Auditory acuity suppression
Auditory suppression can be described as feelings of general sound perception becoming distant and muffled. The experience of this effect severely decreases both the volume of the noise and the level of general sound quality which it is perceived in. This results in music and other sounds becoming extremely difficult to comprehend or even 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: