Neither the cause nor the mechanism of exploding head syndrome is known.

Exploding head syndrome - Waking up in the night hearing loud noises.

Exploding head syndrome is so rare that it is mostly reported by individual case studies.

Doctors don't know what causes exploding head syndrome, but they do know that it isn't associated with any serious illness.

Rosenberg says no one knows what the direct cause is but exploding head syndrome is most likely exacerbated by stress.

During a high school wrestling match, Seth "hears" an explosion before collapsing (exploding head syndrome).

Furthermore, the study found that some subjects experienced exploding head syndrome to such a degree that it significantly impacted their lives.

Individuals with exploding head syndrome hear or experience loud imagined noises as they are falling asleep or waking up.

Other types of auditory hallucination include exploding head syndrome and musical ear syndrome.

Exploding head syndrome: Despite the name, this condition does not involve your head flying apart but rather audio hallucinations that occur while you sleep.

Like the visuals, hypnagogic sounds vary in intensity from faint impressions to loud noises, such as crashes and bangs (exploding head syndrome).

The phrase "exploding head syndrome" was coined in a 1920 report by the Welsh physician and psychiatrist Robert Armstrong-Jones.

Exploding head syndrome Okay, exploding head syndrome doesn't actually involve detonating domes.

While exploding head syndrome distresses people with it, both Walsh and Kohler stress that this, too, is normal and not a sign of any problem, physical or mental.

In surveys, as many as 85% of respondents tell of hearing loud noises, known as "exploding head syndrome" (EHS), during the onset of OBEs.

While most people have felt hypnic jerks, a small number of people experience the frightfully-named exploding head syndrome, the sensation that there is an explosion, crashing cymbals, or thunder near (or in) one’s head.

In his article, "Clinical features of the exploding head syndrome," J. M. Pearce asked individuals with exploding head syndrome to describe what noises they commonly heard during an episode.

Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is a benign condition in which a person hears loud imagined noises (such as a bomb exploding, a gunshot, or a cymbal crash) or experiences an explosive feeling when falling asleep or waking up.

Exploding head syndrome is classified as a parasomnia and a sleep-related dissociative disorder by the 2005 International Classification of Sleep Disorders, and is an unusual type of auditory hallucination in that it occurs in people who are not fully awake.