Oscillocusis: an unusual auditory aura in migraine

Headache. 1995 Jul-Aug;35(7):428-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1995.hed3507428.x.

Abstract

We report a 14-year-old girl with a migraine aura characterized by the sense that ambient sounds were fluctuating in intensity, as if emanating from a radio while the volume control was being altered. These auditory oscillations lasted 5 to 10 minutes and were followed by a typical migraine headache. By analogy with oscillopsia, we term this unique form of migraine aura "oscillocusis."

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Migraine Disorders / complications*
  • Migraine Disorders / physiopathology
  • Sensation Disorders / etiology*