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Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep (www.sciencealert.com)

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Those who have never endured the relentless ringing of tinnitus can only dream of the torment. In fact, a bad dream may be the closest some get to experiencing anything like it.

The subjective sound, which can also be a hissing, buzzing, or clicking, is heard by no one else, and it may be present constantly, or may come and go.

Neuroscientists at the University of Oxford now suspect that sleep and tinnitus are closely intertwined in the brain.

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[–] halfapage@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Mine is like a high pitch tone of an old CRT TV. I want it gone everyday.

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had scarlet fever when I was six, and when I recovered I kept trying to turn the TV off even when it wasn't on. My parents eventually realized the illness gave me tinnitus. It's so weird to see someone else describe it that way because no one really remembers that sound anymore haha

[–] halfapage@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

Right? I've been insisting that somebody must have a TV constantly on somewhere near for a while as a kid.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

I have a spectral analyzer installed on my phone JUST so I can pull it out to confirm if it's tinnitus or something in the room. You'd be surprised how often I'm the only person in a room that can hear a ringing sound that actually exists.