Re[2]: Phantom ringing

[Mike.Biffle@wj.com (Mike Biffle)]

Allright, I'll cop to the mysterious arrival of the big TONE... I had to 
think about that one for a while though. It has appeared from time to time.

I'd take a very uneducated guess that it has a lot to do with fatigue. I've
had swimming spots and lost useful vision from time to time and became 
concerned... My eye doc basically said, "Give your eyes a rest, before you
strain them!" I bet the same message is true concerning ear fatigue. Take
a rest before more damage occurs.

-Biffoz
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So a lot of people have chimed in with "YES - me too" - is there anyone
here that doesn't experience this?

And does anyone have any idea what the cause is?


At 09:56 AM 3/16/98 -0800, you wrote:
>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
>