Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] paper (re)quest: R.I.P. Hayman: Listening to Dreams: A project for Middle Ear Muscle Activity Audio Level Telemetry. From: "hans w. koch" <hans.w.koch@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 22:55:32 +0200dear dan, thanks for reminding me of that reference, which i had googled up = already but then forgotten. a quick look revealed, that the publication is available in the local = university library and i found a copy on sale at amazon uk for 16=E2=82=AC= (which is a tenth of other asking prices on their marketplace.) given = that inter library loan and direct access are not easily possible in = these times, i just went ahead and ordered it. all best hans hans w. koch professor fuer sound kunsthochschule fuer medien koeln peter-welter-platz 2, 4. OG 50676 koeln hans.w.koch@xxxxxxxx > Am 27.04.2020 um 07:02 schrieb Daniel Weidman <dww60@xxxxxxxx>: >=20 > Hi there, >=20 > I enjoy searching for publications like this. I wasn't able to find a = PDF, but according to = https://www.academia.edu/35061613/DeepListeningInDreams_byIone_copy.pdf = it is found in "Current Research in Arts Medicine: A Compendium of the = Medart International 1992 World Congress on Arts and Medicine", which = can be found in some libraries = (https://www.worldcat.org/title/current-research-in-arts-medicine-a-compen= dium-of-the-medart-international-1992-world-conference-on-arts-and-medicin= e/oclc/613085454) and on Amazon = (https://www.amazon.com/Current-Research-Arts-Medicine-International/dp/15= 56521871). Sounds like an interesting topic. >=20 > Good luck, > Daniel >=20 > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:16 PM hans w. koch <hans.w.koch@xxxxxxxx> = wrote: > dear colleagues, >=20 > during a seminar a student mentioned a paper by the composer Richard = (R.I.P.) Hayman from 1976, cited in a book by ione =E2=80=9Clistening in = dreams=E2=80=9D. > the papers title "Listening to Dreams: A project for Middle Ear Muscle = Activity Audio Level Telemetry=E2=80=9D and its topic, referenced in = iones book seem interesting, but i couldn=C2=B4t find any trace of that = paper. > also i would be interested, if there has been further research in this = direction, as recommended by hayman, who run into technical limitations = in his time. >=20 > as a reference i quote the relevant passage from iones book below. >=20 > thanks for any pointers, even debunking the whole :-) >=20 > best >=20 > hans w. koch > professor fuer sound > kunsthochschule fuer medien koeln > peter-welter-platz 2, 4. OG > 50676 koeln > hans.w.koch@xxxxxxxx >=20 > from ione =E2=80=9Clistening in dreams=E2=80=9D p3-4: >=20 > Does the eardrum respond to Dream Sounds, much as the eyes respond to = visual dream stimuli? In 1976, Composer and dream specialist R.I.P. = Hayman was a self-described =E2=80=9Cguinea pig=E2=80=9D in the studies = of sound perception in sleep done at New York=E2=80=99s Montefiore = Medical Center. These studies monitored the phenomenon called = MEMA(Middle Ear Muscle Activity), assessing the feedback response of the = nerve endings on the tympanic tensor muscles of the eardrum. These = nerve-endings control muscle tension in response to outside sounds. = During dreams these muscles twitch in response to dreamed sounds, much = as eyes move tracing the movement in our perceived dream events. >=20 > Hayman describes the experience in his paper Listening to Dreams: A = project for Middle Ear Muscle Activity Audio Level Telemetry. Using a = system in which a pressure=E2=80=94strain gauge was embedded in a custom = plastic ear mold fitted next to the tympanic membrane, the movement of = the muscles was registered on a polygram, alongside REM and = brain=E2=80=94-wave readings from Electrodes. The MEMA was registered at = sub audio frequencies, which none=E2=80=94the-less exhibited = surprisingly dynamic variations. The subjectively estimated sounds were = loud-85 decibels and over. >=20 > Hayman subsequently performed a preliminary experiment. The goal was = to make an audio=E2=80=94level recording of MEMA; and-during six hours = of sleep in an audio studio, an attempt was made to record > sounds emanating from the eardrum. Though many sounds were recorded, = the results were blurred by the interference of the sounds of breathing = and circulatory systems. It was apparent that in order to get an = accurate result, direct access to the nerve endings would be reqitired, = which with our current technology, would be an invasive and dangerous = process. Hayman speculates that eventually technol- ogy will advance = enough to create a method of listening to dreams that is safe for the = dreamer. > =E2=80=9CA great new frontier could be opened, giving a wondrous = wealth of imagination to the waking world,=E2=80=9D he surmises.