"Rumble" in eardrums when turning off music, car stereo etc. - Hearing Disorders Message Board

quarters · 06-30-2007, 02:29 AM

If i am to turn off the stereo or change a track or radio station, the sudden silence while doing so makes my eardums rumble for about a second or so. I dont know if this is normal, especially since the music wont even need to be very loud for it to happen. It seems like its mainly the sudden shift from loud to quiet that causes it, so playing the radio in the car with the windows up is where it occurs most often. It can be quite intense at times. Is this typical and can it do long term damage?

BiggerMac · 08-29-2007, 02:16 PM

Music is what pays the tuition for ear doctors' kids at Harvard. "Not too loud" is a relative term and different people react differently to exposure to sound. You might be more sensitive than others, so you could be working up to a case of tinnitus, an incurable ringing in the ears. So my advise would be to turn it down to the lowest level at which you can enjoy it, and turn it on as seldom as you can endure being without canned company.
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The humming is probably the result of your inner ear adjusting to normal sounds after being subjected to louder sounds. That's normal but it is also a common predecessor to tinnitus.
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Just be careful.

lib · 08-30-2007, 05:42 AM

a rumble after sound can be a spasm of one or both of the middle ear muscles.....the stapedial or tensor tympani

Redeye59 · 09-29-2007, 09:43 AM

Is this the same Lib from the Hyperacusis Board?

redeye59