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"The HUM", a persistent Low Frequency Noise
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Feb 8 3:00pm | Replies (182)Comment receiving replies
I have made my way to this forum after once again trying to get more information regarding this phenomenon.
Your specific description of not just the hum, which I have learned to accept, but specifically the motor running is uncanny. It genuinely sounds like a truck (but with a bigger motor) idling in the distance. It’s usually around 2 -3am. The hum I can live with, but this low throaty motor rumbling in the far off distance is maddening. It’s also accompanied with feelings vibrations laying in bed or very subtle shaking of the floor when standing. The physical vibrations/shake kind of come and go while the motor running is constant.
I live in the country, my neighbors are not close. There have been no new roads, expressways, infrastructure built that would explain it. I’ve lived in this house for 8 years now, and first noticed the hum about 4 years ago, and this motor running within the past year. I’m 35(f)and as far as I know, don’t have a reason to have tinnitus. However, my description is uncannily, and eerily similar to your experience.
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I know exactly what are talking about. I’ve had the motor running since I was about your age, maybe a tad older. That’s when it started. To me it sounded like the air conditioning in the house was on. So I ignored it at first, until I realized it never went off, because it wasn’t on. The sound was in my head. I’m 69 now and still have that sound, plus others. I try to ignore it as much as I can. Everyone blames it on the ears, but my assessment of this is that it stems from neck and spinal issues. I was in several fender benders when I was younger and I have some other back issues. Nothing serious, but I believe the sounds come from whatever nerves are effected. You can tell it’s outside sounds you’re
hearing by plugging your ears with your fingers. The sounds are still there. It really is infuriating, but no one seems to know how to deal with them, except to ignore them or drown them out with louder sounds. If someone doesn’t have them, it’s impossible for them to understand. Stay well. Hopefully someone will figure this out.