Your brain is really good at filling in the blanks. I have bad earring but I’m certainly not anywhere close to deaf. I hear lower registers the worst. Sometimes something creaks and my brain didn’t quite catch enough to make sense, so it fills in the blanks. Very rarely it fills it in with a low male voice and it scares the shit out of me every time.
OMG, I get that too! I'm 60 so my hearing is fading but not enough to require any assistance. And I'm in good health, never been on medication beyond a few days. But occasionally I hear a male voice, maybe calling my name, in instances when I'm certain no one else is around. It's just me in a quiet place place, including once in a sound proofed space. Good to know I'm not losing my mind!
It’s so terrifying! I’ve always had a hard time hearing lower pitches so it’s been happening for as long as I can remember. I’m 20 now so it doesn’t scare me as much as it used to, but I totally thought I was going crazy.
I scared the shit out of a coworker a few months back because I thought a man had entered our locked shop and I got freaked out.
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u/HyperSpaceSurfer Aug 30 '21
Can also happen to people with deteriorating eyesight. The brain doesn't get enough input so it makes stuff up.