Maria Klecker: She Turned Her Tinnitus Into a Song
I’d like to share the case of Maria Klecker, a French woman
(according to the source), an older adult whose experience with tinnitus has
been very similar to mine—not only in the type of sound she perceived, but also
in the way she decided to deal with it. Here’s an excerpt from the source,
where this unusual experience is described:
“In the form of a whistle or sometimes sounding like a
melody, that’s what Maria Klecker from Eschau, France, hears in her ear every
day…
She has tinnitus, yet it was never a reason for her to feel
depressed. On the contrary, to distract herself from the sounds a little, she
is almost always playing or singing. From this melody, she even ended up
composing a song together with her granddaughter Helga…
‘I sat down and tried to write something that would fit the
melody in my ear, and that’s what I’m always singing,’ says the 87-year-old
retiree as she has coffee with her granddaughter Helga…
It is quite strange that Ria [as her family calls her] found
her way back to music thanks to tinnitus [she always wanted to learn to play
the piano, but as a child she could only take one lesson]. A condition that can
be very hard for those who suffer from it. Even she doesn’t always have an easy
time, but she tries to do the best she can [sic].”
Below I’m also sharing a video where you can see her and
listen to the song she created based on the sound of her tinnitus (minute 0:57
in the video):
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