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"The HUM", a persistent Low Frequency Noise
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Oct 23 6:07am | Replies (164)Comment receiving replies
Similar to @videojanitor: I have voice and music distortion after, up until now, being born with perfect pitch. Classical and jazz sound horrible to me and yes, I have hearing loss as well. No one has explained any of this to me since it popped up in 2018.
My tinnitus isn’t similar to others either: I hear music fragments, drumming, repeated rhythms, mush. It gets noisy about once/twice a week, then quieter (sometimes very quiet) on other days. In addition I have hyperacussis which eliminates going to gatherings of any kind over 5-6 people, restaurants, etc. All this has been a shocking life changer.
I appreciate reading what others hear and how they’re managing. Thank you!
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@jaynes40 Yes, the distortion when listening to music is very shocking. I'm an audiophile going back to the early '70s, always investing in the best audio equipment and cherishing good sound. Everyone considered me to have "golden ears" -- well, not anymore. I almost have to laugh when I hear how distorted some of my favorite tracks sound -- it's like they're being played through rolls of tissue paper, or blown speakers. But at the moment, that problem only affects one ear, so I've resorted to putting an earplug in the bad one to minimize the distortion.
If this is the way it will always be, it will be, as you said, a shocking life changer. Three months ago, I had no hearing issues at all.
Thanks for relating your story.
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I have similar issues. The tinnitus was a pleasant whooshing sound in time to my heart beat initially and I still had excellent hearing. Then a few months later I suffered SSHL & went severely deaf in that ear and the tinnitus changed to an unpleasant, non-pulsating buzzing static sound that is constant but varies in loudness. My rt ear is now hypersensitive. Everything is louder and startling. My husband is emptying the dishwasher and I just want to scream. I hate being in the kitchen with him at same time when we prepare meals. Restaurants are horrible or even visiting with 3 people in a home takes real effort and is tiring. Sound localization is frightening to me. Once I thought we were having a freak summer rain storm because I heard it pouring outside, so put on my raincoat to take the dog out. Figured out it was the dishwasher running. The fullness in my ears, feeling like I'm underwater or in a barrel fluxuates and sometimes when I talk the sound reverberates or buzzes in my deaf ear so that I don't want to talk. But fortunately that doesn't happen all the time. If I raise my voice for any reason it always does but often even when my voice is low. It's such a difficult experience because everyone's symptoms are a little different and they change hour to hour. I'm trying to meet the challenge but my world has become very small & I seldom leave the house. I'd like to get the cochlear implant that my Dr recommends but Medicare will only cover an Osia bone anchored device since I have good hearing in my right ear.