Hearing Tunes May Be Music to Composer’s Ears

Re: “When You Hear Music and There’s No One There, Get a Checkup” (People’s Pharmacy, Jan. 8): The question posed to you from a reader asking if “hearing music in someone’s head” could be treated by herbal remedies was only less weird in comparison with your answer that it could be a toxic reaction to medication, Parkinson’s disease or a brain tumor. Is this column meant to be a joke? The reader said: “Sometimes it is orchestral; other times it is a chorus of voices.” Instead of scaring them with a bunch of diseases, I think that the People’s Pharmacy should have suggested that this person be evaluated by a music school, as they might be ready to start a new career as a composer or an orchestra arranger and will win a Grammy Award for their--as the People’s Pharmacy stated--”auditory hallucinations.”

--MICHELLE HART

Los Angeles