Rattle/Distortion When Listening to Music

[Jason C]

I have this rattle/distortion when listening to music, really annoying.

Obviously I have hidden hearing loss causing tinnitus, thing is though my hearing is actually pretty good, voices are clear etc I can hear pin drop, but music sounds terrible.

Any idea on what causes this or is it the obvious??

Here is my hearing test from a phone app. I am 37.

 

[Sam Bridge]

Maybe it's your hearing beyond 8kHz. My right ear goes down to 30 Hz and 35 Hz but I don't experience the distortion you mention. I can hear up to 18 kHz also.

 

[Jason C]

Mine cuts off at 14 kHz or so, it used too cut off at 13 kHz so maybe some mild improvement.

 

[Sam Bridge]

Mine cuts off at 14 kHz or so, it used too cut off at 13 kHz so maybe some mild improvement.

Maybe an idea to get tested at an audiologist, I don't trust them YouTube videos.

 

[Jason C]

Still awaiting ENT, not that they can help.

 

[Sam Bridge]

I don't think they even test up past 8 kHz, the one I saw didn't. I had the full one done in a hearing aid shop.

 

[Jason C]

I did too, at a hearing aid centre, at the time it did show a dip at 4 kHz 3 months in, which I was also able to replicate using my own equipment, but now using the same equipment the dip has gone.

My hearing was worse last August (3 months in) but tinnitus is still very much there.

 

[pef]

Ever since my acoustic trauma four years ago, certain music distorts at high frequency and after moderate volume. Foo Fighters are a group that I can no longer listen to at loud volume. Ditto some violin, e.g., Oliver Colbenson.

Is what it is...I don't worry about it, I just keep the volume moderate to low.

 

[GregCA]

Foo Fighters are a group that I can no longer listen to at loud volume.

It may not be a good idea to listen to any music at loud volume, given that you've already insulted your hearing apparatus with an acoustic trauma.

 

[pef]

It may not be a good idea to listen to any music at loud volume, given that you've already insulted your hearing apparatus with an acoustic trauma.

By loud volume I don't mean concert levels. More like a "6" on an amp that "goes to 11." I suppose that's moderate for most people. (Music didn't hear my ears, a gunshot did). All subjective, I suppose, and my post didn't quantify the volume.

 

[Jason C]

By loud volume I don't mean concert levels. More like a "6" on an amp that "goes to 11." I suppose that's moderate for most people. (Music didn't hear my ears, a gunshot did). All subjective, I suppose, and my post didn't quantify the volume.

It was a crazy loud alarm external sounder that caused mine. Worse in the left ear but the distortion in music kills me.

 

[Apolonia]

@Jason C is music still distorted to you?

 

[Jason C]

@Jason C is music still distorted to you?

Thankfully all is now well.

No more distortion. Music sounds great again. I just know to be very careful with loud noise now.

It takes a long time for things to improve.

 

[Djstarkiss]

I'm totally having this rattling sound in my right ear when my phone rings or I listen to something loud or I ride my motorcycle :/ especially on the motorcycle ‍

 

[Madi]

I have this rattle/distortion when listening to music, really annoying.

Obviously I have hidden hearing loss causing tinnitus, thing is though my hearing is actually pretty good, voices are clear etc I can hear pin drop, but music sounds terrible.

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Jason, did this distortion kind of sound like someone talking/singing through a fan? Because that's what I've been experiencing for the past few days, and I'm trying to see if anyone on this forum has ever dealt with this before.