Surprisingly, though, an AARP-sponsored poll suggests people are starting to settle on a number to define old.. In 1974, nearly half of those polled said that age depends on a person's health or some other factor. By 2004, only 5 percent said that. People now believe old age sets in between 60 and 69, the results showed. Some might argue senior and old are totally different terms.
Hearing a heartbeat in your ears can indicate a hardening of the blood vessels in the neck. In this video, Dave Salley, MD, an ear, nose and throat specialist at Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Hospitals, discusses what other noises you might hear, and what they mean.
A thumping sound in ears is usually caused by noise stemming from the surrounding blood vessels. Sound in the ears like a ringing, rushing, whistling or birds twittering, commonly known as tinnitus, is often caused by an external source and not an issue in the ear itself. While the thumping sound in the ears is known as pulsatile tinnitus, it matches the rate of your heart beat.