What are you actually hearing when your ears are ringing?!
Question:
What are you actually hearing when your ears are ringing?
Answers:
Ringing in the ears is called tinnitus (from the latin "to tinkle or ring like a bell").
The most common type of tinnitus is subjective tinnitus, where the sound is perceived only by the sufferer. Many researchers suspect that damage to ear structures, say from a loud noise, can interrupt the natural activity of audio patterns to the brain, forcing the brain to reorganize its pathways. The result is Irregular brain activity and the annoying phantom sounds.
A rare form of tinnitus, objective tinnitus, consists of head noises audible to other people in addition to the sufferer. The noises are usually caused by vascular anomalies, repetitive muscle contractions, or inner ear structural defects.