Eye exams seemed a rich resource after the item from Moran Core. In the drive to find more ASMR videos I have tried a number of avenues. Mostly I find that ASMR devotees are there way ahead of me, sometimes by decades.
And so here, with the first comment referring to the video being “relaxing” made seven years ago. As the saying goes: the best time to watch an ASMR video was ten years ago, the next best time is today.
It’s a professionally produced video and therefore there are notes: “28 Aug 2009
An explanation of what goes into an eye exam. How is it done? What is the Doctor looking for? And what you need to be aware of. For more information, please visit Simon Eye Associates http://www.simoneye.com”
At just less than ten minutes this is a staple length for us and features Dr Brian Gardener (probably misspelled) as the medical professional here.
There are several links to the organisation https://www.simoneye.com/ so that we’re in no doubt what we are talking about. Brian has a great voice. There is limited to no background noise and the approach is methodical. So far, so fantastic.
The video quality is fuzzy to hazy, not a problem if we are just listening in order to get some sleep.
The “patient” is Sean (possibly misspelled) I think women with a similar name often have this spelled as Sian so there is a strong chance it is wrong. The comments refer to Sean (I’m standardising on that spelling) featuring in other videos, if we can spot them that maybe a theme for another article.
I would say that Brian has a better voice than Sean, but neither is a terrible voice for our purposes.
The channel is Simon EyeAssociates and it only has a total of eight videos. Despite the comment, Sean only appears in one of them (on this channel in any case). However, eight videos is not a terrible number to review in a blog post, particularly as it would appear that some of them are not what we are looking for.
In no particular order, the videos are as follows:
Children’s Eye Exam (www.SimonEye.com)
The medical professional is not identified. The “patient” sounds like it might be “Elon” so I’ll stick with that. It is a little loud, but a charming presentation nonetheless. As before it has notes: “18 Mar 2014
In this video we show you exactly what’s involved in a children’s eye exam.
This one has comments but not any that refer to it being used for ASMR purposes. However, I think we may have a candidate video.
It is only slightly less than five and three-quarter minutes and on balance I think this can go in the Procrastination Pen playlist. It might fall prey to a subsequent weeding but we will see.
How to Choose the Perfect Pair of Glasses for Your Face Shape
I notice that these videos fall into two distinct age groups, those posted nine years ago and those posted thirteen years ago, of which this is one of the more recent ones.
This is two and three-quarter minutes and the presentation is fine but sadly it is dotted with distracting background noises.
This one also has notes “18 Mar 2014
In this video we show you the various glasses that look good on different faces. Judy will take you through and show you exactly what you need to know in order to choose the perfect pair of glasses.
There are some comments about the client “Lauren” but nothing about it being an ASMR video. There is another client, Patti. There are no comments at all about Patti. The next client could be LaSandra (almost certainly misspelled). There are no comments about LaSandra either.
In any case the background noises ensure it does not belong in the Procrastination Pen playlist.
How to Insert and Remove Contact Lenses (www.SimonEye.com)
The medical professional self-identifies as Carey (almost certainly misspelled), a contact lens tech.
As before there are notes: “18 Mar 2014
In this video we show you how to correctly insert and take out your contact lenses.
It’s just shy of four minutes so not a huge length video, but sadly in the background random noises as before. It is as if it was filmed in a backroom of an active shop or similar. Carey has a good voice, but the background noises mean that this one will not get into the Procrastination Pen playlist.
Delaware Optometrist | Simon Eye Associates (www.SimonEye.com)
Oh no! The fear of any ASMR video watcher, funky background music. Urrgh. It could be an advertising video. I’ll skip right over this one then.
Dry Eye Syndrome – Delaware Eye Doctor (www.SimonEye.com)
This is just shy of ten minutes so a more substantial video again. Featuring Dr Tessa Payne (probably misspelled). Dr Payne (or other common variants of that spelling) does not seem to be on the current doctors list so apologies Dr Payne if I got that wrong.
Dr Payne has a great voice but yet again the video is polluted with conversations going on in the background. In places this rises above merely a hubbub and disqualifies this one from becoming a favourite one for the Procrastination Pen playlist.
This starts with music again – usually a warning sign. It is a narrated video and the narrator has a good voice. However, this stacks up as another advertising video (which is of some length for such a video at over seven minutes). The music fails to abate despite continued watching. I do not think this one is for us.
More music, and at just over half a minute not much time to get away from that music. There is background noise and it stacks up as an advertising video (again). So, another one I will not be including.
Eye Exam Wilmington Delaware (www.SimonEye.com)
Of course, this is where we came in
So just a couple this time, the SimonEye playlist on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
If you liked this blog article, why not follow this blog.
If you’re struggling for some rest and night time just brings nightmares, this is the place to stumble upon in your internet browsing. Each blog post brings you a new restful video usually drawn from YouTube. The aim is to create a great long playlist of restful videos so you can lie there being lulled off to sleep.
The playlist is regularly reviewed and the less-great videos in it archived off so that it remains a useful resource for the sleep deprived. A number of the people appearing have voices that are so good you may find proper ASMR effects from the videos (but as these seem to differ between people, only you will know if you get them).
I always put the playlist at the end of each blog entry so you can just scroll to there and pick it up if you’re short of time.
For regular readers you might remember the article from which the term “sandwich breath” originates. This is a term exchanged between ASMR devotees to check if you are suitably in the know about ASMR material. There are a few such terms and, thus far, I have only got to the bottom of very few.
In that article we encountered Dr James Kelly and the blog item focused on his voice. However, the “patient” was Pat LaFontaine, who I had never heard of up to that point in time. Readers of that item (or more especially those who watched the video) may have noticed that Pat too had a very good voice for our purposes, in that it is measured in delivery and not excessively loud.
And so, we come to today’s video:
NHL Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine Shares His Story
This is another professionally produced video and hence comes with notes:
“3 Feb 2012
Hear hockey great Pat LaFontaine recount the steps he took during his recovery after several brain injuries forced him into retirement
Watch more clips of Pat LaFontaine – • Pat LaFontaine & … .
The previous blog item was also from this channel and so it is turning out to be quite the resource.
Today’s video is just less than half an hour so reasonably substantial in terms of the videos we look at habitually. It is lovely to be reacquainted with Pat’s voice. It is like meeting an old friend.
I decided that we would not just follow the brainline channel again. I have mined it heavily and there are no further Pat La Fontaine videos in there to be had. Plus the video is such a good one that it would be a hard act to follow.
However, to show how famous the Dr James Kelly Pat La Fontaine video is, I discovered that parodies of it are now being made. This one is just a piece of fun and is in no sense going into the playlist.
The Pat LaFontaine Cranial Nerve Test Except It’s Jeremy and Hannah [ASMR Parody]
It shows how established the ASMR category of videos is that there are so many people dedicated to watching such videos. In some cases it looks like they spend a considerable amount of time in this activity, otherwise how would so many new ASMR videos continue to be made.
The Brainline playlist on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
If you liked this blog article, why not follow this blog.
ASMR fans are like Miss Marples. I happen across a video and it seems to me it must be one of the hidden gems that no one could possibly have come across before. I read the comments and I find that a number of people have come across it before I have. I then discover that they comment how relaxing the whole thing is. So it is with today’s video.
The problem with coming at videos from random searches or YouTube recommendations is that you do not get to see them in the order that their creator intended. This one for example is obviously one of a series (and not the first one):
Examination of the Hand – Part 3
The notes are somewhat brief “19 Mar 2018 The Medical Assessment of Impairment”.
It starts with funky music sadly, but RogerPillemer has a very quiet and relaxing voice, so it is worth enduring that music. The patient is “Chris” (probably misspelled) who has literally nothing to say.
The examination is methodical and gentle, just the sort of thing we are always looking for. There is zero background noise. This is a great little video for the Procrastination Pen playlist.
This channel has twenty-four videos, which is rather too many for us to read about in one lump. There are only two playlists, one of which is seventeen videos in length.
I think the approach here is to select only those videos that are connected with the hand. Including the first one, we have four such videos. But I have no doubt that with a voice this good we will return to Roger in the future.
Taking the Examination of the Hand series in the order which it is supposed to appear, this one would appear to be video one of the series:
Examination of the Hand
At over thirty minutes it is a chunky one. Same funky music to start. There are no notes this time. There are however, yet more ASMR comments. By far the bulk of the video is given over to Roger speaking, but the latter part does include a medical examination. However, it is a quite fascinating presentation.
In the early part of the video the funky music continues to play along behind Roger’s voice. That is just not fantastic in relaxing, get-back-off-to-sleep terms. The impact of this can most deeply felt in the brief periods where the music is not playing, which is just so much better. Sadly, I think this disincludes this video from the Procrastination Pen playlist.
Examination of the Hand – Part 1
I can’t be certain but this simply seems to be a section taken from the half hour version reviewed previously. There is no medical examination in this video and sadly Roger’s voice is backed by constant funky music which makes it less than fully relaxing. This is not great when you’ve woken from a particularly vivid nightmare that you need some soothing background noise to wind down from.
I notice that one of the commentators contributes if the video only included Roger’s voice it would be much enhanced and I have to say I wholeheartedly agree.
I think like the previous one this does not belong in the Procrastination Pen playlist.
Examination of the Hand – Part 2
This seems to be taken from the main “Examination of the Hand” video rather than being an entirely separate recording. Again, it has the background music. It has several fans in the comments, whether ASMR fans or medical students is not clear. However, given it has the same limitations as the previous video I do not think this one is going to be in the Procrastination Pen playlist either.
Examination of the Hand – Part 3
This is where we came in and by happy chance I happened upon the best video in the set. It is sad because Roger has a great voice but the way these have been recorded means that this is the only one lacking a backing track of funky music.
This is also the last video of the set and as it turns out the only one to go into The Procrastination Pen playlist.
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
If you liked this article, why not follow this blog.
Welcome to the Procrastination Pen and the latest series which is featuring ASMR. More specifically, videos which will soothe you back to sleep after you have woken for the third time from your most tenacious nightmare.
The output of these articles is a playlist of videos which you can watch in shuffle mode on YouTube (or more probably if you are trying to get some sleep – listen).
I will always put the playlist at the end of the article, so if you have no time, scroll straight to the end and pick it up from there.
Still here? Fantastic, let’s take a look at today’s video. As usual, I am not the first to look at this as a potential ASMR candidate. Some of the comments indicate that others were here before me and obviously at least some of them have found it helpful.
HEINE Direct Ophthalmoscopy — How to perform Ophthalmoscopy
It is a professionally produced video and as we have found with professionally produced videos it has notes to clarify what the contents are about.
“5 Mar 2010
How to perform direct ophthalmoscopy using the direct ophthalmoscope. HEINE products and Mr. Brian Little.
0:00 Intro Ophthalmoscopy
0:55 The Ophthalmoscope
2:29 Examining the Red Reflex
4:37 Examining the Fundus
6:14 Direct Ophthalmoscopy Limitations
6:55 Ocular Pathology
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On “HeineOptotechnik” you will find videos about high-quality diagnostic instruments from HEINE, compact information about their handling as well as application examples.
At eight minutes twenty-two seconds not the longest that we have seen so far. This has a good narration track (potentially Brian, if so he has a good voice).
After a few minutes I found that the approach was wonderfully relaxing with, thankfully, no background noise at all. As an instructional video it is methodical and well-paced and gratifyingly, no unpleasant surprises.
The channel is HEINE Optotechnik with one hundred and thirty-three videos at the day I am looking at it. There are thirteen playlists so it seems best to identify a playlist which contains this video. Sadly, none of the playlists contain this video. The next technique I usually adopt is to scan all videos to see if the same “patient” or the same medical professional is in any of the others.
In this case there is not a fantastic view of the medical professional and there appears to be only one video with this “patient”.
In this case I tried videos which feature Brian Little as the narrator and came up with three (Including the one reviewed at the beginning of this article).
HEINE Indirect Ophthalmoscopy — The Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope (Part 1)
Again, there are notes “29 Jun 2010
The development, the optics, the controls and the clinical examination for the Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope explained by Mr. Brian Little.
Learning Objectives Part 1:
0:53 Development
1:30 Optics
3:36 Controls
Clinical Examination: • HEINE Indirect Op…
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► HEINE Indirect Ophthalmoscopy Part 2: • HEINE Indirect Op…
On “HeineOptotechnik” you will find videos about high-quality diagnostic instruments from HEINE, compact information about their handling as well as application examples.
The voice is as good as before, the approach is still methodical but there is no patient examination in this particular video. There are no ASMR comments with the video, so it does not appear as popular as the last one. However, it lacks distracting background noise and has potential for relaxation, I think.
HEINE Indirect Ophthalmoscopy — The Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope (Part 2)
notes again “29 Jun 2010
The development, the optics, the controls and the clinical examination for the Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope explained by Mr. Brian Little.
Learning Objectives Part 2:
0:46 Clinical Examination
5:42 Summary
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► HEINE Direct Ophthalmoscopy: • HEINE Direct Opht…
On “HeineOptotechnik” you will find videos about high-quality diagnostic instruments from HEINE, compact information about their handling as well as application examples.
Familiar voice, similar approach, professionally recorded, there seems little to dislike. No comments from ASMR fans again so this is probably another unpopular one.
This one does include a patient examination (unlike the last one). Therefore it is more in tune with our standard approach, which is to feature medical examination videos.
Examining the rest of HEINE Optotechnik, there seems little else of value ASMR-wise at this moment in time, so I am unlikely to revisit. Still, we have three more videos for the playlist and we do not always find that.
The HEINE Optotechnik playlist on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
If you liked this blog article why not follow this blog.
Some people have echoed the concern that the material to write a blog dedicated to ASMR is soon enough going to dry up and I shall come to an abrupt halt. Recently, however I have signed up to an ASMR group on Facebook. This group receives ASMR posts daily and a great many of them. It seems likely that there will always be ASMR material. It also seems that the popularity of ASMR isn’t going to wane in the short term. ASMR seems to have now been established as an interest for a sufficient time that I think it unlikely that this is a fashion or a fad.
What will perhaps be more challenging is the area I have chosen to explore, which is of ASMR-inducing videos where that was not the initial intent of the video. I find this a great deal more interesting, like uncovering a diamond in a coal mine.
It does mean quite a bit of work in sifting through the very many unsuitable videos. However, the mental reward when the like of Hollie Berry or Shane Brun are discovered does to some extent compensate for that. Although, unsurprisingly, there are many more videos which are not of that calibre.
Every once in a while, I will take a side route to illustrate videos that are not quite on theme but might be of interest. If, one day, I cease to discover new inadvertent ASMR there is always the world of professional ASMR to take a look at. It might even be that readers of this blog will encourage that direction, perhaps to advertise their own ASMR material, for example.
For now, I have another video to look at.
Head to Toe Assessment: Greta Garber
This is quite brief in terms of the videos we have looked at of late, at just over six and a quarter minutes.
The notes are informative: “18 Nov 2020
Head to Toe Assessment done by Greta Garber on November 18th for NSG 261 Skills Test #2”
NSG261 appears to be one in a series of exams with NSG262 and NSG263 material also being readily available in terms of study guides, quizzes, advice and so on. So it does not appear to uniquely identify a specific institution. Where colleges offer NSG courses these seem to be in relation to a nursing qualification, so it might be that NSG is just an odd abbreviation for nursing.
Greta Garber is the medical professional in this video, the “patient” is Audrey Stephens (almost certainly misspelled). Given this is filmed in 2020 it might have been when Greta was at Miami University.
Miami, of course has its own channel with around hundred and ninety-seven videos at the time I am looking at it. However, we have experience of university channels now and mostly they are about promoting the university (unsurprisingly) and experience tells us it is a poor source for ASMR material.
The address is given which sounds like “233 Gaslin”, but which almost certainly is nothing like that. Many of the commentators have mentioned that whoever is handling the camera probably had a bad cold that day, or at the least is used to breathing through their mouth. At times it sounds like someone trying to make a certain kind of telephone call.
The poster for Phi Mu turns out to be a “fraternity” at Miami. I’m not at all informed about what a fraternity would do or why they exist. This one seems to exist as a way to meet like-minded women, which amongst other things, seems to be involved in some charitable events. Perhaps that is why all fraternities exist. Interestingly, the word seems to originate with the term brotherhood, which makes its re-use as a term to define a group of women interesting. American websites seem to more typically use the term “Sorority” to define a group like this. I’m not sure of the ramifications (which could potentially be political).
Although it starts a bit energetically – it seems like it was quite hard to take it all seriously – the video settles down and becomes quite gentle (in places anyway).
The channel is Greta Garber there are four videos of which this one is by far the most recent. The others do not look very promising as ASMR candidates.
cheer winter
Given the music and photographic content I would say it is a nostalgic celebration of success designated for participants only. Definitely of no use for an ASMR video.
meniscus
well, the title is medical so it promises to be more interesting. The music at the start is a lot less so. It is slightly over two and a half minutes so really not very long. The video includes the channel owner and someone called Kayla, who on the face of it has a much better voice.
It was obviously filmed in the equivalent of a canteen with the background noise that we have come to expect from such locations. It then appears to move to a more medical room with a similar level of noise. There is the air conditioning unit running which could have doubled as a cooling plant at Chernobyl. It could have been a very good video in principle but I think it is more likely to keep you awake than lull you off to sleep.
VOTE GRETA GARBER FOR SECRETARY
Loud, so loud. Really not at all what we want to hear.
So that’s it. Not a huge one this time I’m afraid, but I’m sure that we will have next time another for your delectation.
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
If you liked this blog article why not follow this blog.
In a previous blog post I pointed out that there was a whole page of videos on the Internet that had no affiliation (that I could determine) to YouTube, and that therefore I was unable to embed in a WordPress page for viewing.
In addition, I felt that the videos could be better shown to you if I took them and uploaded them to YouTube on my channel. However, I am not a copyright expert, and in my amateur way rather thought some very well-paid people in threatening clothing might send me a formally-written letter if I tried it.
So I looked out for a contact email and found that the owner Dr Michael Koller had died. This is not only very sad but very regrettable in that I could not ask him if I could upload these videos to my channel on YouTube. I have approached Stritch via email, but each time I look at the website there seems to be another email to try and so to date I have not received permission (or a flat refusal) to use them.
The upshot is that the blog posts on this page tend to be a little dry as they are not dotted with friendly-looking embedded videos. However, given I habitually recommend that you go to YouTube to play the videos in my usual posts, and in this case, you simply have to go to the page to play the videos, there isn’t a great deal of difference.
I would feel that I wasn’t doing my part in telling you about the material that is out there if I simply limited myself to YouTube.
However, I don’t want to dwell too long on material that cannot be actively linked to (other than via URL) so although it will make this blog post a long one, I intend to cover off the remaining videos on that page in this blog post.
As part of this process, we satisfied ourselves that where there were complete and part videos under the same title. That the part videos were simply parts of that complete one. That is, you could get the material from all the part videos simply by watching the complete one. This will save time here; I can link the part videos for interest but cover only the complete videos. In addition, the included text files seem to only be of academic interest to those on the course for whom it was intended, so we have no need to review those.
15 Minute Screening Neuro Exam; Dr Michael Merchut
This starts quietly and thankfully devoid of startup music. The video is just over twelve minutes in length. Dr Merchut turns out to have a great ASMR voice, and had this been available on YouTube it would have been in the Procrastination Pen playlist. This is a loss to the list and to the ASMR community.
I’ll ignore the part videos as they have nothing extra to contribute. The complete video starts with startup music, which fortunately is neither too long nor too loud. Dr Merchut returns and gives a reasonably lengthy introductory speech. The entire video is a little over forty seven and a half minutes.
His voice is not quite so excellent in this one, but this is in comparison with the last one which was actually rather good.
Nancy again the “patient”. She featured in our previous blog post.
Again, I think if this video had been on YouTube, then it would have already been in the Procrastination Pen playlist.
Again, I’ll focus on the complete video only. In this case it features Dr Koller. We know that we are on safe ground with Dr Koller, in fact we have already added one of his videos to the Procrastination Pen playlist from YouTube.
This also begins with startup music but this time it is really going for it. The video quality is also on the abysmal side of poor. The sound has the normal background we would expect by now (air conditioning again).
The video is a little less than twenty-three and a half minutes. The initial presentation style is a little halting and, although this is the point of the video, it proves to be distracting.
Dr Koller is doing the narration which is great but somewhat intermittent (more narration by Dr Koller would be welcome as he has a good voice).
The music then kicks in again at breaks in the video. The sound has a metallic edge to it.
Although Dr Koller is as good as we are used to, the way the video is structured makes it more stimulating than anyone really needs when they are trying to get to sleep. Even if it were possible, I do not think that this one would be finding its way into the Procrastination Pen playlist.
This time just one video available, again with Dr Koller. This is just less than twenty-five and a quarter minutes and thank goodness there is no startup music. There is an ever-present air conditioning background drone though.
Dr Koller still has a good voice for our purposes. In this case though, I’m not certain the subject matter is that fascinating to anyone who isn’t in the medical profession. However fascinating is not that useful in getting off to sleep so this video might be a great fit.
Part way through we have loud clunks due to equipment noises (metal drawers being pushed in and out), just the kind of noise to stir someone from sleep as they were dozing off.
A great deal of thought has gone into the positioning of gowns and drapes in this video and apart from equipment noises, it is a good video for us. It’s a shame about the equipment as otherwise it would have been a great Procrastination Pen playlist candidate (well had it been on YouTube in any case).
Full Body Skin Exam; Estelle Kahn MS4 and Dr Anthony Peterson
In this case there is no “complete” video, so no choice other than to review each in turn.
Unfortunately, there is start up music and it is really dynamic stuff too. Estelle initially does not have a true ASMR voice, sometimes this happens when the person is presenting rather than examining someone however.
This introduction is a little over four minutes in length. If you are watching it is slightly distracting that Estelle seems to be reading a script which is slightly off camera.
I’m pretty sure that even had I the opportunity, this one would not be in the Procrastination Pen playlist.
It starts with door opening noises which are a little distracting. We see this in student assessment videos of course, soft-close not being a thing in medical establishments.
Dr Peterson has an excellent voice. He might be worth checking for elsewhere in case there is other material available. As expected, Estelle’s voice is much more muted during the examination. The examination is gentle and methodical and the whole video lasts only a little under nine and a quarter minutes. There are occasional equipment noises, equipment not having been designed to slide quietly in use apparently. All-in-all it is quite a good video. If it had been on YouTube this would be a strong Procrastination Pen playlist candidate.
Dr Peterson presenting and this is great as he has by far the better voice for us. There is no startup music – yay. There are occasional loud moments; watch the volume. Dr Peterson appears to be consulting notes at intervals, although if you’re just listening you will not notice that. The whole video is somewhat under three and a half minutes. This would’ve been a good Procrastination Pen playlist candidate (had it been on YouTube).
Reviewing the complete video again, the entire video is thirty-seven and a quarter minutes. It starts with some positively starship enterprise style music; very grand; very distracting. Straight away we seem to be in the soundscape of a public area, there is some kind of hubbub in play. Dr De Stefani is narrating this one. He does not have as good a voice as Dr Peterson sadly. There are telephone noises which Dr De Stefani has to talk over.
When the examination of the baby commences it quietens down a great deal. Of course with examination of a baby, the baby starts to complain about it. Not substantially so though. In fact, this was a good baby to choose as she appears to be so chilled under examination. After a while she does lose patience and lets us have it crying wise.
Background medical establishment noises continue; a repeating electronic beep sound at one stage, sounds of other babies at some distance who are a bit less chilled, muted conversations from adjacent rooms, distant equipment noises, an occasional telephone and of course the continuous accompaniment of air conditioning noises.
Although this is in part a great video, I think these distracting noises would discount it from the Procrastination Pen playlist.
Definition:
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome: effects that occur as a result of a mother drinking (alcohol) while pregnant.
Just the one video to look at a little over twelve minutes and it starts with startup music and there is a constant background hiss happening as if the entire thing was recorded on an LP and then poorly stored.
For some reason after a minute that hiss disappears entirely. Dr Sterling does not have a natural ASMR voice but by no means the worst that we have heard.
The delivery is measured and even and accompanied only by the hmm of air conditioning.
It’s sad about the start as otherwise this could have been a good video for us.
Looking at the complete video then, it is just under twenty five and three quarter minutes. Dr Lento has an impressive voice, impressive in its volume I mean. After the start-up music it is quite surprising to find the voice of the presenter louder than the music.
The “patient” is Sal – or that is what it sounds like. The volume also exposes the metallic sound to the audio track which we encountered with a previous video in this blog article.
This video really isn’t a suitable one for our purposes.
Only one video to review, eleven and three quarter minutes and again with the startup music. The videos are now starting to fall into a theme. Dr Bill Hopkinson who immediately has a better voice for us. He is quieter, more measured in expressing himself but he does attempt to compensate for that with the loudest washing of his hands I have encountered thus far.
We encounter Sal again as the “patient” – they obviously had him around and so were going to make good use of him. This one seems to have less background noise, certainly less hiss than encountered in previously videos in this article.
The actual video quality is no better though, not that I suspect you would be watching in any case.
PCM2 Musculoskeletal Provocative Exam; Dr Neeru Jayanthi
In this case there is no “complete” video so there is no choice other than to review each video in turn.
Less than three quarters of a minute so do not blink. Dr Neeru Jayanthi who on the basis of this amazingly brief video has a good voice for our purposes. Eric is the “patient” here. There was still time to sneak in introductory music (boo), although the background noise for some reason is a great deal more muted in this one, probably not enough here for me to consider it for the procrastination pen playlist.
Just a bit more than three and a quarter minutes – none of these are winning any length contests. This would be a good candidate for the Procrastination Pen playlist if it ever appeared on YouTube (hint Stritch hint).
Just less than one- and three-quarter minutes probably not long enough for any playlist, in fact the way these are going it would be better to combine them into one long playlist – which I sense is probably how it was filmed in the first place and then they were divided up for (presumably) educational purposes.
Just over one- and three-quarter minutes, again no extraneous noises and a good presentation. A good combination of these videos would make one good one for the Procrastination Pen playlist – assuming anyone uploaded it to YouTube.
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
If you liked this blog article why not follow this blog.
You may remember the explanation of the origins of the term “sandwich breath” in one of the blog items previously. Here, in the comments, we have someone who refers to it. So I think it is safe to say that the ASMR community are all over this video already.
Neurological Exam Video
The introductory section tells us that the client is “Rachel”. Straight away, we get the feeling that we are back in the world of student videos of which we have seen the odd one before.
The participants who are unable to take it completely seriously, the background noise, the loud start to the video as if the medical professional is trying to project to an opera house, the participants in casual clothing. The location appears to be some kind of meeting room, rather than a hospital bed, we have a long table and chairs. In the background someone is tapping away on a laptop keyboard (the keys are quieter than expected for a desktop version). There is also the continuous noise of air conditioning which we know and dislike.
It is just shy of sixteen minutes. Ashley continues quite loud but Rachel has a much better voice. Fortunately, Rachel gets to contribute or we could pack our stuff and head home.
The camera person is a bit fidgety with a finger intruding into view occasionally – so far, so normal student video. At least the keyboard noise dissipates fairly early on.
Strangely where one would anticipate use of a tuning fork for sensing vibration someone raided the canteen and came back with an actual fork left over from lunch and is using the handle. As if Rachel was likely to get any sense of vibration from it. That’s probably one of the stranger pieces of student adaptability that I have seen this far. Many of the commentators also point this out.
The T-Shirt with Alpha Omicron Pi on it, is not much of a clue to location with many universities having one of these in both the United States and in Canada.
Then there is the use of a spoon as a reflex hammer, which I would think just would not work. However, it is attempted here, which is surreal to watch. However if you are using this video for sleep it is likely that you will not be watching as such.
There are six videos on this site which leaves five more for review.
All of them are posted four years ago which fits with requirements for a programme of study.
KINE 305 Introduction Video
Here Ashley self-reports attending Cal State St Marcos, and being in her fourth year there. Given the videos are all posted in the same year it is probable that all of them are connected with that course of study.
This university, of course, has its own website, which refers to KINE305 as being a course in Movement Anatomy.
California State St Marcos, as usual, has its own YouTube channel. This is exactly in line with our expectations: having lots of university promotional videos.
It looks like Ashley did a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science.
This is useful info but not a useful video for ASMR purposes. However, at least it confirms that the video is not a construct put together by a professional ASMR artist.
Mock Client Exam Video
Here we find that the client is called “Chris” and he really seems to have a very boomy voice. Either that or the recording equipment is trying too hard. There certainly is a lot of background noise, air conditioning again, I think.
There are no comments with this video so apparently no ASMR fans this time and I think there is a good reason for this. Rachel had the better voice in the first video and of course this time no Rachel.
The location looks domestic with another building visible through the window. Doors to what appears to be a cupboard are directly in view.
At intervals, the air conditioning starts to sound like a 1950s vehicle that has been revved rather manically and is flailing to recover. I guess if you live in conditions that require air conditioning you acclimatize to the constant noise, but it isn’t great for ASMR purposes.
Axial Exam Video KINE 305
The client is “Olivia”. It again appears to be a meeting room, however at least the air conditioning is a bit more under control than in the previous video. Ashley is a little quieter here (mostly) which is quite welcome. Olivia really has nothing to say and so I am not clear if she would have a good voice in ASMR terms.
Some people are talking away in a neighbouring room which provides a muted background to the sound at intervals.
Again, there are no comments so I assume no ASMR devotees. There are one hundred and forty nine subscribers though, I notice.
Orthopedic Exam Video
Here we have Chris again, who must sing bass, I think. He could make mahogany vibrate with that voice. It is back to a domestic setting, a kitchen this time. Here we discover that this is Christopher Carmichael (so reasonable to assume – brother). Again, Ashley seems to need to speak to us without the aid of microphone; her voice is really loud here.
At intervals the air conditioning goes all Apollo-space-program-rocket-launch. I think someone may need to replace some bearings or something like it.
All told, the video is not that great for our purposes.
Client Exercise Video
This is designed for someone called “Mike”, presumably a client or as I more usually refer to them “patient”.
It starts loud, but at least the air conditioning has been taken round the back and shot through the head.
We’re in a domestic setting again, a dining room potentially. The kitchen is visible (well an oven anyway).
It’s just that bit too loud, sadly, but I am in no doubt that “Mike” found it efficacious.
That is the last for Ashley on this particular YouTube channel, However Ashley has an alternative YouTube Channel I notice.
I’ve no idea why that should be (perhaps Ashley misplaced the password to access the other one). There is just one video on that channel which is three years more recent than the videos on the previous channel.
AT Final Project
This is just over half a minute so blink and you’ll miss it. Sadly, it decides to go with music as a backdrop and worse still funky loud music, eek and no no no.
That’s all the videos available. Only one video was worthy of consideration and that was really a stand out amongst this set. It was helped a great deal by “Rachel”. If I could work out who “Rachel” is I would stand some chance of finding her channel wherein there might be some great material.
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
If you liked this blog article why not follow this blog.
I’ve noticed when waking from a playlist-accompanied sleep that YouTube is not always respecting the use of shuffle and repeat functions. Recently I can wake up to some completely unknown (and non-ASMR related) video, usually accompanied by loud adverts.
I’m not certain what is causing this because the issue kicks in whilst I have been asleep. However, I am embarking on a weeding of the main playlist to try to ensure it contains only quality videos now. Some do not seem to have stood the test of time. I will keep monitoring in the hope that this resolves the issue. Perhaps a problematic video is the cause of the problem.
If anyone has seen this before (and better still resolved it), do please get in touch.
Today’s video is this one:
Lung Examination – Jessica Nishikawa
At just less than fourteen minutes not far off the normal length for videos we have seen on the way to creating the Procrastination Pen playlist.
Jessica Nishikawa initially starts a bit loud (well the video is designed as an educational vehicle) but has a good voice for our purposes. I think the patient might be called Makata (probably nothing like that spelling). There is a mountain in Hawaii called Makana so I would guess that is a much more likely name. I’ll stick with that as the spelling from this point onwards.
There is of course the background air conditioning noise that we are used to by now but it is not as oppressive as some we have heard.
Some of the comments are not study-related but there are no obvious comments from ASMR aficionados. Given how diligent such people are in seeking out material it is unlikely this is a brand new find, however.
The channel is Jessica Nishikawa, there are twenty-six videos on the channel which is a few too many to cover in any one blog post.
The old trick of narrowing down the videos to cover by choosing any available playlist is not going to work. There is only one playlist which does not appear to be on the same subject. You can see what I mean:
A quick visual review of the available videos though reveals that only a subset of them feature Makana as the “patient”. This seems an adequate way to focus down the videos for this review.
The next video to feature Makana is this one:
JVP Exam – Jessica Nishikawa
Like the previous one posted seven years ago and at not much over two minutes is quite a brief one. As a professional video of course, it includes notes: “29 Oct 2015
Jessica Nishikawa demonstrates the JVP examination.
Subscribe at / jessicanishikawa
Twitter @JessNishi”
This is consistent with the last one and also deserves a place in the Procrastination Pen playlist, I think.
The next video featuring Makana as the “patient” is this one:
Heart Exam – Jessica Nishikawa
A little halting to start, but it soon settles down. Again, there are several non-medical comments. Any video poster on YouTube must have to get used to such comments (or deny comments altogether, which on reflection, seems rather sensible).
The notes are similar for all the videos so I won’t document them for this one. This video is five minutes long, which isn’t exactly huge. It remains consistent with the last one. In fact, like all professionally-produced videos we have seen, if you like one of them it is quite a strong indication that you are going to like the remainder.
And that’s it for videos featuring Makana. However, we have now proven that the channel is rather a good source of relaxing videos and so I have every belief we will be back here again.
The Jessica Nishikawa playlist on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the listening experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
If you liked this blog article why not follow this blog.
If you have got to that time of life where you cannot remember the last time you had a decent night’s sleep and your daily consciousness is about walking around in a fog, you are in the right place.
For some little while now, the Procrastination Pen has been compiling a playlist of videos designed to be relaxing and to lull you off to sleep. If the bedroom has become a warzone with wakefulness, at the very least, you can lie there and listen to the videos rather than worrying about the sleep you’re not getting.
Today’s video comes from a source that we have seen before. It is from an institution that most people must be aware of.
It is this:
Demonstration of Teaching the Reflex Exam by Dr. Abraham Verghese (Stanford 25 Skills Symposium)
and like most professional videos we have covered, it comes with notes:
“27 Apr 2016 Skills Symposium – 2015
Founder and leader of the Stanford Medicine 25, and best-selling author, Dr. Abraham Verghese demonstrates how he teaches the reflex exam on a real patient in front of an audience of clinical educators.
On September 28th & 29th, 2015, the Stanford Medicine 25 team hosted the first annual bedside exam symposium for clinicians and educators. The purpose was to share how we do bedside teaching and allow them to improve upon their bedside exam skills.
Learn more about past and upcoming symposiums on the bedside exam:
Dr Verghese it appears is some kind of powerhouse of the medical profession.
However, we are more concerned with whether he produces a great relaxing video.
It starts with the inevitable music, but fortunately, this is short and not excessively loud. Dr Verghese has a calm sounding voice but the video is a presentation so he isn’t completely quiet here.
The video has the benefit of being an interesting one as well, perhaps it will prove to be a distraction from your concerns about insomnia.
This is a definite candidate for the Procrastination Pen playlist I think.
It is from the channel Stanford Medicine 25, this channel has eighty-five videos and so a few if we were looking to review them all (perhaps that will happen with time but not all in this one post).
Normally this would therefore be the subject of our blog post. However there are seventeen videos in this playlist and given it is a symposium, some of those videos are rather long.
I think therefore we will focus on presentations from this symposium that feature Dr Verghese. This is a subset of the videos in this playlist. However, I suspect we will return to the others in the future.
Purpose and History of the Stanford 25 by Dr. Abraham Verghese (Stanford 25 Skills Symposium)
The same music, a similar start up format. So far, so expected for a professional video.
Dr Verghese remains excellent in this. Sadly, for us it is a bit more interactive with laughter at intervals, for example. I’ll include it in the Procrastination Pen playlist for now (as you know this list gets reviewed constantly, and those videos which turn out not to be relaxing enough after extensive exposure get archived from this list).
An extract from the notes is as follows: “27 Apr 2016 Skills Symposium – 2015
Founder and leader of the Stanford Medicine 25, and best-selling author, Dr. Abraham Verghese talks at the opening of the Skills Symposium about the purpose and history of the Stanford Medicine 25.”
Why are We Doing this Teaching? – Dr. Abraham Verghese (Stanford 25 Skills Symposium)
“Founder and leader of the Stanford Medicine 25, and best-selling author, Dr. Abraham Verghese talks why we’re doing this bedside exam teaching.”
A different but equally unwelcome start up jingle. However, Dr Verghese remains consistent in having a great voice. Although at just over one minute you are not getting a lot of it.
The 5-Minute Bedside Moment – Dr. Abraham Verghese (Stanford Skills Symposium)
“Founder and leader of the Stanford Medicine 25, and best-selling author, Dr. Abraham Verghese talks about the 5-Minute Bedside Moment: our tool for teaching the physical exam at the bedside.”
He might be talking about the five minute bedside moment but he is taking two and three quarter minutes to do so.
Start-up music tick, notes, tick, same presentation tick. This consistency is such an asset when one video of a series is a good one (less good if it is a bad one). In this case these have all been good videos in terms of delivery and I shall be looking out for Dr Verghese videos in the future.
That is it for this time, thank-you for reading and I hope you get a restful night’s sleep.
The Stanford Medicine playlist on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
If you liked this blog article why not follow this blog.
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