{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2074","number":"2074","name":"Sarah Hudock","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-09T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-09T04:00Z","body":"I worked in IT for a cable company for eight years, working in VERY buzzy cable head ends (full of servers), and before that I worked as a computer tech for several years, always in front of a computer and always on a cell phone. The more time I spent in server rooms and on the computer, the more it interfered with my sleep. Also I'm right handed so this affected the hearing in my right ear, and then I started to develop tinnitus before I finally quit. It got a bit better after that, but then when I moved to a new house and I had to sleep in a room where the bed was against a wall that had a Smart Meter outside, it got way worse. I experienced several years of terrible loud tinnitus roars and whistles before I understood that I might be affected by electro magnetic... something, anyway. I made the power company come swap it out for an analog meter and my tinnitus has gotten a little better since then, but now I've lost hearing in one ear. ","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2074","tags":["health-experiences","sleep-cognition","exposure-places"],"source_hash":"b539d6679d3072dbbe1e848b14bed20a8612ba1a79ed62e01d206c14563de54c","slug":"health-experiences-comment-2074","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-2074","body_sha256":"dc7c180d1578de52159c82c9de23cf0cde5c400022ba2429e8639b2633880acf","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"occupational","topics":[{"id":"occupational","evidence":"I worked in IT for a cable company for eight years, working in VERY b"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":" my right ear, and then I started to develop tinnitus before I finally quit. It got a bit better after that,"},{"id":"smart-meters","evidence":" where the bed was against a wall that had a Smart Meter outside, it got way worse. I experienced several years"}],"summary":"Attributes insomnia, tinnitus and hearing loss to IT work and later a smart meter, with some improvement after leaving work and replacing the meter.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-10T00:02:05Z","review_method":"Complete published comment-body review; identical previously reviewed bodies reused with separate official IDs preserved. Attachments and external links not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"8a1787a084ceba41b8e49f90bf3bc6e26394ffac2727c6d045876329b7d6b77f","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["occupational","neurological","smart-meters"],"primary_topic":"occupational","forum_title":"Attributes insomnia, tinnitus and hearing loss to IT work and later a smart meter, with some improvement …"}