Musical ear syndrome / audio pareidolia

[Suzette]

I have musical ear syndrome. Basically I hear music in random, sustained machine noises like fans or a busy highway traffic noise.
I am mostly affected by fans and I hear all genres of music but especially jazz. I don't know anyone else that admits to having musical ear sydrome. Have you ever experienced this?

Apophenia, Audio Pareidolia and Musical Ear Syndrome

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Two nights ago had the fan going in my bedroom oscillation mode keep hearing what sounded like a cat meow all night my cats were sound asleep plastic on plastic rubbing slightly, not music drove me nuts and awake. wife turned oscillation off problem solved.

 

[Martha Ferris]

My fans sound like there are people talking. I can't make out any words but the sound is a male voice that dones on and on.

 

[Suzette]

My fans sound like there are people talking. I can't make out any words but the sound is a male voice that dones on and on.

My highschool history teacher, whom I now think might be aspie, loving called "Disco Don", would lecture in a bass monotone. He was a really cool guy though. As nice as can be.

 

[Tom]

Yes, but I didn't know it had a name. I was trying to describe it on another thread recently. It mostly introduces/suggests music but it also can sound like indistinct voices.

I have had fun with it at times, making up music in my head, but can never make it last as I can't remember the little bits I create very long and so the tune drifts.

It can also be tiring and annoying as what is most often unconciously introduced is a super heavy driving drum beat that reminds me of Swing in the Jitterbug era. A little is ok, but when you can't stop it it can become maddening.

 

[Tom]

Have to add for me it can be any machine but most often is Air Conditioners.

 

[barbarian]

Yes. I used to hear heavy metal coming from the water drain in the shower.

 

[Suzette]

Yes. I used to hear heavy metal coming from the water drain in the shower.

I do hope you liked heavy metal!

 

[barbarian]

LOL I do, but only when I'm trying to actually listen to music. Otherwise it can be disturbing.

Sounds usually merge into some form of music when I hear them altogether.

I do hope you liked heavy metal!

 

[Suzette]

LOL I do, but only when I'm trying to actually listen to music. Otherwise it can be disturbing.

Sounds usually merge into some form of music when I hear them altogether.

I hear music in mechanical noises of course, but if there are two sources of discordant sounds, one sound can actually block the other sound over certain frequencies. For example, if a person is talking to me and someone nearby starts a lawn mower, ceratin tones will be "bleeped" out of the talkers speech. This makes them sound like the parents on Peanuts t.v. specials. "Wha waa waa waa". I think this is a hearing issue not related to audio pareidolia. But very weird to experience.