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"The HUM", a persistent Low Frequency Noise
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Oct 23 6:07am | Replies (164)Comment receiving replies
I can hear an engine idling, but there is no truck near my house. (I live in a very quiet location in the country.) I also have tinnitus and I can hear the whooshing of my bloodstream, but the hum is a separate sound.
It went away for a couple of months last summer, but now it's back. I've heard this for about six years. I doubt any doctor can be of help. When it becomes very annoying, I deal with it by listening to music or a book on tape with my headphones. That distracts me and seems to drown it out.
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I am going through a similar situation now. I started hearing this machine idling/rumbling noise a couple weeks ago and thought something was wrong with my air conditioner/heater unit on the roof but even shutting the breaker off for it didn't stop the sound. Then I had 2 friends come check it out but they couldn't hear anything! I only hear the noise when the house is quiet, which is almost all the time except when I turn the TV on. No idea how I got this because I am not on any medication and I don't listen to loud music. From reading everyone's comments, it seems there is no cure and I just have to live with it.
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I also hear what sounds like an engine at idle. Some days I feel a resonance which is in tune with the noise. Hard to believe it’s related to hearing issues as it varies from room to room throughout the house, also if I stand outside the resonance subsides. I tend to hear the noise when I’m in populated areas.