by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote, I came across your website while researching the term ‘recruitment’ which the audiologist mentioned to me this week. She tested me and I have mild/moderate hearing loss. The reason I had hearing tested is because I have sensitivity to noise and also tinnitus (low drum/bass sound). I live […]
Musical Ear Syndrome
Musical Ear Syndrome in People with Normal Hearing
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained, I am 38 years old. I have no hearing loss, yet I experience Musical Ear Syndrome (MES). Over the last couple of years, I began noticing that when things are very quiet, like silent almost, I hear faint music. I describe it as hearing a radio station […]
Phantom Speakers in the Walls—Rationalizing Musical Ear Syndrome Sounds
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A concerned daughter wrote, My mother is 78. She has been very reclusive since her retirement about 15 years ago and has no contact with anyone other than me on the phone and one of my brothers. Along with her isolation, she has a bit of paranoia about sounds she says […]
Pseudo-Auditory Hallucinations
I have tinnitus all the time. Sometimes I hear what sounds like music or people singing or talking. Is this some strange kind of tinnitus?
This article explains the difference between tinnitus, psychiatric auditory hallucinations and pseudo-auditory hallucinations such as Musical Ear syndrome (MES).
Musical Ear Syndrome Hits the News
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. November 22, 2011 Back in 2004 when I coined the name “Musical Ear Syndrome” for the strange musical hallucinations many hard of hearing people secretly experience, I never dreamed that someone would actually make a movie about it. But that is what has just happened. In fact, this short movie […]
Angels Singing, or Musical Ear Syndrome?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: My 70ish mother has just started ‘hearing’ phantom singing. She is hearing hymns sung by angels and sometimes the beating of drums. She is a church-goer and as long as i can remember has been humming hymns at home. A few months ago she became aware […]