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Title: Anyone hear wings flapping in ears?
Post by: Volley on December 07, 2006, 07:54:43 pm

Okay, I know this sounds ridiculous, but on two occasions now I swear I heard a noise in my ear that sounds like a very large moth flapping its wings or a small bird flapping its wings.  It only lasts a couple seconds, but it is real enough that I start batting at the side of my head thinking a small moth has flown into my ear canal. 

Here's the stranger part . . . it happened about a month ago on my left side which I just shrugged off as the beginning of some weird tinnitus.  I have a very tiny 2.5 mm AN that obviously is being watched.  The second time it happened it was my right ear.  Same thing . . . started batting at my ear thinking something had flown in there.  I was going to shrug it off, but then I remembered, "Hey, that's the good ear!"  I have never had any perceived hearing loss and only some slight symptoms of facial tingling/numbness, earache and sore throat.  In fact, all my symptoms seem to have subsided compared to a couple months ago - all except this wings flapping business.

Both these episodes happened when I was just sitting at my desk at home with the windows closed and no signs of insects in sight.  Has anyone else heard wings beating in their ears?  If not, I'm going to chalk it up to perimenopausal symptoms.  If I can't find a reason for something by body is doing, I blame my hormones. 

Title: Re: Anyone hear wings flapping in ears?
Post by: Patti UT on December 07, 2006, 08:09:33 pm

HI Volly,
  I've had similar sounds, but I have all kinds of strange sounds going on, but in my An ear that I can't hear out of. Not having the surgery and with the AN so small, and the fact that it changes ears, who knows? It is a strange one for sure. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to get in to see the doc and get their opinion.

Patti Ut

Title: Re: Anyone hear wings flapping in ears?
Post by: matti on December 07, 2006, 08:18:13 pm

Hi Volley - From time to time I get what sounds like helicopters. I bolted out of bed one morning, because I thought a heliccopter was landing on my roof. It will usually last for a few moments, but on occasion I've had it for a day or so.
My doctor told me it was the eustachian tube fluttering, but not sure if he is right ???   If I were you, I'd run it by the doctor just to be sure.

Cheryl

Title: Re: Anyone hear wings flapping in ears?
Post by: lmurray69 on December 08, 2006, 06:38:08 pm

I thought that they left a fly in my ear..I think it was the steroids...

Title: Re: Anyone hear wings flapping in ears?
Post by: marjoryb on December 09, 2006, 06:27:47 am

I've had the sound of a fly fluttering or buzzing in my ear (AN side - where I have lost hearing) every once in a while since surgery.
Marjoryb