Vibrating ears

[Cooky]

I've noticed that when the receiver of the telephone is pressed to my
ear, or even held a couple of inches away, when the other person is
speaking the inside of my ear vibrates. (It also seems to vibrate at
other times) Is this causing any damage? Does any one else share this
symptom or know what is causing it?

[Treble Clef]

my left ear does that the whole time, knocks
around, vibrates around to the sound

On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 21:48:54 -0400, Cooky
<coo...@hotmail.com> wrote:

:I've noticed that when the receiver of the telephone is pressed to my

:

[Thilo Michel]

Cooky wrote:

> I've noticed that when the receiver of the telephone is pressed to my
> ear, or even held a couple of inches away, when the other person is
> speaking the inside of my ear vibrates. (It also seems to vibrate at
> other times) Is this causing any damage? Does any one else share this
> symptom or know what is causing it?

Hey !

I probably know what this is. The same happens to me sometimes. A doctor
told me this is due to vibrations of the a muscle that stretches the
ear-drum. This muscle contracts and relaxes and so on. You probably have
nocticed other muscles doing this. For expample a muscle under my eyes
does this sometimes.
When the muscle around the eardrum contracts, you hear better, when it
relaxes the noise input to the inner ear is reduced. The behavior of this
muscle is related to the general tension in your body. When I am stressed,
this vibrating-effect occurs more often. Drinking coffe affects it too.

I think that there is no danger - but if it would make you feel better,
just ask a doctor.

Bye
Thilo

[J. Watko]

I have a sort of vibration sometimes, only I usually describe it as
flickering on & off. It does not happen all the time, but has occurred
since I have had the tinnitus. I wonder if it's related to my
teethgrinding/clenching. Joanne
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