I turn the sound down on my keyboard so I hardly hear the sound & wear ear plugs but it still seems to make my ears ring louder & my balance worse. Is that possible? With a regular piano even with headset that blocks the sound I still get the spins. I put away my piano & keyboard 20+ years ago but thought because I could control the sound on the electric keyboard it wouldn't bother me. Could this be my imagination? Thanks.
Yes, it is possible that certain sounds or pitches can induce dizziness and other symptoms. I had a problem for a while where certain low pitched sounds, especially rhythmic as in certain songs, nauseated me. When i told the oto, he was not surprised.
Thanks for your replies. I hate having to give up everything because of MM. It may not be a life threatening illness in the sense you die from it, but it has ruined my life.
I am a full time musician and part time "Santa." I just got through playing for an hour and twenty minutes with three classrooms of preschoolers. I kept an ear plug in the whole time. If I don't then my left ear reacts like I am standing in front of huge speakers at a rock concert. Then I went to an assisted living facility to sing for an hour. I started with the ear plug in left ear. During second song I broke into a harmonica solo. On one of the suck notes I felt my right inner ear suck on my right ear drum. Scared me, as I have not had any problems with right ear. I thought---take ear plug out of left ear! maybe there won't as much suction going on inside the inner ear. So, I played the next 50 minutes without ear plug in left ear. Of course, my left ear is reacting like I have been to a rock concert. Right ear didn't have the same sucking reaction throughout rest of hour. In an hour and a half I go sing at another assisted living facility. I'm not sure if I will wear ear plug or not. I'm sorry you are having the spins. Ever since my ear went full again, 23 days ago I haven't had vertigo. Good Health to you!!
You know what's funny. My husband will put the radio on and I'll tell him to lower it, it bothers my ears. But when it comes to television I need the volume up higher. Isn't that weird?
Another thing that is weird to me. I can't hear the tv, but when I turn up volume it hurts my ears and I still can't understand what is being said. Actually the whole MM thing is weird.
I find that I no longer enjoy sopranos when they're singing their high notes, or choir music if it's loud. Of course, I have never been able to stand it when I'm in a very noisy environment. I exit as quickly as possible.
I experienced this and the soprano thing too. Ears are so delicate. I dont want to give false hope but post antivirals and allergy treatment i do not experience any of this any more.
I've noticed playing live that a certain combination of sounds on the bandstand will set my MM ear off to a steady ringing tone at or near a G right below 440 hz... Usually occurs early on in the set, then goes away. It drove me nuts the first few times until I realized what was going on. At the end of the night, my high-pitched tinnitus will always seem worse on the ride home then slowly taper off to "normal" by the next day.