Auditory acuity suppression
Auditory suppression can be described as the experience of audible sound becoming perceived as distant, quiet and muffled. This effect can significantly decrease both the volume of noise and the general level of quality which it is perceived in. This can result in music and other sounds becoming extremely difficult to comprehend or pay attention to.
Examples
File:Audio Suppression (online-audio-converter.com).ogg The sound clip above contains unedited audio followed by an edited audio suppression replication for comparison.
Psychoactive substances
Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:
Experience reports
Anecdotal reports which describe this effect within our experience index include: