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[โ€“] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 60 points 2 weeks ago (19 children)

I have a heart condition that I get an ECG (electro cardiogram) done for every 6 months or so. It's just an ultrasound on your heart. They always take mine from a bunch of different angles and a bunch of different types of pictures.

But I was recently in the hospital and told the technician that their machine was loud. She looked baffled. I told her I can hear the ultrasound and hers is the loudest I've encountered. Apparently I'm the only person she's ever done work on (or however to say that) that's been able to hear it.

So I guess that is my super power. Or I'm just autistic, as apparently many autists can hear very high pitched noises.

But the ultrasound is pretty cool. The frequencies and the pitch will change depending on what photo mode they're in. Like a doppler mode is all pewpewpewpewpew while the normal mode is all eeeeeeeeeeeee. Lol. It's hard to explain.

[โ€“] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Annoyed by the commonly imperceptible sound an ultrasound machine makes? Possibly autistic

Facinated by how and why the machine works while it annoys you? Definitely autistic

I joke but im exactly like this too lol.

Lmao. Yeahhhh, I always get a crick in my neck because I try to watch all the work they're doing. It's fascinating

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