Comments on: This Song’s For You http://ahearingloss.com/2008/04/05/this-songs-for-you/ A global forum for people with hearing loss Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Deafscribe http://ahearingloss.com/2008/04/05/this-songs-for-you/#comment-480 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:38:50 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-480 The street name for musical hallucinations is “earworm” – it crawls into your brain and won’t go away. Pop music artists actively seek these out – they’re looking for that hook, a certain melody or chorus that keeps repeating in your head after you hear it. Earworms sell!

When I was a teenager losing my hearing, I memorized as much music as I could. Now, over 30 years later, any random phrase that matches a lyric can trigger an earworm. I just had two days of the Bee Gee’s “How Deep Is Your Love” running in a loop. It’s aggravating sometimes, but I’d rather have the music in mind than not.

And yes, I’ll sing – usually when I’m helping a baby get to sleep…

]]> By: rainingcats http://ahearingloss.com/2008/04/05/this-songs-for-you/#comment-226 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:15:14 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-226 MM– HAHA– I got a funny visual with that one. :-) Do you sing?

]]> By: MM http://ahearingloss.com/2008/04/05/this-songs-for-you/#comment-223 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:12:55 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-223 A jukebox in my head I don’t mind, just so long as nobody feeds me quarters… I don’t do requests.

]]> By: LifeWrecked http://ahearingloss.com/2008/04/05/this-songs-for-you/#comment-213 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:07:46 +0000 http://ahearingloss.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-213 Thanks for this post Kim – I’m going to buy the book! Maybe it’ll give my own jukebox some new ideas for songs. ;)

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