Can you hear what I hear?

Could it be tinnitus Phoenix? Mine often seems to be external. Get thee to the doctor, if your head hurts as well you need checking out.

At first, I wondered if you were describing tinnitus but you say it isn't inside your head.

If it persists, I think you should ask your GP but, with any luck, the noise will go away.

Maybe even wax in your ears?
Oh the joys of ageing.
Alternatively it could be aliens. ? ? ?

Given the choice, Maw I'd pick the aliens, you never know, they might be the sort that like ironing and cleaning ovens?

??? hello earthling, alien landing force here. Take me to your leader.

Got there just before me maw

phoenix have you thought it could be the wind whistling past your ears now you have no hair to cover them?

It didn't cover them before, Doodle!

Is it just now and then phoenix or continuous?
If you do have pain in your hear or neck it could be some sort of tension issue. I hope it's not tinnitus. I have that and it drives me potty sometimes (well actually I'm quite potty most of the time but you know what I mean)

Mawbroon..... I read your post as .... Sex in your ear.
Oh dear, time I was in bed.

Coolgran would that count as aural sex?

I was going to suggest that it was the electric wiring in the house but then you mentioned the car. We used to have a light switch that made a fizzing sound.

' aural sex '

Might sound daft but it's not something you've set on your mobile phone is it?
I spent ages trying to work out what an odd noise was one day, turned out to be OH's phone!

Once in class, a very precocious 10 yr-old boy asked, with a smirk, what oral sex was.
I answered that I wasn't 100% sure but it could be that people were simply talking about.
I then suggested he should ask his parents!

I would go to see the GP. Have you been away where you could have picked up a tick? They can hide in the weirdest of places and neck pain can be a symptom of lyme disease. Best get it checked out.

Well done mcem!

OP the phone idea sounds worth checking out but if not then definitely a doc appointment as you said about having pain.

some nights I can hear a humming sound which is enough to stop me going to sleep. I thought perhaps that it was tinnitus but when I mentioned it to DH, he can hear it too. We can't find out what it is - it's not a fridge or freezer as it never seems to stop.

In fact, I can hear it now as the radio isn't on.

I think it's alien spacecraft phoenix

Meant to say i like your heading but now I can't get that song out if my head, thanks!

Jalima If you are not in a detached prperty, could it be a neighbour’s appliance - perhaps a fluorescent tube? A friend had one that hummed under a (top) kitchen cupboard and she kept it on all the time because there was a problem with it coming on if she switched it off.

I also have tinnitus and it sounds like it’s coming from outside of my head too.

We are detached but I know what you mean about the fluorescent tube. We have a couple under a top kitchen cupboard, rarely used and they do hum; we've never left one on at night.
DH is like The Queen - goes round switching lights off

I know this might sound odd Jalima but do you have a light in the loft? My parents complained about a humming noise and we finally traced it to a fluorescent light in the loft that had been left on!
Also my neighbour asked me to help her find a hissing noise in her bedroom. It was a radio behind a curtain that was on but 'off station'.

Is it a street light with a bulb that is about to give up?

Yes, we do - however, there is a switch on the landing which operates it and believe me, DH would always check to see if it's been left on

I wonder if the pipes 'hum' in the attic after the loo has been flushed.

Is it a street light with a bulb that is about to give up?
There is one outside and I wish it would give up!

Actually, Elegran that could be an idea, I'll check to see if we can hear it if a window is open at the front.