Hypersensitive Hearing
 

Who else deals with this crazy symptom from time to time?

This has happened to me several times in the past and thankfully lasts a few hours to a couple days. Since getting hit with ON again, it's been happening off and on.

The most annoying is hearing my DH's hard drive in his computer...from two rooms away. And no, it's not going out like I thought it was, he said it's not making any more noise than usual.

Hearing a neighbor's squeaking outside door who lives half way down the street is another irritant, along with a neighbor's phone ringing. Since it's the middle of a deep freeze here, I'm relatively sure they don't have their windows open.

But I must say the most fun I've had is yesterday when one of my supervisors had a personal call and closed his door...and I could hear his side of the conversation perfectly. THAT'S a new one. Usually I can hear voices but they're muffled. I could hear the person's voice he was talking to on the cell, but their voice was muffled. Hmm, better luck next time! :eek:

Anyone else care to share their experiences? :smirk:

Me too, Cher! It's pretty consistent with mine, I can hear the darnedest things and it's really distracting. I find that certain frequencies drive me nuts, like I'm part dog or something. High G can make me crazy if it's repeated too often in a song or a jingle. I literally have to change the channel.

HEY MSCHEROKEE, can you hear me way down in the SW? j/k lol

I actually have the opposite problem. In fact I didn't even know I was having hearing problems until my last round of steroids. After that everything has been normal. But the first couple of weeks with my "new ears" was torture. I've gotten used to it now.

What you are going through must be torture as well. Although, I can't completely relate I can certainly imagine what it is like. I am glad there are others who can relate and share their experiences with you.

I will try to type softly for you. LOL

Yeah! Some noises just stand out as particularly annoying.

I had a friend who could hear security systems around jewelry displays.

My hearing isn't "hyper", just "sensitive."

I wanted to throttle the guy behind me in church who was clipping his nails! (Doesn't bother me when I do it though.)

Don't repeatedly click your pen around me, please. Or hawk and spit.

I cover my ears when someone gets out of my car and "slams" (not really) the door.

But its alright if you wanna crack your knuckles, cause I do that too! :wink:

I'm not alone! LOL

Hey tkrik, I think I hear some mumbling. :winky:

AMN, yes, certain frequencies drive me nuts. LOL at the part dog. Now I know how my dogs feel. Poor little ones!

Do you also hear buzzing noises that everyone else is oblivious to? Not too long ago at work I would hear this intermittent buzzing noise and complained about it to co-workers who of course heard nothing. Never one to give up, I kept searching for the noise. Ended up it was a bad flourescent light. Called in an electrician and she (yes, SHE :D) immediately found the source - it wasn't just a bulb. She found toasted wires. We had an electrical short in the wire that in theory could've burned the place down!

Hey Twinkletoes, good thing you don't work where I do. We have a couple who just love to click those pens and make all kinds of obnoxious noises. I fantasize about coming over the desk at them every once in a while. Thank goodness for self control! But now I feel safer cracking my knuckles here. LOL

YEP! I do! I've heard bad bulbs all the way across our mega store here! It's maddening. I loved it when I was able to go into the woods though, I could here and identify almost any "silent" critter from many yards.

It's also really annoying to me when I can hear those booming car stereos from the other side of an expressway. The buzz just gnaws at me.:mad:

my hearing is superhuman now,so my gf tels me,i thought i was going crazy.
i can hear people on the phone from 3 rooms away,the caller....:confused:

Me too! I hear so many things that I should not be able to hear. I will say "I hear a car door slamming in the driveway." the DH thinks I lost my mind. then the doorbell rings! he thinks I am bewitched. I can clearly hear what others are saying in a restaurant, and I can hear the dogs barking from many houses away, and YET, there are some things likeTV that I have to turn up! like certain frequencies bug me or I just cant tune into them. wild! :rolleyes:

yeppers,I can hear the tv in the living room when I asked my kids to turn it down,they say it is mom. I go to check it,and its way down.but I can hear every word very clear.
when my hearing gets like this,I go in a whirrelwind. I put my hands over my ears,and want to scream. Talk about sensory overload.
I cant go into walmart without freaking out.
If there is noises that is too loud to me,my ears ring 10 times worse. I cant handle to much noise.

*cracks knuckles before typing*

A couple of years ago I lay/lie/laid? down in bed and could faintly hear an engine running. Took me awhile, but I finally saw a car down the alley (we live behind Main St.) I called the cops and they told me it was a guy who was too drunk to drive home. It was freezing cold, so he had his car running for the heater!

Good for you, MSCherokee. They should pay you extra for your Superman ears!

Things like that don't seem to bother DH, which is why I was the one who insisted he check out the constant sound of water running even though everything was turned off. Turns out we had a pinhole leak in an outside water line. There was a big ole muddy mess on the north side of the house.