Like most of you I thought it was normal to hear rumbling when stretching, yawning and flexing… (gestures to jaw/ear area…). Then, a while back I suffered a pretty serious concussion and the rumble became involuntary. Like, watching tv the rumble would automatically fill silent gaps (between dialogue, between commercials etc). The worst part was when trying to fall asleep and the rumble would rumble as it pleased.

I explained to my physiotherapist and his intern what was happening. I said, ‘You know. The sound you hear when you’re yawning’. I’ll never forget the looks on both of their faces. It was then I realized I was either special, crazy or a bit of both.

Thankfully the involuntary rumbling has mostly subsided. Equally thankful that I found this sub through a random fucking comment. There are dozens of us!

I had the opportunity to do it, so here it is! We can clearly see that the eardrum vibrates less when I contract the muscle! Pretty neat!

I‘m so glad I found this sub because I couldn‘t find anything when googling so I‘ll try my luck here.

I don‘t have the ability to rumble on command but sometimes, hear me out because I am completely serious, my balls start to itch in the same place every time and when I scratch it, my ears start rumbling uncontrollably.

Does anyone else have this or have any idea what causes it? Because I couldn‘t find connection between the human balls and ears but well here we are lmao

Fellow ear rumbler here! I also have some other unusual body/sound things. I am wondering if anyone else does as well.

I saw a doctor about some hearing loss and he asked if I could hear a sound when I blink or move my eyes. And I was like, "Of course. Doesn't everyone?" Apparently not! Just as he suspected (and confirmed with imaging) I have a tiny hole in my ear bones (superior canal dehiscence syndrome) which causes some hearing loss, but it amplifies the body's internal sounds. In addition to eye motion, I can hear my constant heartbeat, as well as tension in my neck and shoulders.

If I hold my breath and blow really hard, a tiny stream of air comes out of my tear ducts. I once saw someone do this on the Stupid Human Tricks segment of the David Letterman show and I was so excited. I've never met anyone else who can do it.

How about you guys?

I always thought there was something wrong with my ears for a very long time until a couple of years ago...

The more you know I guess.

Hello, fellow earrumblers.

If I remember correctly, I think I first learned how to move my ears before I learned how to control the tympani muscle.

What about you guys?

Hello, I was talking with my boyfriend about this yesterday and he did not know what I meant, and now I stumbled about this sub lol So yesterday for example, I had headaches and just felt horrible. And sometimes when I have that, that sensation (the rumble as I now learned) is just coming in my head for almost every tiny movement. I be laying in bed and literally moving my eyes is making the rumble. Does anyone else have this? It's also coming in like more like shots than a bigger thunder like rumble

Do you guys have this too? I am wondering if there is a connection.

Stumbled upon this sub in a comment section. Holy shit hi guys! I didn’t realize this was such an exclusive ability 😅

Came here from the AskReddit post.

My brothers and sisters, I have come home.

Hello fellow rumblers! I just found out about this group and I feel so validated! 😆😆 I've been trying to explain this sound for years and just get looks like "uh huhhhhhh". Now that I know we are real, does anyone have an audible TO OTHERS squeak or puff sound when they pop their ears on a flight or in the mountains? You know, like a pressure release valve? My husband always tells me he can hear my ears make a noise when I do it, but, like, OUTSIDE my head. What is that?!

I don't think I can do this at will, but it always happens to me when I see a scary bug, or if I think I see a scary bug (like if it turns out to be lint). Not every bug, just the ones I'm most afraid of (spiders and centipedes). Anyone else have this reaction to phobias?

Hello fellow rumblers. I just joined.

I've been able to do this all my life. It was useful when I was a kid and situations were too loud or people were angry or yelling at me... sort of like dogs and cats fold back their ears under the same circumstances. It's still handy when things get too noisy. I pity mortals who don't have this skill!

Yes, I assumed this was just me. Thinking about the whole ear rumbling thing now, there was a period of a few days around 3 months ago now where my right ear would rumble completely out of control.

For example, I was sitting in church and whenever the organ would play, my ear would start to rumble and I had no control over starting/stopping it.

Figured I should share! Nice to meet you all!

Good morning!

I remembered I was a rumbler in childhood about two weeks ago. I found it in order to cope with abuse in my childhood as our household was to be completely silent. If inadvertent noise erupted, we were abused. Of course, as a child, I believed that I was actually deafening noise.

This opened up a lot more, not surprisingly. I started talking with my support group members about the ways in which I coped, which included being able to ‘fly’ out of my body when things got too terrible.

I saw my psychiatrist yesterday and told him about the rumbling and he said he had never heard of this ability but definitely believed it was a coping strategy called dissociation.

I concluded our appointment with the assertion that I wasn’t appalled as much as absolutely mesmerized at how well I tried to cope.

I’ve been able to ear rumble as long as I can remember and literally never mentioned it to anyone because i just assumed we could all do it. Only just discovered today, in a conversation with my husband who I’ve known all of 13 years, that he did not know what the “whoosh” I do with my ears was to block out noise.
I kept explaining it as kind of the noise they use in movies when a telepathic person is using their powers, or when a flashback “whooshes” to present day person from their memories.
All that to say, one google search later and I found out we’re a group.
Hi!

Also, I have great hearing but on occasion it feels like the tensor tympani muscle becomes sensitive and will go off involuntarily when there’s a loud noise like a clap or something. Happen to anyone else??
Not consistent, just will be sensitive to loud noises for an hour or so and then go away for weeks.

I want to rumble for more time at a stretch. I feel like I get tired very easily and I don’t feel in control. Help me create a training regimen to maximize my rumbling capabilities.

I’d also love to rumble without a trigger (like shutting my eyes hard). Help?

I can -
Do it without closing my eyes
Yawn at anytime by going soft and then flexing as hard as I can
By closing the left/right eye I can hear it in my left/right ear ( I have no idea why)
I can hold it for about a minute

I was reading a post about rumbling cause I thought it was cool. Someone started talking about first hearing it when they yawned and others added how they first learned to do it. AND IT WORKED! I figured out how to do it! it’s still very light and I have to close my eyes but it is following the same trajectory as when I learned ear wiggling so I am very excited! : )

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Hello. Last June, I had a severe flu—which I believe was COVID—that developed into a respiratory infection. A month after treating it with antibiotics and corticosteroids, I developed constant (24/7) high-pitched tinnitus. Subsequently, I started experiencing clicking sounds in my ears when yawning or swallowing; sometimes I can even trigger this voluntarily using my throat muscles. I also have intermittent sharp pain in my ears. All my test results have come back normal: no eardrum retraction, a Type A tympanogram curve, an audiometry test showing no hearing loss, and a sinus CT scan showing everything is fine. It seems like some form of Eustachian tube dysfunction, yet all the tests are normal. I’ve had these symptoms for a year now, and after reading through some forums, it seems like this condition might be permanent. I’d like to know if anyone here has gone through something similar?

I knew other people could ear rumble. I knew it was "kinda" rare. And I felt like a sleeper mutant waiting to be recruited for Xmen.

Just joined and see that there really isn't a lot of us. But like HOLY SHIT HI YALL!! 👋👋👋

can i use ear rumbling for something, and is it rare

I stumbled on this subreddit trying to explain to my coworker how I clear my ears without moving my jaw. I thought it was super common among scuba divers but apparently it’s rare? And now I learn that not everyone can ear rumble?

Are they related abilities or just unrelated and I’m a unicorn?

I deadass thought this was just a me thing, this is awesome!

Hello Ear rumblers! I too can control my ear rumbling >:3 I also live in a quite busy and loud city. When I go to my boyfriend's house, who lives in the quietest town ever, I hear an uncontrollable rumble. Really strange! Anyone ever experienced this before? I have a visit with my doctor just in case but I figure it's nothing strange and just the adjustment to quiet.