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.
Well, that is called Pulsating or Vascular Tinnitus. As most of you may be familiar with, tinnitus is that disorder or symptom of hearing noises in your ears. The noises vary and sometimes can come in a loud or low volume. Most of the common sounds heard would be a ringing in your ears, or a loud clicking sound. The hearing of your own pulse in your ear can also be considered as tinnitus and is given a specific name, Vascular Tinnitus.