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  2. Telephone phobia - Wikipedia

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    The ringing can generate a string of anxieties, characterized by thoughts associated with having to speak, perform and converse. [2] [6] Sufferers may perceive the other end as threatening or intimidating. [7] Anxiety may be triggered by concerns that the caller may bear bad or upsetting news, or be a prank caller.

  3. Phantom vibration syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Phantom vibration syndrome or phantom ringing syndrome is the perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not. Other terms for this concept include ringxiety (a portmanteau of ring and anxiety), fauxcellarm (a portmanteau of "faux" /foʊ/ meaning "fake" or "false" and "cellphone" and "alarm" pronounced similarly to "false alarm") and phonetom (a portmanteau of phone ...

  4. Tinnitus - Wikipedia

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    Tinnitus is a condition when a person hears a ringing sound or a different variety of sound when no ... Such applications can work as a separate device or as a ...

  5. Wait—Why Is My Ear Ringing? Audiologists Explain When You ...

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  6. Here's Why Inflation Is Especially Bad for Seniors - AOL

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    Inflation is hitting everyone hard these days. But for one group, the price increases have been especially bad: seniors. Find out why.

  7. Ringing (telephony) - Wikipedia

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    A ring generator or ringing voltage generator is a device which outputs 20 cycle sinusoidal AC at up to 110 volts peak to power bells or annunciators in one or more telephone extensions. [4] The output stops if a handset is taken off the hook. In terminology devised by phone phreaks, a ringing generator is a magenta box.

  8. The Hum - Wikipedia

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    Tinnitus is generated internally by the auditory and nervous systems, with no external stimulus. [31] While the Hum is hypothesized by some to be a form of low frequency tinnitus [7] such as the venous hum, some report it not to be internal, being worse inside their homes than outside; however, others insist that it is equally bad indoors and ...

  9. Why seniors are more vulnerable to heat-related illness - AOL

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    When your core temperature rises above its normal range — typically between 96.8°F to 99.5°F (36.0°C to 37.5°C) — sweat glands go to work to cool the body. Unfortunately, this is where ...