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There’s a whole subreddit dedicated to this, which they call “ear rumbling”: https://www.reddit.com/r/earrumblersassemble/ https://www.reddit.com/r/earrumblers

• lotsofpulp 3y ago
  Ear rumbling is not the same as tinnitus. I can make my ear rumble, and I also have tinnitus (constant ringing or high pitched frequency sound). At least I assume, I have never bothered getting it diagnosed by a doctor because I can easily ignore it and have for many years, I only notice it when not focusing on anything else and I happen to pay attention to it. I assumed tinnitus was mostly caused by damaging the little hairs that sense sound becoming damaged from loud sounds and not working anymore, which I would have done with headphone use in my teens/early 20s.
• hackernewds 3y ago
  wow there's a word for my useless ability!
  • echelon 3y ago
    Not everyone can do this? That's wild.
    • hollerith 3y ago
      I can't.
• downrightmike 3y ago
  I can do that and have tinnitus and they aren't remotely the same. I usually use the ear rumble as a real world mute option. Someone talking tome and IDK? ear rumble. The tinnitus is always there.