Another week and onwards towards a longer playlist and another set of videos (from YouTube) to review.
Today we have another set from a student, presumably this was originally created as part of an assessment process.
As is typical for this type of channel, the last update was some time ago and now the channel is not maintained. We have already seen that some videos can be taken down and these could become the same, so my advice is “get ‘em while you can”.
The channel is Jordynlee21 and the updates are nine years ago (2015). There are four videos, which as you will see, have pretty much the same title but feature different “patients”.
There are no playlists available on the channel so, in no particular order, this is the first one.
Head to toe Ashley Brehmer- South University
The camera pans the room in the most disconcerting way. The initial verbal description is a bit drony, as if it is narrated by someone who is just going through the motions.
There is an ever-present background noise (probably air conditioning). This is a situation with which we are now well familiar.
South University appears to be located in Savannah Georgia as we’d expect it has its own YouTube channel.
As is usual, the channel for South University does not include medical examination videos.
I’m always fascinated by the terms used by those using a stethoscope such as “Intercostal Space”, this gives a good definition:
“2nd intercostal space (i.e., the space between the second and third ribs).
3rd intercostal space (i.e., the space between the third and fourth ribs).
4th intercostal space (i.e., the space between the fourth and fifth ribs).
5th intercostal space (i.e. the space between the fifth and sixth ribs).”
At intervals the presentation does settle down to be more gentle and is more the kind of video that we’re looking for (or “hearing for” if that could be a term).
In this case the medical professional is Ashley, I am not clear who Jordyn Lee (the name of the channel) is. The channel has been around since 2009 so considerably before the video.
Callie Donnay head to toe- South University
Again, with the maniacal whirling of the camera about the room, presumably to demonstrate that there are no prompts in the room for the student. However, I would have thought it straightforward to pan the room initially and then introduce material subsequently, but maybe I’m over thinking this.
The medical professional is Callie Donnay, again, the video is posted nine years ago. The air conditioning noise remains ever present. The “patient” here is the medical professional from the previous video i.e. Ashley Brehmer.
Sensibly there are no comments permitted; we’ve seen negative comments against such videos before.
Eventually the video settles down and gets reasonably quiet. I wonder if initial nerves in such videos is the reason that they often set off loud and settle down later.
There is the occasional clatter as equipment is moved around. This is distracting but not massively off-putting.
Alana Haas head to toe- South University
Alana Haas is the medical professional. Again, the camera pans the room. The “patient” confirms it is actually a hospital and not a domestic setting as we have often seen before. The patient states her name as Jordyn Hutchinson. The surname isn’t Lee – so perhaps she is not the owner of the channel. The patient states the date as 2013 so the video is posted somewhat later than that (which seems a bit odd if it is part of an assessment process).
Like the previous videos, the voice isn’t spot on for ASMR and the background noise is always present. However, there are periods of calm. Again, there are clattering noises which are only marginally distracting.
Jordyn Hutchinson head to toe- South University
Here, Jordyn becomes the medical professional. I’m not sure how common the spelling Jordyn is seen (I’m more used to Jordan). However, it is conceivable that Jordyn married and took the name Lee and hence the channel belongs to the self-same Jordyn.
I’m not sure how that could be verified as the videos lack any notes.
As before the camera sweeps the room and the medical professional starts off loud, so far, so familiar.
The patient is Alana Haas who appears in the previous video.
It settles down and is moderately quiet. I do often hope for another Hollie Berry but I think these videos are adequate for getting to sleep.
They’re going into the playlist and I’ll rely on the review process to sweep them into the archive list if they cease to be appealing.
The Jordyn Lee playlist on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The Procrastination Pen playlist (which is no-doubt what you have all been reading this in order to locate) is found here:
I have been working through that playlist repeatedly and some of the videos that were members have now fallen from favour. If any of your favourites are in there you can find them here in the archive list:
Quite often the videos getting removed have no faults other than unwelcome loud equipment noises.
The playlist of items that are great for ASMR (but contain an age verification function), usually a great way to interrupt your listening in the middle of the night, is here:
I hope that you find the playlists restful and that you get a good night’s sleep.
Hope to see you again back here for the next blog article.
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Until next time.
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