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A ticker with autism anyone else?

RachelO

Hi everyone, in times when I have been overwhemled like a ticker sound has come on for me and it will come on for me until I stop being overhwhelmed. It happened first for me in 2014 and it happened again in 2025. I want to know if that is a part of autism for any of you? I must say that I have had my autism concreasted and that is the only thing I have done by having it simply blessed at church.. That might not have anything to do with it, but I have not read of it in a single case anywhere else.

Is this common?

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  • Stress can have odd effects on the body. I sometimes get a clicking sound that I believe is a tiny muscle in the ear, the tensor tympani, going into a form of twitching. The tensor tympani is a muscle that tenses to stop loud noises damaging the ear, so if it twitches you hear the twitch. It is attached to the malleus bone in the middle ear.

  • in reply to Martin

    Martin, thank you.This sounds like it is it and could likely be the reason. I hear it like a click and it comes on when I am very stressed and overwhelmed and have only heard it a handful of times or less in my life. It has come on recently. It is very good to know the reason.

    This is a grab from Google on the subject.

    "The tensor tympani muscle, a small muscle in the middle ear, has been linked to auditory hypersensitivity, a common feature in some individuals with autism. Studies suggest that this muscle might be overly reactive in some autistic individuals, potentially contributing to sound intolerance. The tensor tympani muscle's primary function is to dampen loud sounds, and its overactivity could lead to symptoms like ear pain, fluttering, or a sensation of fullness"

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  • in reply to Martin

    Martin, thank you.This sounds like it is it and could likely be the reason. I hear it like a click and it comes on when I am very stressed and overwhelmed and have only heard it a handful of times or less in my life. It has come on recently. It is very good to know the reason.

    This is a grab from Google on the subject.

    "The tensor tympani muscle, a small muscle in the middle ear, has been linked to auditory hypersensitivity, a common feature in some individuals with autism. Studies suggest that this muscle might be overly reactive in some autistic individuals, potentially contributing to sound intolerance. The tensor tympani muscle's primary function is to dampen loud sounds, and its overactivity could lead to symptoms like ear pain, fluttering, or a sensation of fullness"

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