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17/12/2012
5 Live presenter Shelagh Fogarty meets the Liverpool grandmother with a rare syndrome which means she hears music all day and all night. And Chris Jackson investigates the differences in how councils across the north are imposing their budget cuts.
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Mon 17 Dec 2012
19:30
大象传媒 One North West
Musical Ear Syndrome
Shelagh Fogarty meets the 84-year-old Liverpool grandmother with a rare syndrome which means she hears music all day and all night.
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Cath Gamester has Musical Ear Syndrome, a condition resulting in musical hallucinations.
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on the 大象传媒 News website.
Managing musical hallucinations
Cath Gamester, 84, hears music听on a constant loop throughout the day.
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She has musical ear syndorme,听a rare condition which affects about one in 10,000 people over 65 in the UK.
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on the 大象传媒 News website.
Fact file: Musical Ear Syndrome
- MES is a form of auditory hallucination which involves hearing music when none is being played
- Hearing phantom sounds such as buzzing or ringing is known as
- In a small number of people however, these experiences can be more complex and emotive, and music can be heard
- Musical hallucinations are typically heard as short fragments of simple melodies from the individual's youth, especially hymns and carols
- Commonly heard songs include Happy Birthday, Silent Night and Abide With Me
- One hypothesis is that when a person's world becomes too quiet, the brain manufactures its own sounds based on auditory memories
- MES is more common in women, the over 60s, individuals who live alone and those with sudden - the most common and easily treatable cause
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- Mon 17 Dec 2012 19:30大象传媒 One North West