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Hearing Loss | Last Active: Nov 27, 2023 | Replies (65)Comment receiving replies
Sensing actual sounds that you cannot hear is different from acoustic hallicinations, where you "hear" sounds that are not actually happening presently, although you did hear them at some time in the past. Apparently, your brain stores these up and occasionally releases them to give you something to listen to. I have them off and on at all different times, but KNOW that there's no big machine running in the part basement under my bedroom: there's nothing down there to run or make any noise, except the occasional raccoon or less occasional packrat! I often "hear" the dishwasher running while I'm working in the quiet of my office--but (a) I've never been able to hear the dishwasher here, and (b) I know that I didn't push "start." Still, I often hear the water swishing around, dishes clicking. By the time we installed a dishwasher in what was then a part-time beach house, I was only able to hear it if I was standing right next to it, certainly never from across the house. Some of what I hear while lying in bed in total quiet is something I heard recently. After I've spent a couple of hours mowing a section of what we laughingly refer to as "lawn," I "hear" the lawnmower while I'm lying in bed. Here, in the spruce forests, it's pretty quiet at night: cars seldom move along our one-lane gravel road, people and dogs aren't out walking. I've pitched a tent in the yard in an attempt to see the elk that frequent the place during the night (new droppings most mornings) when there's moonlight, but I've never heard them or seen them. Worse, I've trained my dog, who shares the tent, to never bark at deer or elk...a couple of times I woke in the morning to find that there had been an elk very close to our tent, although I hadn't known.
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2 am and cant sleep so was reading a few comments and this one caught my attention as i probably have not had one full night sleep in 2 years.. i am woken by a "machinery" noise which you say you hear, and cant get back to sleep. I have moderate hearing loss but do not use hearing aids as retired and can turn up tv etc., and rarely go out. I have tinnitus and a lot of pain and pressure in my ears but at 77 ent who is not very nice to me said fifty per cent of those who get tubes in ears get infection! but its the "pressure" hurts the most and I do the thing holding my nose and blowing.
So I hear a noise and go downstairs, cant hear the fridge running, either in kitchen or one in basement standing next to them, but if i put my ear to side of fridge/s they "are" running for over half hour; same with gas fired furnace in basement its under my bedroom.... have lived with furnaces many yeas but last 2 years wakes me up, but after it shuts off i can hear it... its very frustrating..
sometimes things ARE running and sometimes not when I go to check; our neighbour is reasonably close and I wonder if it is the exhaust pipe from his gas fuelled hot water tank or their furnace exhaust or air conditioner; there are five swimming pools above or below ground within 3 blocks of us in summer, which run motors to heat water or stir up chemicals but cant see for the fences and trees...
and in winter several people have hot tubs with heaters running; we live between the Canada pipe line a few blocks away and the City water pump house which pumps water from the lake for 54000 people!
But: I seem to be the only one hearing/feeling the noise/vibration in our family... I am the odd one out. So, am I actually hearing these things or is it a mix with the tinnitus? I think I have hyperacusis, not sure how to spell, I cant hear my husband always when he talks to me six feet away yet when i put down say a plastic jug on my plastic kitchen counter it hurts my ears? I sometimes wonder if I am going mad..and all this seems to be when on hundreds of antibiotics for bowel infection and utis.... ear plugs dont work and dont allow me to listen to you tube tapes to get back to sleep... could be worse but with other medical issues its getting me down emotionally explaining it to myself and others! Thanks for reading. J.
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I hear the same sound every night. I really don't notice it when I have my hearing aids in but it sounds like machinery. I can't think of what it could possibly be replicating though. Possibly the sound the furnace makes when it turns on?
@shirla People do trail off frequently. We went to a one-person show with Rita Rudner once and with each joke she trailed off and I missed every punch line! I was so frustrated. My husband said she was very funny, but I'm the fan!
@julieo4 I must admit I do bluff a lot. I used to hate it when my daughter was in HS because she was extremely self-conscious of her hearing aids and would only wear one and have her hair covering that one. She would go on a date and I would be thinking "what is she saying YES to?"!
The "Never mind, it wasn't important' response." is the worse. It really does feel like since you can't hear you are just dismissed. So frustrating and can be depressing also.
@imallears My audiologist had me trial the Phonaks and the Roger for a month two years ago. It was the Roger accessory that you put on a table so it helps you hear everyone. It did not help at all. As you said, it just made everything louder, and it's very expensive. I think in a quiet environment like a conference room for a business meeting, it might help.
I have Oticons and I do find in certain situations that my Oticon Connect is very helpful. Prior to the pandemic I was in some water aerobics classes and one of the instructors taught from the side of the pool, not in the pool. She would use the Connect clip and I could hear her perfectly. Yes, I do wear my HAs in the pool, my head never goes under. The Connect also helps in the car. It is not much help in very noisy places like restaurants though.
JK