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Experts explain how to get rid of hiccups fast. Hiccups are involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, a common nuisance that many people have experienced. Experts explain how to get rid of ...
By DR. KAREN LATIMER Hiccup! Giggle. Hiccup! "Excuse me." Hiccup ... Oh shoot! You are at a party, on a first date or a job interview and suddenly, out of nowhere, your chest is convulsing and you ...
Everyone gets the hiccups. The unmistakable, sudden muscle movements and distinct "hic" sound are an all too common occurrence, especially while eating or drinking.
A hiccup (scientific name singultus, from Latin for "sob, hiccup"; also spelled hiccough) is an involuntary contraction (myoclonic jerk) of the diaphragm that may repeat several times per minute. The hiccup is an involuntary action involving a reflex arc . [ 1 ]
[4] [5] Her "world record" bout of hiccups has been compared to the world record for sneezing. [5] The causes and treatment of her condition were disputed, but her popularity as an internet search item was long lasting. [9] Her search for a hiccup cure included "[ingesting] sugar, peanut butter, breathing in a bag, [and] having people scare her ...
Michael Jackson started using the "vocal hiccup" in 1973, in the song "It's Too Late to Change the Time" on the G.I.T.: Get It Together album. The next time he used this technique several years later, in his 1979 solo album Off the Wall. Jackson's hiccup technique is described as "somewhat like a gulping for air or gasping". [5]
Hiccups are common and typically harmless, but that doesn’t make them any less frustrating. Once you get a hiccup, more are likely to follow. In most cases, they go away after a few minutes.
Various software, firmware, and hardware components may add up to a substantial delay associated with starting playback of a track. If not accounted for, the listener is left waiting in silence as the player fetches the next file (see harddisk access time), updates metadata, decodes the whole first block, before having any data to feed the hardware buffer.