Are there examples of sensory hazards that apply to people who do not have a recognized medical problem?
But this is a different question. You have quietly redefined the question "are there harmful sensations to people?" - to which the answer is overwhelmingly, resoundingly, yes, there absolutely are - to 'are there harmful sensations to a newly redefined subset of people which we will immediately update if anyone produces further examples, so actually what I meant all along was "are there harmful sensations which we don't yet know about?"'
Or to put it more simply: 'Can you provide an example of a harmful sensation we don't yet know about?' Well... If I could produce a harmful sensation, you and David would simply say something like 'ah, well, I guess we now have a recognized medical problem, because look, we [commit suicide / collapse in convulsions / cease functioning / become obsessed with useless actions] if you expose us to X! That's a pretty serious psychiatric problem! But, are there examples of sensory hazards that apply to people who do not have a recognized medical problem?'
To which I can only shake my head no.
I hear you and I'm not trying to play the definition game or wriggle out of this. The way I conceptualized the question -- which I think the original poster had in mind and what I think is relevant to hazard risk assessment -- is more like one of these:
A) "What fraction of the public is seriously vulnerable to sensory hazards",
B) "Given that one knows one's medical history and demographics, what is the probability that there are sensory hazards one is vulnerable to but not already well aware of."
My hunch is that the answers are "l...
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
Of course, for "every Monday", the last one should have been dated July 22-28. *cough*