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How come when i try to sleep and put my head on my pillow, i hear a noise?

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Pulsing?Running h2o?: If pulsing, it would be transmitted heart sounds. If running water sound or ringing, then tinnitus

Dr Phelan-adams agreed

Answered 4/14/2015

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