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England – Heard sounds in my head

Dawn Clark (49) from Lancashire in the UK thought she was about to lose her mind when she started hearing mysterious sounds inside her head.

She has said that it sounded like someone had turned on a radio or TV, reports the South West News Service (SWNS) and the British newspaper The Independent.

Risky operations

Several doctors who examined the mother of three initially thought she had a disorder in the inner ear, but a later MRI examination showed that it was a brain tumor.

Following the discovery of the cancer, Dawn underwent two risky surgeries and underwent radiation and cell therapy to stop the tumor from developing.

Fortunately, the operations were successful, and she said it was a relief that she can now continue as normal.

“I always want the tumor in the back of my mind, but I do not think about it that much, and I can now continue with my life,” Dawn told SWNS.

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Ask your daughter to mute the music

Dawn said she first realized something was seriously wrong in December, when the strange sounds began to “play” inside her head.

– I heard music and thought it was the radio. When I went to turn it off, I saw that it was not on.

Even though the radio and TV were off, she could still hear music-like sounds. Dawn then asked her daughter if she played music and asked her to mute the sound, but it turned out she did not.

Then the 49-year-old sensed owls in the bog.

aura-effekt

– If a part of the brain is stimulated, you can experience sensory illusions or movement disorders, Jørgen Afseth Sugar explains to Dagbladet.

He is an associate professor at the Department of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Oslo.

– This can happen in several ways. The most common way is before or during an epileptic seizure, where you may experience the illusion of seeing or hearing something. If this happens before an epileptic seizure, it is called aura, he says.

Epileptic seizures are often the first symptom in many people with brain tumors, according to Kreftforeningen.no.

You can also get similar experiences if the brain is stimulated with an electrode, explains Afseth Sugar.

He engages in cognitive neurophysiology, and is currently working on a project on how sensory impressions are transformed into memories that are stored in memory.

He explains that Dawn most likely had the tumor in the area of ​​the brain that is responsible for interpreting hearing impressions.

– If she had the tumor in the part of the brain that receives information directly from the ear, she could hear incoherent sounds, but if you hear whole conversations or a radio or TV that is on, it is perhaps more likely that the tumor is near it the part of the brain that transforms what we belong to into something with linguistic meaning, ie in the temporal lobe, he explains.

Took two years

The music in my head came and went for Dawn. She says that she experienced sounds in her head about every three months, and that the episodes lasted for two years.

Dawn’s GP initially thought she was suffering from Ménière’s disease, a condition of the inner ear that can cause vertigo, dizziness and hearing loss.

A later MRI scan revealed a shadow on her brain, which indicated that she could have a tumor in her brain.

She was scanned again on December 23, 2013, and the next day she was told that she had a brain tumor.

– They said that there was a 20 percent chance that I would be paralyzed on the left side if I wanted to operate on the tumor. There was a lot to take in, but I took the risk and they removed it safely.

Fortunately for Dawn and his family, the operation was a success, and in 2017 a surgeon recommended that the rest of the tumor be removed.

The doctors told Dawn that the tumor was a “glioma”, ie a primary brain tumor.

Illusions

Afseth Sugar explains that the sounds are most likely due to the glioma for some reason creating extra activity in the areas around the tumor.

– The tumor presses on – or irritates – the brain cells, and creates activity that should not be there. Usually, these areas are activated by signals from the ear from watching radio or TV, but here the activity is activated from inside the brain, and she experiences illusions, he says.

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Which sensory impressions one experiences depends on which area of ​​the brain the tumor is located, according to the associate professor.

– In this case, the tumor was most likely located in the area that interprets hearing impressions, but you can also experience visual disturbances, memory changes or behavioral changes, if the tumor is in the frontal lobe. It depends on which area the tumor is located, he says.

10,000 steps every day

Dawn’s last scan was in September 2021, and then the doctors did not find anything wrong during the examination.

She now plans to walk 10,000 steps every single day in February to raise money for brain tumor research.

– It is so important to me, because without research on brain tumors, I would not have been here.

– This is a great way to raise money, to find a cure for the disease.

Charity Brain Tumor Research launched the challenge with 10,000 steps in February last year, which raised almost 1 million pounds (11 million Norwegian kroner).

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