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Hi, my Mom has had her CI for quite a few years now and she is having a terrible time picking up what we guess are sound waves around her.  It's like she hears music of some sort all of the time.  Recently it has gotten worse.  Has anyone had this problem?  I would greatly appreciate any advice that you guys can give us.  Thanks so much!

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Hi Angel! I am sorry to hear that your mom is having difficulties. I encourage you or your mother to contact her audiologist right away so that they can troubleshoot her equipment or conduct a re-mapping. Please keep us posted on the situation.

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Hi Angel:

 

Do some research on Musical Ear Syndrome.  I've had it since my sudden hearing loss several months ago.  A very frustrating situation, but having information on it made me understand more about it.  It is not so uncommon in older folks with hearing loss.

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Annie,

 

I thought i was just me hearing all different kinds of music and songs.  I told my doctor about it and they didn't mention Musical Ear Syndrome to me.  Someimes, when it is not music, it's a muffled roar like I am on a jet, and other times it sounds like a crowd of people talking.  I will look into it and I hope it goes away when I get my implant next month.  As long as my dog does not start talking to me, I'll be OK!

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Angel,

Hillary's suggestion would be a good one to start with. When was the last time your Mom visited her audiologist? Has she been experiencing stress, allergies/colds, or change of lifestyle lately? These factors can sometime effect hearing performance.

 

Annie,

Donald,

I've experienced different melodious sounds when my existing hearing digressed rapidly prior to being implanted a year ago. I heard Gregorian chanting, rushing/wave noise, chimes and several other cacophony of sounds. These sounds all vanished after my implantation surgery -- except for some tinnitus during the healing process. Since having the CI, I occasionally experienced minor tinnitus due to my behavior and health.

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it could just simply be tinnitus that she never had before.  I know since getting implanted, that ear gets a very low tone tinnitus I never had in that ear before.  It is also exacerbated during mapping when they do the MDL test.  I usually have about 3-5 different tones going on at any one time so I am quite used to having "music" in my head 24/7 Smile

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Hi everyone:

 

Like some of you, I have layers of tinnitus.  However, I also have Musical Ear Syndrome which is where I have heard many different types of orchestras (symphonic, jazz, latin), songs from my youth, commercial jingles, marches, The Gilligans Island theme song, an electric guitar solo that lasted two weeks, and all kinds of other things.  I was talking with my husband about someone who was quite spoiled and I made a comment in reference to Willy Wonka, I said:, "I want a golden ticket Daddy and I want it NOWWWWW!!!."  I was joking, of course, but with that prompting, 15 minutes later the Oompa Loopma song was in my head and I was not able to get rid of it for several weeks.  And my brain made up lots of renditions of it.  I also hear voices, like a radio announcer for a big wrestling match or something, but I cannot make out the actual words.

 

The proper name for Musical Ear Syndrom is actually Aural Halucinations.  These are not psychotic episodes, but like tinnitis, it is your brain making up for sound that it thinks is supposed to be there.  From my research I've found out that the difference between these Aural Halucinations and Psychotic Halucinations is that with the PHs you can understand the voices and you think that they are directed at you personally.

 

I like the term "Musical Ear Syndrome" much better.  LOL

 

I am hoping it all goes away after my second CI is activated on April 12th.

 

Annie

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I have to agree with Hillary. Contact your audie asap as I am sure they have audies in the dept. that specialize in dealing with tinnitus. I was at a Hearing Loss seminar at my hospital today and this very subject came up. If your audie doesn't know, she/he can't help. Good luck and please let us know how things are going.

 

Adam

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They are also called "earworms" and most people have them. I am currently going slightly insane from constantly hearing Marni Nixon (the ghost singer for Audrey Hepburn) doing "I could have danced all night" from My Fair Lady. It'll be gone in a few days. The worst one was having to live with The Barney Song. Took a week or two to get rid of that.

 

It's not psychotic, and it's not abnormal.  Just to prove it, how many of you are now trapped inside your brain listening to...

 

Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it gla-a-a-a-d.

 

You can take it from here, folks.

 

rusty

 

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