Anechoic Chamber

Progressing through the course I learn more and more about what's present in our world and what it can truly offer which is something I'm grateful more as they make every effort possible to provide us with the staff and resources necessary which is something I've really come to learn. As today soon taught me the more I participated. Today we were split into two separate groups where my group was lead by Zoe to The University of Auckland where we were introduced to and lectured by George Dodd and Gian Schmid separately. We with first talked to about the sound around us and questioned as to what it really is, the factors of noise and if it can be separated into two categories, if noises can be treated as wanted or unwanted or natural and unnatural. And as the time passed on we were soon taught about the ear and how it functions bristles and all with our very ear drums. But the highlight of the day soon arrived as we were taken to the Anechoic Chamber in a group of 8 where we learned that Echo was the main focus of the word taking out the An and the IC in the word Anechoic for a reason. Stepping in the pressure changed drastically as the room expensive as it was demonstrated that sound reflecting off walls was the reason how we heard and because the room was designed so that nothing reflected.. The sound itself almost seemed to be sucked out like a vacuum and it felt like I had either become deafer or that my earphones were already plugged into my very ear drums. An experience I won't soon forget.