Tinnitus Talk Support Forum

Tbh I don't know what sounds are real or in my head sometimes

@Tryn2BHopeful No these are legit sounds because my daughter can hear them very faint and when I plug my ears the sound is my typical sound. Now I've heard someone else say they could. So I was curious how many others could.

Yes! But like Tryn2BHopeful said, sometimes it's hard to know what's real and what's not. Like, lately I've had the notion that there are multiple musical pitches contained within the sound of my air conditioner but that only one pitch is dominant. But whereas other people hear just that one pitch, I hear ALL of them. I explained this to my husband, and he just didn't get it.

I have a weird phenomenon sometimes with a very specific sound in a video game. I can hear it in my head for 15 minutes after it's gone away.

@ECP yep! I think because the sound is so micro that the typical human ear doesn't pick it up as easily but my daughter can hear them if she pays close attention.

@Lurius I've had that happen once with watching a YouTube video. Freaked me the f out! Now that can be normal since I work im a hospital we hear those ghost beeps even at home and before tinnitus... Still annoying though.

Yes, hearing "electricity" has been a gift of my hyperacusis (sarcasm intended. Thankfully, it seems to have eased off a bit.

yeah, I think about it as some kind of phantom echo. I'm sure it has some of the same biological mechanism as the tinnitus.

@MadeleineHope Thank goodness! Can't wait for mine to. Haha

@Lurius That phenomenon is called palinacousis.