0n (31 Oct 05) Barbara McNay wrote to Cindy Haglund...

 >  BM> I do occasionally get a persistence of a sound actually heard; I
 >  BM> sometimes have to stop up my ears to determine whether I'm actually
 >  BM> hearing a noise or not.

 >  That's a head noise. The URL explains what they are.
 > Ever get hit by
 > a softball? Bonked your head on something? For an
 > instant you may see flashes
 > of light/and a 'tone' sound in your head? Those are
 > quite real.

 BM> Certainly they're "real," but the point is that I am sometimes not
 BM> aware that it is a head noise; rather, I am under the impression that
 BM> I am hearing an actual externally generated sound.

 I was thinking about this a lot. Now I recall shortly before
deciding giving up the aid (ten Octobers ago) and what you describe
occurred to me too. In fact this confusion " is it real or a head
noise' was one of the deciding factors. I do recall, Barbara there
was a time when I was trying to hear what someone was saying- the
volume on the aid turned way up - to no avail because the head noise
was so loud. It seemed as though the aid was making those noises
louder instead of the external sound.

Cindy

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