Sound Meter to Trace Sources of Noise?

[whale]

There is a room in my house where my tinnitus goes nuts. I'm thinking it's from a transformer or compressor or something. Does any one know of a sound meter that could trace the source of these noises?

 

[Jkph75]

There are apps you can download onto your phone. My best guess is that those rooms are just really quiet so you are hearing your T louder.

 

[glynis]

I think you can hire them but as Jkph75 days you can download free apps to give you a rough reading..lots of love glynis

 

[linearb]

what you'd want to do is get a relatively high-quality microphone, record the audio, and then use a program like Spek (http://spek.cc/) to analyze the sound file and see if there's any crazy high-frequency harmonics going on.

I have personally noticed that my T can get sort of reactive to oppressively high-pitched electronics noises; I notice the same thing in one room in my house, and using Spek I note some low-decibel but very reliable ambient sounds in the 14khz and 17khz bands.