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Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Oct 29, 2023 | Replies (60)

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@lacy2

....totally agree with you in that "why this song or why this music or why humming" ... this cannot be a new phenomenon so has it been researched by scientists or ? I suppose not enough people have it or say they have it so compared to life threatening illnesses it is down the list.... I too am wondering about any connection between it being something not to worry about as relates to hearing loss, have been told, and it's similarity with people who hear voices telling them to do things, kind of scary but so far it's "only" been music or close to chanting and I cannot figure out the words. However, along with a laundry list of other issues I have it is for me "another worry." J.

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I like to believe that we needn’t worry about musical tinnitus. Other forms apparently keep people awake and are daily difficulties. My music is just quietly in the background and pleasant. I am amazed that it is my own brain choosing the songs and the type of music— male or female choir or mixed chorus or instrumental. When instrumental, I don’t recognize what instrument is playing.It’s not an instrument I know, but definitely not voices. Today I was surprised to be able to hear the actual words of a song. That is rare.
I hope you aren’t worrying about this. I too have many other diagnoses and life experiences that require a bit of worry, but musical tinnitus just makes me curious, not worried, about the cause and how the brain functions to produce the selections. I have no control over what songs I hear — Lately patriotic songs but most often hymns and occasionally beautiful old Negro spirituals.