I have a curious ear condition that started about 20 years ago. Every once in a while I get a rapid, repeated thumping or clicking sound in one ear or the other. It was diagnosed as a 'stapedius reflex.' I guess the little bones in the ear go into jittery spasms for some reason. Luckily, this is only from time to time, and isn't too loud. I am sympathetic for people with chronic ringing, which I hear can drive a person bonkers.
(As a composer, I wonder if tinnitus might make all one's music all come out in the same (or closely-related) keys? I knew a composer who discovered many of his pieces were similar in tempo, then it dawned on him that he composed in a room with a very loud old-fashioned pendulum wall clock, where he placed the blame.) Bob Dickow Lionel Hampton School of Music University of Idaho -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Quintet Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 8:38 AM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Tinnitus I have it too. Have had the high frequency ringing for decades which I can ignore. About two years ago I developed a mac truck idling in my left ear. For about a year I kept search the house for a motor, thought a truck was idling on the street, that perhaps my neighbors had a motor going. It wasn't until I was out of town and woke up to it that I realized it was in my head. I just did a series of ear tests including brain stem, last week and have no hearing loss in the left ear and only minor in the right. I have been telling my brain to ignore the motor now and it is not so noticeable. For a while there I could understand how it could make me crazy. Barbara Barbara Oldham Director, Quintet of the Americas Horn Faculty Brooklyn College New York Univeirsity [email protected] www.quintet.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Stevenson" <[email protected]> To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> Cc: "Dana Twiss" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Tinnitus > Good morning all, > > I have also had tinnitus for so many years I have lost count, as did my > mother, a pianist. It is both ears, 24/7 and seems to be getting > gradually louder with age. At 62, the kids are starting to comment on my > difficulty hearing. They don't realize that they are just not speaking > as loud as the white noise in my ears, so I don't hear them clearly. I > long ago gave up searching for any "cures" and have learned to live with > it. > > Rick > > On 2/20/2011 8:48 PM, Dana Twiss wrote: >> I've had it for about 40+ years, first noticing it after an extended run >> with Holiday on Ice. I haven't found anything that works to cure it, >> though >> it is said that there are some herbal remedies. Most of the time I don't >> even notice it. For me, it sounds like cicadas. >> >> Dana Twiss >> Litchfield, Maine >> >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/ricks%40cfl.rr.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/quintet%40rcn.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/dickow%40uidaho.edu _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
