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Experiencing tinnitus while having no discernible hearing loss on a standard audiogram could possibly be due to hidden hearing loss [1]. That said, I have read
by _fy0z 7y ago
Experiencing tinnitus while having no discernible hearing loss on a standard audiogram could possibly be due to hidden hearing loss [1].
That said, I have read (anecdotally) that many people claim to hear a slight high-pitched tone in a quiet environment, so it could be quite a bit more common than one would imagine.
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21940438 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21940438
- penagwin 7y agoIt might be similar to (albiet the oposite of) how putting on a pair of decent active noise cancelling headphones "sound different" (even if you were in an otherwise quiet room) and/or many people report a "head pressure" feeling. Their brain is used to filtering out the background noise, so removing it causes strange sensations.
- sujNansnam 7y agoI don’t think the head pressure feeling is something the brain automatically adds to silence. I get that feeling from noise-canceling headphones but I don’t get it from a sensory deprivation tank.