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Hi all,

22M here who has always heard music in their head at all times of day. However, I have heard from a doctor with the exact same problem (also heard music constantly, involuntarily) that there are cures. Specifically, he said the key was to learn to accept the music and treat it as a normal occurrence rather than a problem. Over time, the brain would gradually stop paying as much attention to it, allowing the music to become far less noticeable and intrusive.

Question: has anyone else ever managed to alleviate their inner music via a similar approach? If anyone has any other approaches, too, it would be deeply, deeply appreciated.

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Daft questions: Is it always the same genre of music and do you have any metallic fillings/surgical metal work in your skull?

I always have some kind of melody in my head. The same one. For long periods of time. It has been known to change. Sometimes instead of the constant one I will get a reprieve of another ear worm. Then back to the regularly scheduled programming.
I sometimes wonder if it's an unconscious coping method to distract from 24/7 tinnitus.

When I finally admitted to my doc about hearing music, and was told it wasn't uncommon and there was a term for it... I was at least relieved I wasn't nuts. Music was always on one side, the side I really cannot hear out of. Seems to have disappeared after having a cochlear implant installed a few weeks ago. That gets activated this week.

@taper123 said:

Seems to have disappeared after having a cochlear implant installed a few weeks ago. That gets activated this week.

Congratulations and good luck with your activation.

Please keep us posted about your new .

I'm assuming you have some degree of hearing loss? More importantly, do you have any heart problems? When did this actually start, and is it something you've experienced for a long time?

I spent around seven years trying to understand what was happening with my mum, so I became pretty knowledgeable about this particular subject. At one point I bought a book because I thought Musical Ear Syndrome might explain what she was experiencing.

The book is Phantom Voices, Ethereal Music & Other Spooky Sounds (2nd Edition): Musical Ear Syndrome by Neil G. Bauman. I bought the eBook from the Center for Hearing Loss Help back in 2016.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Title-Phantom-Voices-Ethereal-Spooky/dp/19359390681

If you want to tell me a bit more about what you're experiencing, when it started and your general hearing history, I'll genuinely try to help based on what I learned looking after Mum.

I actually came onto this forum for a completely different reason. Mum sadly passed away in March, and I now have three of her hearing aids that I need to sell. eBay no longer allows private sellers to list them, which is how I ended up finding this forum in the first place. thanks kev

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