sailor lasted over an hour, with Sanders coming in to check on his wellbeing after the session, ensuring he could stand up, saying that he felt 'wobbly'.

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The reporter asked if he could still 'hear the planes landing, to which Hair replied: "Not right now, I can't do it right now, it's really interesting," confirming that it was essentially 'erased'.

And just like that, the Naval Officer got his long-awaited peace and quiet.

Featured Image Credit: ScienceDuude / YouTube/TODAY

Topics: Science, Health, Technology, Weird

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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