[diverjohn (OP)]

I got a nasty shock from an electrified fence last month. I was trying to take a photograph of a hazelnut grove shrouded in mist and was so careful to avoid touching the expensive camera to the metal that I failed to look where my head was and got a jolt when my scalp touched the cable. At that moment I heard a distinct "ting", which at first I thought may have come from the wire's reaction to a surge of current. But I wonder now if it was something else, such as an artifact created in the ear when the electricity passed the nerve or organ. Any thoughts? BTW, the Nikon was unharmed.

[evan_au]

Could it have been the sound of the spark?
- If the waveform was a pulse decaying with an oscillation, that could make an audible "ting" sound

An impulse into your auditory nerve (or brain) could also produce spurious signals...

[RD]

Just hitting a metal fence, (in the absence of electricity), creates an interes-ting sound ...

https://freesound.org/people/jgrzinich/sounds/377970/

In part is due to dispersion ... https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_dispersion