As promised in an earlier blog item, I decided to follow up on “ROM and MMT” as a search term. This results in a great many videos with the kind of unpleasant noises in them which prove to be distracting.
There are however, a multiplicity of videos on this theme. It is a matter of persistence to find one which doesn’t have the air conditioning pretending it is a steel band.
UE Evaluation Review
The title is: “UE Functional Assessment ROM & MMT Screening Pinch & Grip, Edema & Pain”.
(I was pretty sure that was oedema – but obviously not.)
Janey is the medical professional in this one, Lisa is the “patient”. It is not as relaxing as Vicki Scott but is pretty calming. At only seven minutes thirty-nine seconds it is quite a good length for a medical exam. Fortunately, it lacks much in the way of obtrusive background noise.
Janey Detommaso is the channel. There is nothing posted here more recently than four years ago. This video is the shortest one. There are four videos and Lisa only features in this one.
With only four videos and none of these any longer than fourteen minutes thirty-four seconds, it’s worthwhile running through the others to see if they are any good ASMR-wise.
Shoulder & Elbow ROM and MMT
The title at the start of the video is “Range of Motion & Manual Muscle Testing ROM of the Shoulder, Elbow and Forearm” which is handy as that fits with the search term I was originally using.
In this one Janey is a bit loud from the start. The camera angle is a bit odd. It is probably just propped on a table somewhere. But it isn’t the visual aspect of the video that is the reason for us being here. At intervals, Janey tones it down a bit and actually gets to quiet. It is a shame she doesn’t do this the whole way through the video because when Janey chooses to do this she has a great voice.
Subsequently the filming switches to a bedroom – which leads me to suspect the whole video is part of some student assessment process. I would guess that otherwise it would be filmed in a medical establishment.
At fourteen minutes thirty-four seconds this is the longest of the four videos on this channel. There are twenty-three subscribers but no comments. It is conceivable (though not probable) that no one in the ASMR community has yet reviewed this one.
The sound on this one is really poor. It seems to have been filmed in a group situation in which people are paired off.
Other people are talking away in the background. It is difficult to distinguish the main track in this video. This really wrecks it for ASMR sadly.
This is not one for the playlist then.
The badge on Janey’s top seems to indicate it is at an establishment with the acronym TWU. This is potentially Texas Women’s University who seem to offer occupational health courses at Dallas and Houston locations.
It is a shame about that sound quality.
Hand & Wrist ROM/MMT
This video is twelve minutes fifteen seconds so it is the second longest video on this channel (and the final one available). Mr Hernandez crops up again (we saw him in the “Shoulder & Elbow ROM and MMT” video earlier).
Again, the interior appears domestic rather than medical. At the start of the video there is a strange flickering light behind the window Mr Hernandez is sat in front of. This is distracting, but only if you’re watching. As we’re all about the listening experience here, I’m ignoring it.
The sound is quite good, there is no background noise and Janey seems at her most calm here compared to any of the videos covered in this article.
This one seems well worthy of the Procrastination Pen playlist as it is quite relaxing.
The playlist for Janey Detommaso is here:
The overall playlist for all videos covered so far in this blog is here:
The archive list of videos that once made it into the overall playlist but upon reflection did not make the grade is here:
That list only exists in case I remove someone’s favourite video.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
Warning this list will cause you to stop in order to log on to verify your age. If you’re happy with that then this playlist is for you. Personally I just ceased watching any material that requires that logon.
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For newbies to the blog, a quick guide. As an old codger I am finding it increasingly difficult to sleep. After messing about for a while with different solutions, I found that a number of YouTube videos were relaxing. Even if I could not get off to sleep, they distracted me from the anxiety of realising I would be tired in the morning.
Sometimes this was enough to get to sleep. Sometimes if I woke up in the night, it was enough to get back off to sleep again. Sometimes I could content myself with lying there just watching the video.
I came across the “unintentional ASMR” category whilst searching YouTube and discovered there is a whole resource of videos which engender ASMR effects in those who are fortunate enough to feel them.
This started an idea, what if I went in search of videos that might be suitable for ASMR or at the very least be relaxing enough for sleep. What if I tried to find videos that did not appear to be listed on existing ASMR channels. I would then have a long playlist of relaxing videos and maybe some of them would not have been found by some people looking for ASMR videos.
I thought that my research may help other people – those who perhaps do not want to spend time finding relaxing videos but just want to get some sleep for goodness sake.
As I come across more videos I review them, post them up here and add the good ones to an ever-expanding playlist. Every so often I review the playlist and archive those that have not stood the test of time. Hopefully, eventually, the playlist will just consist of quality ASMR videos. I always welcome suggestions for membership/deletions.
Today’s was covered previously but in that case consisted of a compilation video (which was the following three videos somehow welded up into one. I usually dismiss these compilation videos but in this case the join was largely unrecognisable so I let it pass. After this blog article I may well be weeding out the compilation video in favour of the following (On the assumption that they are any good of course)).
NEU_General Exam – Part 1
Those who read the previous blog article will be familiar with the participants. If you haven’t read the previous blog article, I’m pleased that you are a new reader and why not go take a look.
As usual we look at the video and we look at the YouTube channel where it is found (in the hope other juicy ASMR videos might be discovered).
The channel is redbreadproductions it has fifteen videos as at today’s date and it would appear that we have snaffled the only three worthy of greater attention. Yay us and onto the review.
This video is Part One of a three-part video series
The intro helpfully tells us it is the Northeastern Physician Assistant Program 2010, which appears to be this one.
Northeastern has its own channel replete with the kind of self-promotional videos which regular readers will now be familiar with.
However I was amazed to find this one amongst them:
It is not exactly a positive endorsement but hey it is early days yet – some ASMR videos have only been up for 5 years for example.
Our video has a rather too funky intro music track – it’s a shame but not the first time we have seen this.
The intro then goes on to say “The General Physical Examination”.
The whole video is only six minutes and twenty seven seconds.
It suffers with a humongous amount of background hubbub. It seems to be extremely loud and the weighing scales even more so. Clang, bang wallop and so on.
It sounds like the examination is next to a staff canteen in which some truly hot gossip item is doing the rounds. The kind of thing where it would be tempting to open the door and yell “shut up” quite offensively only the lull would last all of half a second and then resume even more loudly.
In any case, for our purposes, this is a tad distracting especially when the background discussion descends into laughter.
The rapport between medical professional and patient is excellent so the associated noise is even more distressing.
NEU_General Exam – Part 2
Thank (pick deity of choice) the background gossiping has abated – perhaps between videos the participants went out with some duct tape and taped their mouths up. The video is just over nine minutes, so a bit longer than previously, and is so much quieter and more attentive it is like we’ve started a whole new series.
The aircon is of course a constant companion but it is almost welcome after the unwelcome additional noise of that first video.
I also like the noise of the tuning fork in this one which I have never noted before despite watching a large number of similar videos.
NEU_General Exam – Part 3
Some of the conversation has returned – a little more muted like a room full of children a fraction of a second after an adult has really screamed at them. (Just like that event – expect the noise to build and build).
However, the medical professional’s voice is truly excellent. It would be great to find further instructional videos in which she features (preferably in a quieter room). However, I have not been able to do so.
I notice she says “doing good”. I assume this must be correct although I would have thought “doing good” was being saintly and in this context I would have thought it was “doing well” i.e. in good health. I am obviously too awake whilst writing this else I would not notice things like that.
That’s all folks. A brief one this time, so you can get back to work and stop procrastinating. More next time.
These three just barely squeeze into the playlist as the quality isn’t amazing – they may well be subject to a future weeding process.
I’ve created a NorthEastern playlist for them here:
The overall playlist of videos covered so far in this blog is here:
The archive playlist of videos that were in the above playlist but found after lengthy review not to make the grade, is here:
I keep this in case people have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos regarding age verification is here:
I dislike these as they require me to stop and verify my age, I cannot be bothered to do this when I am trying to sleep. You may differ, in which case this playlist is for you.
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Channels dedicated to ASMR are like the sweets of the ASMR world. Whilst sweets are an easy source of calories requiring no more than that you unwrap them; ASMR channels provide a range of videos pre-curated, edited and enhanced for ASMR effect. Sometimes I find a great video and I just can’t find anything like it anywhere else. I’m afraid the video this time comes from a channel which is (you guessed it) dedicated to ASMR.
Just like the aftermath of sweets though I have this sense of guilt about it since this blog has been dedicated of late to ordinary videos that just happen to have ASMR effects. Here we have some videos where someone else has decided that for me (i.e. done all the work).
Normal service will swiftly resume I assure you.
The channel is Roos it has two-hundred-and-seventy-three-thousand subscribers at the time of writing about it.
The first video is this one:
Unintentional ASMR | Full Medical Exam | Checkup
I’m sure this video is almost certainly edited to enhance its ASMR effect.
Thirty-seven minutes seventeen seconds so this is long for one of these edited videos.
I will try to upload more unintentional ASMR video’s from the medical field, because I personally like these the most. I suffer from anxiety and depression and these video’s help me a lot, so I want to make them more easy to find. Please subscribe to get notified with the latest uploads. Original video can be found here: Hope you will feel relaxed after this video. Xx”
There are no notes with the video which tell us about the content.
However the “patient” is introduced as Kate and the medical professional I think (it isn’t that clear) introduces himself as Leonard Alvier (probably nothing like that spelling) student medical practitioner. No helpful comments on this video (in fact one derogatory one). So all-in-all a limited opportunity to discover this video anywhere else (such as the original source for the video).
This is introduced as Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose, and Throat Exam. To be honest Leonard’s voice is not the most marvellous at the beginning (but that isn’t the first time we’ve come across that problem).
However, once the exam proper kicks off, this all settles down and it becomes a great deal calmer. At one point Leonard makes an error and has to repeat part of the exam, but this does not seem to significantly affect the progress. He also seems to get equipment problems (with a penlight) despite “changing the batteries today”. I wonder if that happens in a real exam? Errors like this seem to crop up in these videos which must show that they are filmed in a live environment and unedited after that.
The video finished rather abruptly in the middle of the Romberg’s test which causes me to speculate what happened then… (If anyone knows where the original is let me know).
I’ve seen a few now where the medical professional gets the patient to say ninety-nine during the exam.
It turns out “If it sounds louder over one area of the lungs, this is a sign of fluid (from pneumonia). We have patients say the letter E and then, if it sounds more like an A when we are listening to the lungs, this also can indicate pneumonia (because the fluid in the lungs transmits sounds differently).” So now we know…
This is a good one for the playlist.
The next one is this:
Unintentional ASMR | Medical Exam | Nurse Check Up | Demonstration With Ross
The notes are: “8 Feb 2021 #unintentionalasmr #realpersonasmr #medicalasmr
Unintentional ASMR
Nurse demonstration with Ross
I do not own this video, it has been shared for asmr purposes only!
#unintentionalasmr #realpersonasmr #medicalasmr”
I have no idea who Ross is so it doesn’t help in locating the original source. The introduction to the video states “Advanced Health Assessment Special Techniques: Cardiovascular & Peripheral Vascular System. Faculty Demonstration with Key Learning Points” sadly no guidance as to which institution it was filmed in. The medical professional here has a great voice. Ross does not seem to get a lot to say. “Ross” by the way occurs in other ASMR medical exam videos on other channels for example:
I am beginning to discover that we cycle back to the same videos via other channels as the process of discovering new videos continues. I will endeavour to point out duplicates as they come up. Let me know if you see any.
Cranial Nerve Examination | Nurse Check Up | Unintentional ASMR
The notes state: “7 Jan 2021 #unintentionalasmr #realpersonasmr #medicalexam
Ross is Back | Unintentional ASMR Nurse Examination | Full Physical
I don’t own anything. This video belongs to the university of Washington
#unintentionalasmr #realpersonasmr #medicalexam”
This indicates that the University of Washington is worthy of some future attention. (they, of course, have their own channel.)
Unintentional ASMR | Full Medical Exam | Med School
This one is familiar in that it comes up in a number of recommendations via YouTube when I am reviewing other potential ASMR videos there are four hundred and eight one thousand views at the day I am looking at it and a few of those are probably me.
We quickly find that Courtney is the “patient” which is interesting because there is another video where the roles are reversed and Courtney is the medical professional. And the medical professional here – James as it turns out – is the patient. The James and Courtney pairing will almost certainly get better coverage in a future blog post.
The branding is Prohealthsys, which has its own channel on YouTube.
That channel does not have the above video in it any longer. There seem a number of Dr Vizniak videos but a brief review isn’t producing much in the way of ASMR content. It might be deserving of a more in-depth review in future.
The video concludes with reference to the Prohealthsys website.
The video seems to be filmed in a gym rather than a hospital (or school) environment – there is a set of weights in the background for example. Mirrors in amongst the gym equipment give some view of the environment which is not directly in front of the camera.
The examination table has a set of books laid out under it on a shelf – which is an arrangement I have not seen in any other video to date.
There is the constant background noise that we are used to in hospital-like environments which I have always attributed to air conditioning – although they must be in a desert judging by how hard this sounds to be working.
Dermotomes an area of skin supplied by a single nerve
There was a reference to “Mid-clavicular line” it turns out there are a few anatomical lines.
Pictures seem to be the easiest way to show these
and
The medical professional has a nice steady voice not actually quiet and certainly no Dr James Gill. However I think this is a good one for the playlist.
On a connected theme is this one:
Unintentional ASMR | Full Medical Exam | Med School
Here Courtney gets to examine James – the reverse of the earlier video. In the video where James was the medical professional Courtney did not get to say a great deal and I concluded that the video was a reasonable one for the playlist.
In this one Courtney is the main participant and so talks all the time. Sadly her voice is too loud throughout for this to be properly restful. Whilst similar material is covered to the earlier video this really is not suitable for the playlist.
The remaining videos are off-subject for us and all posted greater than one year ago. It looks like Roos moved from medical exams to makeup videos at this time – perhaps this blog will change in a similar way eventually but I won’t guarantee it.
Fortunately, this means we can cover these videos swiftly and dismiss them as irrelevant to the subject we’re trying to focus on. I’ll feature them in case anyone finds them of interest. (If prompted I may even add them to the playlist).
This is not a medical-related video so it isn’t relevant to this particular blog post. Unless I change focus in the future I will not be cycling back to cover it again however I have included it here in case any ASMR readers find it restful.
Macadamia koeken met witte chocolade | Recept | Bettyskitchen.nl
Noisy, loud, boisterous, fast, no no no no. Not in the playlist
Unintentional ASMR | Victoria Jackson Cosmetics | VHS Commercial 90s
Unintentional ASMR | 80’s Makeup and Hair Makeover
I’m probably biased in my assessment as makeup videos have no interest for me. However I have considered videos which have an alternative theme to medical exam ASMR videos previously (and I am certain to do so in the future).
Let me know if you’d like a makeup playlist and I will set one up.
The Roos playlist on The Procrastination Pen is here:
The overall playlist for all videos reviewed on The Procrastination Pen (and found worthy of listening to) is here:
The archive playlist (for videos previously in the above list but weeded out because after long term review they were found to be wanting) is here:
I only include the above one for people who might have had the odd one of these as a favourite.
The playlist for videos which could have been in the master playlist (but require a logon to verify your age) is here:
(Personally, I don’t bother with these as the logon, when you’re trying to sleep, is a pain in the neck but you may be more patient).
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As I’m exploring the world of ASMR I keep stumbling upon areas that I did not know existed. This time I am exploring a new area for this sequence of blog articles.
It would appear that on some nursing courses (presumably as part of the assessment process) the students have to produce videos. I’m guessing that the course team then view these to determine how the education process has progressed. Sadly, these are not produced for ASMR purposes. However, on the upside, this does mean that there is a constant supply of them.
It merely leaves the process of trawling through them all to determine if any might make for gentle listening. Alternatively, you could leave that up to me (with your task merely being to browse a blog article once in a while).
If the browsing of a blog item is too much work, simply scroll to the end of any one of these articles to find the playlists, open one in YouTube, select shuffle, put on a set of sleep-safe headphones, lie back and let the unconsciousness take hold.
This one is from the nursing world – in fact the students featured here also feature in videos by other students. This is a rich field of material which I have no doubt will crop up numerous times in this blog.
Sterling Freeman here the “nurse” and Olivia Rabone the “patient”. Howard College 2019 apparently. Background air conditioning noise is something that regular readers will have come across before. It seems a hazard in a lot of medical examination videos.
I love that Sterling refers to providing “privacy” when no obvious measures were taken. This speaks of someone slavishly following some kind of checklist.
At five minutes fourteen seconds someone butts in on them – I have no idea what he says but it does interrupt the flow a bit. It’s brief though, so I’m disposed to ignore it.
This is a lovely calm medical exam, definitely Procrastination Pen playlist-eligible, I think.
The channel Sterling Luna has only six videos of which none are more recent than two years ago. There are no playlists. However with only six videos I suspect we can review them all and determine if they are playlist-worthy.
Four of the videos (including the one above) seem to feature Olivia so perhaps we will start with the remaining three of those four.
CN’s and musculoskeletal assessment – Sterling Freeman
If you’ve been reading these ASMR-based articles for a while then the process for a medical examination video is already familiar. (I wonder if ASMR fans would be able to perform one of these assessments based solely upon their viewing history).
This is equally good ASMR-wise as the last one and is going into that playlist.
Respiratory and Cardiac Assessment – Sterling Freeman
By this stage both participants seem a little tired of the steps they need to take. Olivia for example is bored with the date-of-birth question (assuming this video is in the correct order, in which case this is the third such video).
This has such a gentle approach to an exam, it is another for the Procrastination Pen playlist I think.
HEENT – Sterling Freeman
This one has the air conditioning that used to play base for Motörhead. My goodness, it is loud. However even though the video is brief you still get time to get used to the noise so I’m going to include this video in the Procrastination Pen playlist. Let me know if you disagree and I’ll remove it. It may well be subject to a future weeding process however.
NG tube insertion; enteral & parenteral complications
Olivia again. This time in somebody’s house which has the advantage that the air conditioning isn’t playing a lead role.
There isn’t much medical examination in this one. The dog decides to photo bomb at six minutes thirty nine seconds and continues to feature until six minutes fifty one seconds. I don’t see his name in the credits though which is rather unfair. Unfortunately, this one just isn’t there ASMR-wise so it will not be in the playlist.
Explaining GCS; CN, Neurovascular, and Musculoskeletal assessments
The medical exam does not kick off until four minutes thirty-one seconds the volume is all wrong – too loud. This is not a playlist candidate.
The complete playlist of every item featured so far on this blog is here:
The archive list (containing videos which were in the main Procrastination Pen playlist but, after careful examination, were found to not be as great as when first reviewed) is here:
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Continuing the mission to identify videos with possible ASMR effects (or at the very least ones that can lull you off to sleep) I have come across today’s video.
This one is acronym city – I doubt you’ll need to understand much of them to enjoy the video. However, if, like me, you find it annoying that you do not understand what things mean, here are a few of those that came up:
Ahem, so with the preliminaries out of the way, let’s progress to the video and what it does for ASMR.
This is todays’ video:
The HEENT Physical Examination
Mark has an excellent voice, if a little nervous in this one. In fact, at intervals, he seems to be looking to the student for reassurance.
The channel (unsurprisingly) is Mark Pepin, MD, PhD (The photo on the channel indicates that this video was recorded some time ago – he’s older on the photo than he is in the video). In fact, the video was posted in February 2018.
The channel has fifteen videos in total and only some of these are to do with medical exams. This is probably a number of videos that might prove tedious to read about in a single blog post (attention spans being what they are at the current time).
There are seven playlists and to be honest, different ones appear appealing from our perspective. (This is another channel to return to I suspect). However, the playlist Clinical Physical Examinations
includes the one selected. There are ten videos in this playlist which does not seem excessive to cover here. (If you’re bored already scroll to the end of this blog post where you will find the relevant playlists).
The Cardiovascular Examination
Mark with Erin again, this time Erin is a clinical skills trainer. Mark is still good in this video, whilst Erin again doesn’t get to say anything.
It is going in the Procrastination Pen playlist.
The Pulmonary Physical Examination
I notice that Erin has an escalating involvement in these films – now she is helping with filming and editing. Heather Hallman PA and Shawn Galin MD are presenting in this one.
If anything, Heather Hallman has a better voice than Mark Pepin. Slightly energetic in places perhaps (for the purpose of getting off to sleep) but excellent for relaxation. There appears to be a background click playing in the video which is initially a bit distracting but is significantly better than some of the air conditioning noises we’ve had previously. Shawn’s voice is not the greatest fit for ASMR but he doesn’t get to say a lot here (thankfully for us).
This one is going in the Procrastination Pen playlist.
The HEENT Physical Examination
This is where we came in of course. Made at the University of Alabama at Birmingham they have a channel with a very large number of videos, thirty-three playlists – at least one of which is seventy-four videos long. This may be worthy of exploration in a future article.
At intervals the video is really deeply restful. As before it is Procrastination Pen playlist bound.
The Neurologic Physical Examination
Dr. Victor Sung and Erin returns. Sadly, Dr Sung is not so great in ASMR terms. I’m sure it’s a very instructive video but that isn’t why we are here.
It is also the longest one we have encountered so far, in excess of fifty-nine minutes.
If you persist with it, Dr Sung has a much gentler voice at intervals. So, the default voice must be Dr Sung in instruction mode. I’m not sure how I would subdivide the video to isolate only those moments. What we’re looking for is an exam video for Dr Sung which would also be a lot shorter.
This video is not going to make the Procrastination Pen playlist.
M. Tosi Gilford is not as good as Heather Hallman in terms of voice. However, the video isn’t loud or shouty. It is definitely an instruction video rather than a true examination and that is probably why the tone is different.
Once the actual examination proper commences it is a lot better. On balance I’ll include this in the Procrastination Pen playlist – although it might suffer archiving in a future weeding process.
Gastrointestinal H&P (Part 1/3): Taking the History
This feels a bit odd here and in fact is from another playlist in the Mark Pepin Channel i.e. this one:
This is Mark Pepin with Corey Duke. It’s got some kind of overlay happening in that the side of Mark Pepin is cut off entirely by the scenery in places. However, hopefully you will have your head on the pillow and you will not notice this.
It is remarkably calm given the subject matter (Corey in particular has a very good voice). Unfortunately, Corey does not seem to have his own YouTube channel because that would be one worthy of further exploration.
It’s shorter than the ones so far at seven minutes fourteen seconds.
The concluding sounds though are not at all restful.
Introductory noises are rather familiar from other medical videos we have so far seen. But thankfully that is soon over. Then it gets very gentle, which is pretty well ideal for us. At four minutes thirty-three seconds it is regrettably brief (not that atypical) but is a very good Procrastination Pen playlist candidate.
Again, it concludes with a loud noise which it would be great to do without.
Gastrointestinal H&P (Part 3/3) – Presenting the Patient
This is more of a presentation. It is not loud though and there are no objectional background noises.
Until the end – when it gets all funky. I’ll put it in the Procrastination Pen playlist for now, but it might become a fatality at a future playlist review.
The Musculoskeletal Physical Examination: Part 1 – Upper Extremity
Mark returns with Erin Dorman again. We are back on form as for the first video of this article.
It is eighteen minutes thirty-four seconds long and so it is a more thorough exam. The background noise (air conditioning again) is none too intrusive.
This is very calm; not loud, and seems a good fit for the Procrastination Pen playlist.
The Musculoskeletal MSK Physical Examination: Part 2 Lower Extremity
This is a follow on from the previous video but this time with Mark and Erin standing.
As in the previous video the tone is great in this one.
There’s rather a lot of information in these. Usually when I am awake enough to take in the video content I learn something. In this case I felt a bit swamped. If you’re like me and the purpose is to use it to get to sleep, the approach seems to let all the technical terms wash over you. However, perhaps after a number of plays you may even learn something.
At just over nine minutes police sirens start, that is a shame but I still think I’ll keep this in the Procrastination Pen playlist – at least for now.
I notice that the list is flagged as last being updated four years ago, this seems a shame for our purposes as more contributions from Mark would definitely be appreciated. The Mark Pepin Playlist is here:
The playlist of all videos reviewed on the blog so far is here:
The archive playlist (of videos previously in the above list but which eventually were found to be less great than hoped – retained in case you still find them useful) – is here:
I hope that you find the videos restful.
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Recently I had a comment on one of these blog items: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” and I realised that is the theme I have unconsciously been following with recent blog items. The rhyme follows on “and Eyes and Ears and Mouth and Nose”. I have of course covered eyes before for example in the Moran Core blog item.
However, ears – that’s more of a challenge. So to this item which is – you guessed it – an ears exam specifically:
Ears & Nose Examination
This starts a bit louder than I usually like, the patient looks really quite anxious for some reason. This is another one with a dull background throb echoing constantly through the track – I’ll guess air conditioning. The comments indicate that I’m not the first to explore this in terms of ASMR though.
No clues as to where it comes from or to the participants either.
More terms that require defining:
Patent, in this context it means open unobstructed.
It’s only two minutes fifty five seconds and ends abruptly. So lets see what the channel has to offer.
MDforAll is the channel which states that the videos have been obtained from elsewhere, so presumably the content can be a bit random.
The channel contains sixty-seven videos as at today’s date some of which are non-medical. With this many videos we can afford to be a bit choosy about them. There are no playlists and so thinning these down to a handful may take some arbitrary choices.
Searching the videos, it would appear that there are some that feature the same professional and the same “patient” so perhaps we could stick with those. But given the channel is such a resource, perhaps we will be back in the near future to sample some of those other videos.
Pulmonary Examination
This one requires an age verification. At one time I used to include these in the Procrastination Pen playlist until I found that the playlist can occasionally be playing away and then abruptly stop and ask me to sign in to verify my age. Naff that effectively. So this one will not be in the playlist.
At three minutes and eight seconds it is a short one again. The voice is much better here I think so a shame it isn’t going to be included. However I have been debating creating an archive list of items that were in the Procrastination Pen playlist but on reflection didn’t make it. I think this is a natural candidate for that list.
Having watched the video I’m not quite clear what the fuss is about age-verification wise but I’m not about to go questioning YouTube’s policy – life is too short.
Neurological Examination
I notice that the professional here has a badge on her tunic but the visibility is so poor I can’t make it out.
However, the patient states that she is at “Mid Western University” the badge could be similar to the one on the medical professional but I cannot be certain.
The website seems to indicate it should look like this.
Midwestern University has its own YouTube Channel. Two hundred and thirty-three videos at the time I am looking at it but none of them seem to include these two people.
However, it looks a nicely populated channel and maybe worthy of a future visit for ASMR – applicable videos.
George Bush is the president at the time of filming so we know that this is filmed between 2001 and 2009.
Babinski:
(It seemed easier than a definition).
Neck Examination
The patient here is very relaxed. If it wasn’t for the background noise this would be ideal.
It’s only two minutes sixteen seconds and I think in this case it can be included in the Procrastination Pen playlist.
Upper Extremities Examination
This continues in the same way as those seen before. I have often reflected when reviewing videos that if there was a sound filter that worked against forced air systems (such as air conditioning) on the video sound track the quality of many of the videos we’ve seen (and heard) would be so much the better.
The medical professional is a bit loud here for me, but I don’t think it’s one to dismiss from the Procrastination Pen playlist. However, it might be one that gets weeded in the future.
General Physical Examination
Wow this is loud! We find that the medical professional is Karen Myers and she is a PA student. I think she says the “patient” is Mrs Dewer but it is quite fast and right at the start of the video so that might well not be correct. I think “PA Student” is a student Physician Assistant.
Nystagmus – eye movement sometimes termed “dancing eyes”.
The video settles down sound-wise (but you may still want to mute the volume a little bit). One of the problems of a playlist is that sometimes the inter-video volume isn’t that normalised – if you’re asleep when this happens it can give you a bit of a start.
Lower Extremities Examination
This starts a little quieter and is quite a good beginning.
If anything with time it becomes calmer – possibly the best one of the set so far. Definitely one for the Procrastination Pen playlist, I think.
Ears & Nose Examination
This is where we came in so eyes, ears and mouth we have covered and nose is covered here.
Cardiovascular Examination
Another one that asks for an age verification so it will not be in the Procrastination Pen playlist. There’s nothing particularly adventurous in this video so I’m not sure why. But as I’ve mentioned it is frustrating to encounter the age verification prompt if you’re half asleep at the time.
It is a shame because this isn’t bad in terms of sound so it might have made the playlist in other circumstances.
Abdomen Examination
Very short at two minutes fifty nine seconds. Perversely there is easily as much flesh on display here but no age verification prompt. Not that we’ll be watching in any case because it is the sound we’re after.
This is quiet – easily good enough for the playlist I think.
Given the age verification issue has begun to bite I have created a procrastination pen playlist for any that we encounter with that prompt. |(Some people reading might be bothered to try to watch them). I regard it as a pain in the progress of night-time listening.
The videos requiring Age verification playlist is here:
(I have moved any from the main Procrastination Pen playlist that I have noticed require this into the above list.)
The archive playlist of videos that were once in the main Procrastination Pen playlist but have been found (after repeated review) to not exactly meet that high standard is here:
I only maintain that list in case I archive one of your favourites.
The MDforAll playlist on the Procrastination Pen channel is here:
The playlist of all videos covered so far in this blog is here:
I hope that you find it relaxing.
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I am continuing on the theme of identifying videos which might be useful for ASMR and/or producing calming effects to aid in sleep. Focusing primarily on the videos created for an entirely different purpose (of late for education purposes but that is likely to change). Regular readers will understand that a huge part of the point is to produce a playlist which you can play on your phone or tablet whilst trying to get to sleep. Those of you who are new, welcome. The playlist is getting to a reasonable length now and so if you choose the shuffle function on YouTube you should get several hours of listening. I apologise in advance for any blaring YouTube adverts that may interrupt this endeavour. I don’t think that any YouTube employees are reading my blog at the present time or they’d tone it down a bit (well one can hope).
Back to the world of eye exams today. The channel is CHECT UK, it has thirty-one videos so not a huge channel. This video however does not feature in any of the five available playlists. Reviewing the channel’s content available it looks like this is the solitary video which is going to be useful to us in terms of ASMR. Sadly, it looks like today I’m going to be limiting myself to just one video. On the bright side however, this will be a brief blog post which should enable you to rush back to whatever it was you were doing before reading this.
Ophthalmoscopy Video
The notes state it is an “Educational video shared courtesy of Moorfields Eye Hospital”. So it is not a pure exam video as such.
Moorfields eye hospital has its own channel with one hundred and twenty three videos as at today’s date, so this might be something worth exploring in a future blog post.
The people credited in the video are Miss Narcis Okhravi (Consultant in charge of undergraduate education), Miss Rahila Zakir, Miss Andrea Arinelli (Moorfields undergraduate teaching fellows). The crest used is that of Moorfields eye hospital (unsurprisingly). Video and animation is credited to Alan Lacey of W3 media. Production and lighting was Mike Hill of Mike Hill Productions. It was filmed in April 2009 – at last a video with a decent amount of information.
The narration in today’s video is very good in terms of being measured and calm (despite the fact that there is more than one narrator). The female narrator is quieter and so edges the male narrator out in terms of sleepiness inducing effects.
It isn’t designed for this purpose of course – it is designed to instruct someone who intends to take an eye exam and so we are nefarious observers on a video designed for somebody with a different intent.
At nine minutes thirty-two seconds it is not a huge length of video. There is (as usual) a continuous background noise (most likely air conditioning).
There is just one video so I have not created a playlist for CHECT UK.
However, the playlist of all videos covered in the blog so far is here:
I hope you find these videos restful.
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One of the aspects of being in the fifth decade is that memory is not what it was. The title meant absolutely nothing to me. Then I discovered that I had encountered it before in this blog, not only that, but I’d defined it as well.
For people, like me who had forgotten ROM and MMT , MMT is manual muscle testing ROM is range of motion. Both of these appear to be occupational therapy terms and look likely to be the subject of future searches for ASMR videos.
The associated text tells us “Jordan Butler: ROM & MMT (gravity resisted & eliminated) upper extremities.”. Given the channel is called Michelle Hanigan I am assuming that Jordan Butler is the “patient” in this one.
The Michelle Hanigan channel has no playlists but that should not be a problem for us on this occasion as there are only two videos in it, the featured one is this:
ROM & MMT
As the video opens it’s pretty obvious this is not a typical work environment – sofa – immense TV – modern looking occasional table – almost certainly domestic. I’m assuming that this is some kind of video put together by a student of occupational therapy. It does not have the appearance of one of those videos discussed previously which is professionally composed in order to mimic a medical examination.
The sound quality isn’t fantastic. Although Michelle has a good voice it’s a bit muted in this recording, probably resulting from use of a remote rather than a lapel mic.
Michelle seems to be consulting notes off camera on a few occasions which I think reinforces the view that this is part of a learning experience. In addition, at intervals they both seem to be trying not to laugh. The person holding the “camera” makes the odd noise occasionally – I think that confirms the video isn’t a professional effort. Also at the end the dog makes an appearance.
Despite the sound limitations I think this is a good one ASMR-wise and worthy of inclusion in the playlist.
The second video is this one:
Movement Video
To be honest this seems to be a shorter version of the previous video (this one is ten minutes twenty six seconds the previous one is fourteen minutes twelve seconds)
On that basis there is no point in including this one in the playlist as well.
As there is only one video on this occasion, I will not create a Michelle Hanigan playlist. However, the ROM & MMT video I will add to the overall list of ASMR videos covered so far in this blog, which is here:
I hope that you’re still finding them restful.
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I came to this one largely because everyone else seemed to be saying this was great for ASMR. (See some of the comments beneath this video). I have to say it’s a bit marginal for me and I am considering discounting it from the playlist.
However, given how much feedback there seems to be, I am sharing it with you as it is probable you will get some positive effect from it. Carol Joy features as the person giving treatment and we are told that she is an “Integrative Medicine nurse”. I’m not really abreast of nursing specialities however a brief search indicates it to be “A state of well-being in mind, body and spirit that reflects the individual, community and population.”
Acupressure for Family and Friends
As I say Carol’s voice is not quite right for me but a number of people find this video helpful. In this Carol refers to SEVA – an act of selfless service.
UMMCVideos is the channel. This turns out to be the University of Maryland Medical Center – the downside for a brief blog item is that there are really a very large number of videos in here. There are also no less than seventy four playlists as at today’s date. It looks like we need to focus in a different way, in this case I think focusing on Carol Joy is an approach.
The comments really exalt Carol’s ability to be properly relaxing. But for some reason her voice does not do this for me. I have no idea why. The ingredients are there – it’s quiet, there is no background noise, I would imagine I should be off to sleep. In fact, I find myself looking for the next video.
I’m sure a great many people reading this will have a more positive reaction and this is why I am featuring it.
Guided Meditation – A Step by Step Video
Again, the comments are very positive. The sort of comments some of the videos I have featured so far I felt deserved rather than the nastiness that they actually got. However, it just doesn’t work for me.
On that basis I have created a Carol Joy playlist, which is here:
But I won’t be updating the overall Procrastination Pen playlist
However, the Archive playlist (created of videos that I featured in the blog but on review felt were not quite good enough to make the grade) now contains these three videos.
I hope that you find the playlists relaxing.
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This time the video is more of an instruction manual. Merck Manuals is the channel which gives you a clue.
This is a comprehensive channel with a large number of videos which I am not going to attempt to count. It is about two hundred and ten as at today’s date.
That leaves a dilemma as to which set of videos to choose. Fortunately Merck Manuals also provide a set of playlists (twenty two of these as at today’s date) and ours occurs in a playlist called The Ortho Exam – Merck Manual Professional Version.
This channel has so much material I suspect we will be back here before I am very much older.
Today’s video is this one:
How to Examine the Hand | Merck Manual Professional Version
The Ortho Exam – Merck Manual Professional Version
Which helpfully tells us “Examination demonstrated by Paul Liebert, MD, Tomah Memorial Hospital.”
The funky intro music is not exactly brilliant for ASMR however the narrator has a great voice for this purpose. It is nicely relaxing in fact.
This one belongs in the Procrastination Pen playlist.
There are ten videos in the Ortho Exam – Merck Manual Professional Version playlist. This number is a bit large for a blog post (well history tells me anyway). If you can’t wait for the playlist, scroll right to the end where it will be waiting for you. The above is video four in this playlist, leaving nine videos.
How to Examine the Shoulder | Merck Manual Professional Version
The great thing with these videos is that they are consistent, demonstrated by the same person, narrated by the same person and consistently calm and quiet. They are more-or-less ideal for our purposes.
Note that erythema comes up in this video which is a redness of the skin.
This is also going to find a home in the playlist.
How to Examine the Elbow | Merck Manual Professional Version
Epicondyle is a bit more complex – here it is referring to the rounded part of the bone on the elbow.
Definitely a playlist candidate.
How to Examine the Wrist | Merck Manual Professional Version
There is a growing amount of medical terminology the more we go on with these videos. Those with more of an interest than simply a sleep aid may find this helpful:
How to Examine the Hand | Merck Manual Professional Version
This is where we came in. By now we can see that not only do we have the same intro music, same examiner and same narrator to a large extent we also have the same “patient”. I like consistency when I’m aiming for a restful experience – your mileage may vary.
How to Examine the Hip | Merck Manual Professional Version
This one seems to be considerably quieter which might be distracting, especially if you have the volume right down in order to aid sleep. On balance I think it still deserves inclusion in the playlist though.
How to Examine the Knee | Merck Manual Professional Version
What strikes me with this one is the complexity of the system. The number of nerves, ligaments, muscles and tendons needed just to get normal motion is quite amazing and something I hadn’t considered before. Probably not wise to be thinking that as you’re trying to doze off. This will also be in the playlist.
How to Examine the Ankle | Merck Manual Professional Version
The close-up shots and the distant shots here seem to be of two different patients. The close-up ones I would guess are of a male patient. (In at least some of the shots in any case). However, if you’re half asleep I suspect you will not notice.
How to Examine the Foot | Merck Manual Professional Version
Our male foot patient is back initially, we go to the female patient subsequently. The only downside of such videos (if you’re awake enough to notice) is that you can start to consider if you have any of the problems described. Who doesn’t have uneven wear in their footwear for instance?
How to Examine the Neck | Merck Manual Professional Version
This refers to other manuals videos. Given how consistent this set is I think this is an invitation we can’t help but take up at some future date in any case. Another one for the playlist then.
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