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[...] When this occurs, the patient experiences autophony , the hearing of self-generated sounds. These sounds, such as one's own breathing, voice, and heartbeat, vibrate directly onto the ear drum and can create a "bucket on the head" effect.

Soooo yea, a few months or so ago, I noticed that during drawing classes, I would often get this condition where my left ear would feel stuffed. I could still hear, but apart from any sounds from outside, I would now constantly hear my own breathing in my left ear. Needless to say, this was pretty annoying. If I held my breath, I would hear my own heartbeat instead

The most annoying part about this, though, was that whenever I spoke I would hear it in my left ear, LOUD and deformed, as if I heard it through badly connected speakers or something. I could hear myself extremely loud, but I could no longer hear WHAT I said. So basically, in conversations, I'd lose track of whatever I said, plus the noise in my left ear was highly unpleasant and uncomfortable, so I'd prefer not to speak at all. This did lead, of course, to confusion on my drawing teachers' part, who must've concluded I was a stuck up brat who couldn't take criticism, when in fact I just COULDN'T reply to whatever they told me.

It's also highly annoying when eating - you hear yourself chew and swallow. Disgusting Not to mention it's ALL you hear when you eat, it completely drowns out other noises. I'm lucky it's only one ear though, it's annoying enough already :'D

I thought I got rid of it since it didn't happen for a while now but today it happened again, and I suppose it won't be the last time either. I still wonder what causes it though, I've Googled a few possible causes but I have no idea which one it could be, and most causes are things I can't help anyway. Or well, as long as it won't start happening more frequently than it does now... Owo

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[...] When this occurs, the patient experiences autophony , the hearing of self-generated sounds. These sounds, such as one's own breathing, voice, and heartbeat, vibrate directly onto the ear drum and can create a "bucket on the head" effect.

Soooo yea, a few months or so ago, I noticed that during drawing classes, I would often get this condition where my left ear would feel stuffed. I could still hear, but apart from any sounds from outside, I would now constantly hear my own breathing in my left ear. Needless to say, this was pretty annoying. If I held my breath, I would hear my own heartbeat instead

The most annoying part about this, though, was that whenever I spoke I would hear it in my left ear, LOUD and deformed, as if I heard it through badly connected speakers or something. I could hear myself extremely loud, but I could no longer hear WHAT I said. So basically, in conversations, I'd lose track of whatever I said, plus the noise in my left ear was highly unpleasant and uncomfortable, so I'd prefer not to speak at all. This did lead, of course, to confusion on my drawing teachers' part, who must've concluded I was a stuck up brat who couldn't take criticism, when in fact I just COULDN'T reply to whatever they told me.

It's also highly annoying when eating - you hear yourself chew and swallow. Disgusting Not to mention it's ALL you hear when you eat, it completely drowns out other noises. I'm lucky it's only one ear though, it's annoying enough already :'D

I thought I got rid of it since it didn't happen for a while now but today it happened again, and I suppose it won't be the last time either. I still wonder what causes it though, I've Googled a few possible causes but I have no idea which one it could be, and most causes are things I can't help anyway. Or well, as long as it won't start happening more frequently than it does now... Owo

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