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Me too Kim, almost exactly as you describe it, although maybe not quite as pronounced. (Guess this one's not gender specific. ;-) I haven't a clue why -- maybe we should lure Wessel out to a very nice lunch... laurie p.s. notice how I neatly sidestepped the "am I a freak" question! :) >From: Kim Flint [SMTP:kflint@annihilist.com] >Sent: Monday, March 16, 1998 9:56 AM > >Throughout my life I've had a very odd thing happen with my hearing. It >happens rarely, once every other month or so. The hearing in one ear or >the >other will do a complete fade out and be replaced by a high pitched tone. >I >won't be able to hear anything else in that ear. This will last about a >minute, and the tone will slowly fade away while real sounds slowly fade >back in. Very rarely, it will be a low pitch instead. I've never been able >to relate it's occurance to anything, always completely unexpected. It >would be quite frightening if I hadn't been experiencing it my whole life. >Does this happen to anyone else, or am I a freak? > >kim > > >At 9:24 AM +0000 3/16/98, tbajus wrote: >>TritoneDW wrote: >>> >>> Here's the thing--I've had it for as long as I can remember, way >>> before I started to listen to loud music. I had a lot of ear >infections as a >>> kid, so I think that's got something to do with it. >> >>I have always had a phantom ringing in my ears as well, long before I >>started playing guitar. I have some pretty intense allergies, which >>lead to a alot of sinusitus and bronchitus (once I lived with a cat and >>got pneumonia), and seeing as how those two systems are fairly >>interconnected I have always assumed that they were related. I have >>also heard that some small amount of ringing is fairly natural, and >>nothing much to worry about in most cases. Could be wrong though- does >>anybody know for sure? >> >> >>Trevor > > >______________________________________________________________________ >Kim Flint | Looper's Delight >kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html >http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com > > > >From lists@slip.net Mon Mar 16 11:22:33 1998