Dehiscence Syndrome: Hearing Your Eyes Move and Your Blood Circulate

  The way in which sufferers from dehiscence syndrome describe their symptoms, it’s as if they were living in an Edgar Allan Poe story. In fact, those who suffer from this condition report hearing the sound of their eyeballs moving inside their sockets. They also claim to hear their blood circulating, the movements of their bones as they chew, and the beating of their heart. This is a rare condition of the middle ear that affects one or two percent of the population. The origin lies in the incomplete development of the bones of the head. By not reaching its…