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Not OP, but yes! I've had the exact same "symptoms" my entire life. - A faint multi-tonal background "hiss", only apparent during silence, never goes away but

Not OP, but yes! I've had the exact same "symptoms" my entire life. - A faint multi-tonal background "hiss", only apparent during silence, never goes away but is quite relaxing. I'm hesitant to even call it tinnitus - Visual snow. I have early memories from at least 5 or 6, staring at the blue sky and noticing it's not pure (I see blue as everyone else, but with a very transparent layer of static) I have attributed it to something "off" in the sensory filtering part of my brain

circularfoyers 1y ago
It's so subtle I've for a long time wondered if it's something most people experience and don't notice, or they assume is normal, just because unless I think about it I don't really notice it either. I have been known to focus on details more than others do. Not sure if this contributes to my seemingly heightened sense of smell as well. But not being able to experience what others experience, makes me wonder if I'll ever know.
- laszlojamf 1y ago
  I always thought that was just blood flow in the ears. Would make sense if that would cause _some_ noise.
- no_time 1y ago
  >It's so subtle I've for a long time wondered if it's something most people experience and don't notice, or they assume is normal I wondered this myself too. One thing I do know is nobody was able to relate from friends and family when mentioning this. Visual snow syndrome (which according to affected people online can be very disabling) was only first described as late as 2015 according to wikipedia. So we may never know at this pace.
no_time 1y ago
heh welcome to the club I guess. I always knew it’s not only me, even though nobody knew what i was talking about when explaining these symptoms. Not quite tinnitus, much less drastic than anyone describing their diagnosed visual snow symptoms. Could be a very mild case of VSS or an yet to be named condition.

circularfoyers 1y ago

It's so subtle I've for a long time wondered if it's something most people experience and don't notice, or they assume is normal, just because unless I think about it I don't really notice it either. I have been known to focus on details more than others do. Not sure if this contributes to my seemingly heightened sense of smell as well. But not being able to experience what others experience, makes me wonder if I'll ever know.

laszlojamf 1y ago
I always thought that was just blood flow in the ears. Would make sense if that would cause _some_ noise.
no_time 1y ago
>It's so subtle I've for a long time wondered if it's something most people experience and don't notice, or they assume is normal I wondered this myself too. One thing I do know is nobody was able to relate from friends and family when mentioning this. Visual snow syndrome (which according to affected people online can be very disabling) was only first described as late as 2015 according to wikipedia. So we may never know at this pace.

no_time 1y ago

heh welcome to the club I guess. I always knew it’s not only me, even though nobody knew what i was talking about when explaining these symptoms. Not quite tinnitus, much less drastic than anyone describing their diagnosed visual snow symptoms. Could be a very mild case of VSS or an yet to be named condition.