Tinnitus alarm clock

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Odd, but does anyone else's brain do this:

Nearly every morning, at around 6:30, I wake up to the sound of my specialized telephone ringing. It is not my phone, but tinnitus. Previously, I had a cellphone, and my internal alarm was the sound of that phone.
 
Not weird. Our brains are amazing things.

I have an internal clock that generally wakes me up around the same time every morning.
 
My tinnitus does sometime sound like a telephone among other noises. It doesn't happen at a certain time like your. Funny thing, recently my wife hung some bells on the back door so she can hear when the dogs open the backroom door. I cannot hear the bells but ever since then my brain is making the sound of bells when I go into the backroom - I am not even touching the door but my head is ringing. Very odd and and somewhat funny.

I have been on a site call tinnitustalk. I am surprised by how many people there post about their anxiety and panic over their tinnitus. I have always found the assortment of noises fascinating. So...maybe I am just weird too in a different way.
 
All my life I had deafness and noises in my ears. Sometimes they are loud. I never had an alarm clock or telephone...As a matter of fact I wish I did...I would not oversleep, and miss calls.

But, I hear "Woooing" sounds, steady high pitched whistling types of sounds, humming (like a machine running)...Like Zephren, the sounds never bothered me....They are certainly inconvenient at times.

I had a CI last month...So I am getting used to that. It is not really that great (perhaps with adjustments it will be)...But, now in that ear I now have a new set of sounds when I am not wearing the thing...Like when I wash my ear with a cloth, I hear another type of "Woooooo"..I imagine it is the wire being juggled in the cochlear and causing it...though when I asked Doctor, he said it is not common, but possible.

So, I am actually now living in a stereo world of noises...New sounds from the CI and the old sounds in the other ear (which is also profoundly deaf).

And it is no big deal...
 
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All my life I had deafness and noises in my ears. Sometimes they are loud. I never had an alarm clock or telephone...As a matter of fact I wish I did...I would not oversleep, and miss calls.

But, I hear "Woooing" sounds, steady high pitched whistling types of sounds, humming (like a machine running)...Like Zephren, the sounds never bothered me....They are certainly inconvenient at times.

I had a CI last month...So I am getting used to that. It is not really that great (perhaps with adjustments it will be)...But, now in that ear I now have a new set of sounds when I am not wearing the thing...Like when I wash my ear with a cloth, I hear another type of "Woooooo"..I imagine it is the wire being juggled in the cochlear and causing it...though when I asked Doctor, he said it is not common, but possible.

So, I am actually now living in a stereo world of noises...New sounds from the CI and the old sounds in the other ear (which is also profoundly deaf).

And it is no big deal...
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If you had the surgery a month ago, you may still have fluid in your ear which could cause the woooo
 
I have the opposite problem. A lot of nights I go to bed and will hear bells ringing or even a phone ringing. The noise is so clear, that it seems as if it's even in the same room as I am. I find it quite frustrating since I am trying to sleep!
 
Aacre said:
I have the opposite problem. A lot of nights I go to bed and will hear bells ringing or even a phone ringing. The noise is so clear, that it seems as if it's even in the same room as I am. I find it quite frustrating since I am trying to sleep!
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I am currently struggling with sciatica, and must take a nap in the afternoon, and get this, then, too. At ten PM I am too tired and drugged for that to bother me.
 
LoveBlue said:
Not weird. Our brains are amazing things.

I have an internal clock that generally wakes me up around the same time every morning.
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Same here. That's why you always see me about 5 am! I would much rather sleep in, however.
 
LoveBlue said:
If you had the surgery a month ago, you may still have fluid in your ear which could cause the woooo
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Yes, you make a good point...I have the "wooing" with some things I now do (And yes, it appears to be now from the surgery) - It happens sometimes at night, when I roll over on that side. Also when I wash my ear (with a wash cloth), the wooing starts-up...

It comes and goes....It really does not bother me......
 
Interesting post!...I, too,, have an internal clock...LOL...example is that if I have an appt. early AM. it's on my mind when I go to bed. For some reason or the other...I get a "tap" on my shoulder an hour or so before the appt. time! It's very strange...
 
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