My sister told me that she has a regular band playing constantly in her ear. I do recall, before I lost some hearing in my left ear, the sound of Big Ben bonging in my ear day and night, and then it stopped on its on. Now I hear in my left ear the sound of a xylophone being played.
2007-08-26 10:35:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Oh my, yes! Some days it drives me bananas! Some people say they can turn a fan on at night to drown out the noise so they can sleep. I've lived with it for most of my life and at one point, dizziness with it. When I went to an ear specialist in Omaha, Ne, they diagnosed me with Meniere's Syndrome which is now controllable for me with a simple motion sickness pill. If you get on the internet under ear problems or Meniere's there are surgical procedures underway to lessen ear noise. Many people go undiagnosed with Meniere's, so if they keep telling you an inner ear infection and dizziness keeps coming back, demand a test for Meniere's. Two people in my small town have just been diagnosed with it and are leading much happier and healthier lives!
2007-08-27 03:30:29 · answer #1 · answered by dawnUSA 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've not only heard of it, but I've personally experienced it. Back in the early 80s I had a strep throat infection, but didn't have healthcare insurance or the money to go to a doctor. So I was trying to use OTC medicines to relieve the symptoms. One day, as I lay on the couch in the living room, suffering, I began to hear music, country and western style music. My husband was in the bathroom, showering and shaving, and getting ready to go to work. I knew he would sometimes take a radio in there with him so I assumed that was what I was hearing.
After he left for work I could still hear the music and I was really angry with him since he knew how bad I was feeling and knowing I would have to get up to turn the radio off. But when I reached the bathroom I found no radio in it. So I assumed the music must be coming from somewhere outside the house. I opened a door and stuck my head outside to see if I could tell from which direction the music was coming. That's when I became aware that the music was not coming from outside me but was within my own head.
I struggled back to the couch feeling so bad I wasn't sure I was going to make it through the rest of the day. That's when I began to remember hearing someone say that sometimes, just before a person died, they would begin to hear "heavenly music." "Could this be what I'm hearing?" I wondered to myself. Well, just as I was about to really panic the thought occurred to me that heavenly music probably wouldn't be played by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (because that's what the music sounded like).
Well, as you can see, I did make it past that day. Some weeks after that time I happened across an article in a magazine (can't recall name) that talked about this same thing. It said many people had heard music after taking too much aspirin and I remembered that I had taken a lot of it trying to ease my throat pain. So it sounds like it may not be so uncommon after all.
2007-08-26 11:11:47 · answer #2 · answered by Ninizi 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is really interesting. I love music, and a tune is almost always playing in my head, but not in my ears. I'm losing some of my hearing -- I tell people I can hear, I just can't distinguish. It's as if my ears have begun to mumble.
I've not seen an ear specialist for about 30 years. The last one said my difficulty in distinguishing words was because of tension, so I kept dismissing it until recently, when I realized I'm saying "What?" a lot.
2007-08-26 11:14:04 · answer #3 · answered by felines 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
II Had musical ear syndrome while I was in the hospital and thought it was from the medication but now that I am home once in awhile I hear a large group of men singing . and the song is sung over and over and over . I found out thst I could change the tune by humming a different tune . If you think I m nuts try it. Oh by the way I am hard of hearing and I have hearing aids.
2014-11-13 04:11:51 · answer #4 · answered by albert l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my ! I cant believe my radio announcer is on this page. I have had hearing problems most of my life due to inner ear infections, my mother had the same problem and heard the radio man too. Thank you very much for this, thank you!
2007-08-26 10:58:32 · answer #5 · answered by ncgirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh boy, am I glad I don't have to live with THAT problem, as well....I think it would probably end up being the straw that broke the camels back!
Can you still appreciate music? Or does your own "instrument" get in the way?
2007-08-26 12:08:15 · answer #6 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My mind sometimes repeats a song (it picks for whatever reason).No ear music.
2007-08-26 16:40:35 · answer #7 · answered by robert p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, my doctor refers to it as 'concert ear' .. I've learned to live with it .. if you find it distressing try reading the information on this site
http://www.drf.org/hearing_health/archive/2004/winter04_musicalear.htm
2007-08-26 10:44:51 · answer #8 · answered by The old man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, some times it is so nerve racking that I have to turn on some real music to drown it out. Doc. cannot do anything about it.
2007-08-27 02:48:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, I just thought it was leftover from my head trauma accident in 2001!!! Never heard of this before now.
2007-08-26 11:23:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋