The electric power being generated may be a key variable in the sensing of wind farm operations Free

This entire assessment method is based on a series of statements and conclusions from those statements. The basic premise is that sound flowing through the cochlea is not the source of problems below the threshold of hearing. That statement leaves two of what I will call “technical possibilities.” One possibility is that there are pathways other than through the cochlea for the infrasound to get to the brain. A second possibility is that to date we have missed something in the audible sound range that is the source of problems or that both of these situations exist. This paper falls in the category of something missed in the audible range. It develops a theory that the electric power being generated is the dominant factor in people’s response, not acoustic level. People can see and hear a turbine running, but they cannot know the power being generated. A diary study would list times people were home and the times they could detect the sensation. Correlation between electric power level being generated and subject responses would be particularly meaningful because they would be responses without the subject having knowledge of the electric power being generated.