Its not so much a ringing as it sounds like I’m sitting in a field full of crickets. Does anyone else have this problem? It worries me.
Odds are it’s a kind of tinninitus. A “cricket” noise is a common complaint. This is fairly standard decription of it:
Some report that it sounds like ringing , hissing , roaring , or screeching . Others describe their tinnitus as sounding like crickets, sirens, whooshing, static, pulsing, ocean waves, buzzing, clicking , dial tones, or even music. These sounds sometimes variably change and intertwine as well.
Doing a search for tinnitus will give you all kinds of fact sheets to review. Most of them are connected to some sort of random treatment facillity so be careful not to get caught up in what’s being offered, just do your research first.
azurelle
I have a pulsing
Thank you for your inpit. I appreciate your taking take to read and respond.
Thank you for your advice. I will do that
Thank you for taking your time to respond to my dilemma. I will do some research on this.
Hi, Debra…I do have the same problem over the year… Ringing in my ears , the right one more, the side where is aneurysm . Just visited doctor ( ears nose neck specialist ), they checked everything , everything looks to them normal… I also feel pressure on my years often…and some sound of liquid inside, oh 
If I find any relief I will share, please also could you write here if you found some resolution. Thank you in advance,
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I’ve been told that anxiety can cause tinnitus?
As I have recently had a bout of anxiety.
It seems to be a chicken-or-the-egg thing… which came first? But it is know that stress and anxiety make tinnitus (and just about everything else) worse.
azurelle
Debra,
Have you seen an Ear, Nose, Throat? In my case, I also had ringing in my ears after my Annie rupture. In my case, it is real similar to a scene in the movies where an explosion takes place and the actor is disoriented with a “ring” sound. It usually lasts a few seconds. In a quiet space, I also get a ring sound which is less noticeable but constant. In my hearing test, I do have single sided hearing loss in my right side. I was diagnosed with tinnitus. I recommend seeing an Ear, Nose, Throat. If there is no hearing loss, I recommend seeing a Neurologist. For sure, ringing sound causes anxiety. I listen to soft music to counter the ringing. Best of Luck
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I haven’t found any relief. I find it deafening when I need quiet to try and sleep. Its so disturbing to always be in a loud place. That’s in my own head.
That S a lot of people to be bothered by the NOISE
I saw ear drops relief bought it, but forgot to ask my doctor if he recommends it or not… … sometimes I also have problem to fall asleep. Trying to turn my mind off from that sound. The doctor I saw mentioned that there is sound therapy, but they do it when the noise is very strong …
Thanx for caring enough to respond. That is very kind of you.
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Yes, Debra, I have this. Mine started when I was out of the surgery but still in the surgical room. My blood pressure had spiked and two doctors were trying to get it down. I woke up hearing this awful beating in my head, and upon hearing the doctors talk I figured it was just due to the BP and would subside. One year and a half later, it has not.
Suregeon’s famous last words: “You’re young and you’re healthy. You’ll be fine.”
There’s the crickets part, and then there’s the pulsing part, right by my ear. It’s called “pulsitile tinnitus” and currently there is no cure. But there may be some day.
It’s awful. I’ll write more later.
There are cases of pulsitile tinnitus that are formed when there’s a fistula or some other obstruction in the flow of blood. The angiogram can detect this. And then there’s’ mine and that of so many others, which is what happens when the brain reprograms itself to think it needs you to know that blood is passing by the ear and elevates the perceived sound.
Most doctors you’ll go to will say there’s nothing that can be done. Some won’t even have ever heard of this pulsitile tinnitus, even ENT dudes. Then there are some who will do the angiogram and balloon occlusion to see if they can identify the source, something that maybe occured during the aneurism surgery, if that’s when yours began. That’s when mine began. A neighgbor of mine has this and it had nothing to do with the aneurism but a problem with the structure of the ear mechanism.
Debra, I have had a constant “field of crickets” since my coiling for a ruptured brain aneurysm in 2011. That’s how I described it too!
It doesn’t bother me as much anymore. I’ve gotten used to it and hardly notice it except when I’m in a silent place.
My ear nose and throat gave me a different diagnosis for the hearing loss in 1 ear and the strange tinnitus noises that I hear. I often hear small explosion noises in my right ear and other uncommon noises. Just normal tinnitus in my left ear. They think I have a benign tumor close to my optic nerve on my right ear side. They said this is common when you have hearing loss on one side. They wanted to MRI to check the size, but I receive shocks from my coil when I have MRI’s and have been afraid to return for a second MRI after that terrifying experience. So they’ve been checking my hearing every year to confirm there isn’t significant worsening of my tinnitus in my right ear. The thought is that if the right side hearing continues to progress, that the tumor is getting larger. So far no additional significant hearing loss since the initial testing 2 years ago. I’ve gotten use to hearing sounds now, I can hear my heart rate and the blood pulsing through my artery that is close to my ear. When they performed the last angiogram on my brain to confirm the coil was still performing, the neurologist explained that a lot of people have arteries close to their hearing/ear canal and they can hear their internal noises the same that I can. They checked for abnormalities when they did the angiogram and looked at the area by my ears, said it was all normal. They didn’t think it had anything to do with my aneurysm. Said I may be more aware of things now that I know I have a coil in my brain and pay attention to what’s going on in my head. I listened to loud music when I was younger, remember sitting in front of speakers at band concerts and that’s what I attribute the tinnitus to. I know everyone is different, that was my diagnosis.
I have had a buzzing in my head since over a year. This is how my 5.4 mm anterior communicating brain aneurysm was actually found - from a CT scan done to see why I was having this buzzing. My neurosurgeon said the buzzing has nothing to do with the aneurysm and I did go to an ENT specialist who basically said I have to live with it and it was tennitis. I am on anxiety medication so it doesn’t drive me over the edge as it is 24 hours a day, worse under stress. I have been waiting 5 months to have a coiling done. 2 weeks ago I was all set to go into surgery when it was cancelled due to an emergency. My next date was last Friday I actually walked into the operating room and got bumped again. New date is Feb. 8th. I am so ready and want to see if it actually in fact does anything to my buzzing. They are doing an angiogram first.
I have had it for about eight years - before Pipeline implant. Mine is constant, gets a little better sometimes, but then gets worse. I have been doing a lot of allergy testing over the past three years. My headaches are not as bad, in general, the tinnitus gets less aggravating if I avoid milk protein. It is tolerable some days, but never goes away. The ENTs tell me I will learn to ignore it. They are wrong.