{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1134","number":"1134","name":"Anonymous Anonymous","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-29T04:00Z","received":"2026-09-29T04:00Z","body":"I have tinnitus,24 hours a day, never stops, is chronic.  It started in march 2024 and got louder by august that year. I can hear my heartbeat that is faster when I wake up at my friends place. My heartbeat sounds slower consequently at my place which I've been able to avoid getting smart meter so far. Luckily for me, Ndis and local ombudsman have helped me avoid a reading meter fee by ausnet services. \nI regularly stay a few nights per week at my friends place who has a smart meter and lives closer to mobile phone towers than my place.  ","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1134","tags":["health-experiences","exposure-places"],"source_hash":"d1cf08ab77806d51c8e9300efe4063bf39c1ed2446e2b37e859e31b89456cc70","slug":"health-experiences-comment-1134","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1134","body_sha256":"0150a99fd74d2d4868fe55c262649961132618ae0c75bc5ba1f601c89ddff863","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"neurological","topics":[{"id":"neurological","evidence":"I have tinnitus,24 hours a day, never stops, is chronic.  It started in march 2024 and got louder by august that ye"},{"id":"cardiac","evidence":"ic.  It started in march 2024 and got louder by august that year. I can hear my heartbeat that is faster when I wake up at my friends place. My heartbeat sounds slower consequently at my pl"},{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":"at sounds slower consequently at my place which I've been able to avoid getting smart meter so far. Luckily for me, Ndis and local ombudsman have helped me avoid a reading meter fee by ausnet"},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"s per week at my friends place who has a smart meter and lives closer to mobile phone towers than my place."}],"summary":"Reports chronic tinnitus and perceived heartbeat differences between home and a friend’s residence with a smart meter nearer towers. Describes assistance avoiding a meter-reading fee; the account does not establish an exposure-related cause.","reviewed_at":"2026-09-29T18:02:24Z","review_method":"Source-matched AI review of 39 complete new comment bodies with exact supporting passages; one attachment-only submission remains pending. Attachments and linked materials not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"149ef28cabfa7f8bbd77799d36199a206f2343610fe427671655f60de1867d4d","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["neurological","cardiac","smart-meters","infrastructure"],"primary_topic":"neurological","forum_title":"Reports chronic tinnitus and perceived heartbeat differences between home and a friend’s residence with a…"}