How's your hearing ?

**Dave Plowman (News)**

In article ,
TonyL wrote:
I'm not sure it was tinnitus because I only ever heard it in/around the
house. It was so location specific. I recall pulling up onto our drive
after a completely hum-free holiday and turning off the car
engine....immediately I could hear The Hum. Since we have been living
in Wales for the last 9 years I have never heard it.

I don't know what it is but I would not dismiss it out of hand as LF
tinnitus.

I'd say tinnitus would stay pretty constant when you move your head -
whereas something acoustic is likely to change. Nodes and things.

I've had an early Xmas present - next door have had a new boiler fitted so
the hum from the old pump has gone. It was very audible in my kitchen -
their boiler was mounted on the party wall. It's about the only noise I
heard from them - despite them having two young kids - so I just put up
with it, as it was like that when they bought the house.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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**Misifus**

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
TonyL wrote:
I'm not sure it was tinnitus because I only ever heard it in/around the
house. It was so location specific. I recall pulling up onto our drive
after a completely hum-free holiday and turning off the car
engine....immediately I could hear The Hum. Since we have been living
in Wales for the last 9 years I have never heard it.

I don't know what it is but I would not dismiss it out of hand as LF
tinnitus.

I'd say tinnitus would stay pretty constant when you move your head -
whereas something acoustic is likely to change. Nodes and things.

I tend to agree. I've had tinnitus for years, now. It tends to be
constant, except when it changes. However, the changes are abrupt and
independent of my position or any movement. The changes can be
triggered by a yawn or something like that, but it's clear that what I'm
hearing is internal to my head, and not caused by any outside sources.

-Raf

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Misifus-
Rafael Seibert

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