clanking noise in head - Hearing Disorders Message Board

breezy711 · 04-15-2007, 04:30 PM

I sometimes hear a loud clanking noise inside my head just when I am about to fall asleep - sometimes it is a popping noise. I have had tinnitus for about a year, but this is different. I'm wondering if this is a hearing, brain or menopausal problem. I am very post menopausal. Anyone else experienced this problem?

suzannecook4 · 08-27-2007, 07:35 AM

I get this too, i thought i was going mad.it is a poink cloink definetly hard to describe.Just when i am dozing off but often get it through the day now. Sorry I dont know what it is but I am 51 yrs old also menapausal, I have fibromyalgia and Tinnitus. I dont have any answers but am really pleased I found some-one else that gets these funny noises in the head/ears. Sometims when I cant get to sleep I hear it more.

suzannecook4 · 08-27-2007, 07:36 AM

[QUOTE=suzannecook4;3177442]I get this too, i thought i was going mad.it is a poink cloink definetly hard to describe.Just when i am dozing off but often get it through the day now. Sorry I dont know what it is but I am 51 yrs old also menapausal, I have fibromyalgia and Tinnitus. I dont have any answers but am really pleased I found some-one else that gets these funny noises in the head/ears. Sometims when I cant get to sleep I hear it more

myrtle59 · 09-14-2007, 03:44 PM

I got this too just as I fall asleep sometimes. Sounds like someone hitting a metal pipe with a wrench to me. One time it sounded like a door bell. I have other hearing issues, no idea what this one is. Doesn't bother me much.

Donna52 · 10-14-2007, 10:28 PM

Yep, that happens to me also as I'm falling asleep some nights. It gives you a jolt, doesn't it!! Kind of reminds me of when you're half asleep and you have a muscle spasm. I don't know what causes it, though, but I also have tinnittus, so maybe that does have something to do with it.