2006-11-16 16:12:21 · 8 answers · asked by Josh 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
Perhaps someone is listening to your conversation on your cell phone? LOL. Or an earing problem.?
2006-11-16 16:21:00 · answer #1 · answered by montralia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two good possibilities to explain this clicking noise. Is it only a brief "click-click"? This sound originates in the Eustachian tubes. The Eustachian tubes are primarily muscular tubes which extend from high in the back of the throat up to the middle ear space on each side. When you swallow, some of your throat muscles tug on the Eustachian tubes (this is one way we "pop" our Eustachian tubes). When this happens, the walls of each tube can come together, and then pull apart. This produces sound, just as you can produce sound by touching your lips together. Since the Eustachian tubes are continuous with the middle ear space, you can hear even very quiet noises that are produced by the tubes. If this is the source of your "click-click" noise, I am afraid you are going to have to just live with it.
Another possibility is myoclonus. If you have ever had a muscle twitch in your leg, then you have experienced myoclonus, which is simply a repetitive contraction/relaxation of a particular muscle. There are two tiny muscles in the middle ear space which attach to the ossicles (little bones) that conduct sound. If either muscle develops such a twitch, it makes the ossicles vibrate, much as sound makes the ossicles vibrate. You hear, rather than feel, the twitch. The result is a very regular, rapid, repetitive "click click click click click....." You get the idea.
There are treatment options if your doctor positively diagnoses you with myoclonus. But you'll have to ask him for that information.
Hope this helps
2006-11-17 00:25:04 · answer #2 · answered by Amberaven 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend had this happen to him. He said when he laid down to go to sleep it sounded like somebody was clicking their finger in his ear. He ended up going to a doctor and found out it was an infection. It didn't hurt him or anything but the sound kept him up at night so he finally went to a doctor and found out it was an infection he got some medicine and he doesn't have the problem any more.
2006-11-17 00:32:34 · answer #3 · answered by Two dimes and a Nickel 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You Have TMJ Temporal Mandibular Joint Syndrome See a dentist
2006-11-17 00:18:22 · answer #4 · answered by floyd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like things could be rattling around in your head. Better get that checked out soon! Hollow things rattle, and echo a lot more!
2006-11-17 22:55:29 · answer #5 · answered by knownothing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might need to clean your ears.
2006-11-17 00:17:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe your jawbone is swollen, or sticking slightly in the joint. Mine does that sometimes.
2006-11-17 00:18:07 · answer #7 · answered by Big hands Big feet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hearing voices as well,huh?
2006-11-17 00:39:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋