Sources first
Every article lists its sources, most authoritative first: peer-reviewed papers and institutional releases before news reports, news reports before company press, company press before anything else. If a claim comes from a press release, we say “the company says.” If a study is a preprint, a pilot, or a single session with fifty people, we say that in the sentence where the result appears, not in a footnote.
Numbers over adjectives
We give the sample size, the duration and the comparison for any effect we report. “Studies show” is banned. So are proven, miracle, powerful healing and raise your frequency. If a number cannot be found, we say the number is not public.
What we will not do
- Give medical advice, or tell a reader to stop a treatment.
- Run sponsored content or paid placements.
- Accept products, travel or fees from companies we cover.
- Link to a product we do not believe in. Some articles link to products on Amazon, only ones we would buy ourselves or that the evidence in the piece supports, and never supplements or “frequency” devices. The link is marked in the article, the Sunday letter carries none, and the small commission never decides what we cover. As an Amazon Associate, Audient earns from qualifying purchases.
- Quote anyone we have not read or heard saying the words.
- Publish a frequency claim (432 Hz, 528 Hz, “Solfeggio”) as fact.
Corrections
When we get something wrong we fix it in the article and note the change at the bottom with the date. Write to us through the subscribe form with “correction” in the address line of your email and we will read it the same week.
How the newsroom runs
Audient is a small operation. Research is gathered continuously — from journals, institutional news, and reader-flagged alerts — and sorted by a research assistant built on a large language model. A human editor decides what is covered, checks every number against the source, and approves everything before it is published. Articles are bylined “Audient staff” because they are the product of that process rather than a single author.
Cautions we repeat on purpose
Sound-based practices are generally low-risk. Even so, people with epilepsy, cardiac arrhythmia, implanted electronic devices, hearing conditions, a history of trauma, or who are pregnant should talk to a clinician before strong vibration, very loud environments or flashing-light devices. We put that line at the end of every article, and we mean it every time.