Tinnitus - am I crazy?

It sounds like a washing machine running in another room, variances in the tone, almost like subtle waves to a gentle warble

Thanks for confirming. I do have tinnitus where most people do - frequency wise. I'm used to that. I'm in the country. In between trains, the AC being off, ceiling fans off, I still hear it. I even heard it outside, so I thought, as I tested tonight. I had guests and the lady is a musician who hates low end or low mid mud. I thought for sure she'd hear it but she didn't. Kids and wife doin't hear it.

Maybe I now have golden ears?  LOL

Low frequency tinnitus isn't unknown, it's just less common. Here's a blog post from a random audiology company:

audienhearing.com/blogs/home/low-frequency-tinnitus-1

They differentiate 7 kinds of tinnitus. LF is the last case. Quote:



I'm a numbers guy. I also suffer from tinnitus myself. A couple of years ago, I processed numbers from a test, rating audiologists for a few different treatments. I've never seen the kind of dispersion as in the tinnitus part of the test. In fact, I recommended to leave that part of the test out of the results.

I also participated in the field test and in my case, wearing a well tuned hearing-aid helped, albeit it took a long time before I felt the difference. Unfortunately, the hearing-aid also made me extremely tired, so I had to stop the treatment. I was warned it could make it worse, but that didn't happen.

My tinnitus still bugs me, but less than before and only when I wake up in the morning, or when I'm very tired. What I've learned, is that keeping a healthy sleep rythm keeps the tinnitus to a manageable level. That's something you need to find out for yourself as every case is different.

My ears are clear. I'm sitting at work today and hear the same frequency I hear at home. It is now accompanied at times but a lower harmonic. I did some research and low frequency tinnitus IS a thing but not as common. some hear as low as 100hz and even a bit lower.


I spoke with a doc who I am seeing today. He laughed when I gave him the frequency (he's a guitarist). He said it figures you'd have figured out what frequency it is.

Well, I have a constant bass tone anytime I play "Simple Man" or another song in C. LOL

I experienced years ago the phenomenon of thinking I was hearing diesel semi trucks not far off in the distance traveling near my house constantly, to the point where I couldn't understand why I was hearing large trucks continually working near my house at 2am in the morning,.. which led me to get in my car and drive around trying to figure out why heavy trucks were working this late in the middle of the night near me. After finding none, I realized I was hearing this internally not externally and experiencing this whenever I mixed too loud for long periods of time that day or days in a row.

Fortunately, once I gave my ears a break of a day or two off and then turned down the monitoring volume, this problem went away for me and hope the same will work for you.

I've also read the same that it can be at different freq for different people.
Good luck!

www.healthyhearing.com/help/tinnitus/symptoms

Digging up an old thread. I too sometimes hear what sounds like a diesel train idling. Very low rumble. The strange thing is I only hear it in my house, in the quietest rooms. If I go outside, it's gone. I did some research about it at one point. Some called it the universal hum or world hum. For me, it was near the 60hz, so I figured it has to be about electrical transformer hum. Pretty odd thing.
At one point I thought maybe it had to do with blood pressure. Mine was out of control for a few years and that's when I heard it the most. Not sure there was any correlation.

It's possible that the droning sound you're hearing at 134Hz could be related to tinnitus, but it's not common for tinnitus to produce such a low tone. Tinnitus is often associated with higher frequencies. However, various factors can contribute to unusual auditory sensations. It's advisable to consult an audiologist or healthcare professional to rule out any underlying issues. If there's no medical explanation, consider checking your home for potential sources of low-frequency noise, such as appliances. If the problem persists, reach out to a pharmacy or Canadian Pharmacy for advice on supplements or remedies to alleviate tinnitus symptoms.