Dreams of hearing are more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to insects.

Dreams of hearing are more related to confusion, much more related to fear, and more related to pain than dreams in general. They are less related to embarrassment.

Hearing dreams are more related to home and more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to human-made places.

Hearing dreams are more related to friendly acts and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to sex and less related to eating and drinking.

Dreams of hearing are more related to lucid dreams, much more related to nightmares, and much more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general.

Dreams of hearing are more related to smelling, much more related to vision, and more related to touch than dreams in general.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience hearing in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about hearing in dreams. See how you feel about hearing now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Physical senses in a dream have many possibilities for symbolism, often related to their use or function. In the case of hearing, you can hear something that makes an impression on you, hear a rumor, hear good or bad news, or overhear a conversation. Your internal reactions to these situations can then be turned into stories involving something you hear. For example, the sound of church bells can symbolize hearing about an upcoming wedding. We take in a lot of information through our sense of hearing, and some of it might require processing by our dreams. This is especially true if you have been attending lectures or listening to audio books. Dreams amplify things that escape our attention but register subconsciously. It’s possible that something you heard is amplified by your dreams to make sure it registers consciously. Hearing a strange or powerful sound can symbolize the sense that something is impending. Someone might say, “I hear the stock market is going to drop” to summarize a feeling, hunch, or popular opinion. In a dream, that sense of an impending drop in the market could translate into the sound of a bear (as in “bear market”) roaring or rumbling. The roar of a storm or tornado can symbolize a coming emotional storm. Something’s stirring the deep water within you. Loud words or arguments can translate in dreams as the sound of gunshots or thunder. If something spoken in a dream stands out to you, it’s probably meaningful and relates to the subject of the dream. For example, in a dream about being back in a childhood home, the dreamer sees a tornado coming and goes to get something in the basement. He finds his sister down there, and she screams, “I should have seen it coming!” The dream is about revisiting the past in search of the source of something disturbing the dreamer’s feelings, and it is found in the sister’s statement. What they should have seen coming was their parents’ divorce, which happened in their childhood home and hit the family like a storm. The signs of impending breakup were there, like the storm approaching, but the dreamer and his sister didn’t see it coming. Hearing can be used by a dream to mean expecting news or contact from someone. This use of the symbolism is often sparked by concern for someone who has been out of touch. Sometimes in these cases you say “hear from” a person but communication actually comes via email or text message. “Hear” is used to mean contact or communication. Along similar lines, a voice delivering a warning, or sound of distress, can mean there is a reason to wake up. Something needs your attention. Perhaps a window was left open or the oven is on. Parents with young children are known to become highly sensitive to the sound of a child crying. Inability to hear can mean someone isn’t listening or getting the message. The symbolism is often accompanied by a reference to the ears, though not always. For example, not listening can be symbolized by damage to the ears or something covering them. Sometimes inability to hear is not willful. It’s simply a sign of miscommunication or lack of communication. Telephones and letters are commonly used to create symbolism related to communication. See: Letters, Phones Inability to hear can mean you’re not really being heard. You feel ignored, left out, unappreciated. You have something important to say but no one is listening, or someone important in your life is not listening. Listening in this sense means noticing and responding. Or you are having difficulty expressing yourself or making your feelings known. For example, a young man whose father died dreams about seeing him at a memorial service. The son does everything he can to get his father’s attention, but the father-character acts as if the son is not there. He’s not listening or even hearing him. The situation symbolizes the fact that dad is no longer around to listen to his son, to have conversations and share their lives together. Hearing people saying things about you can be a projection of what they think of you—or what you think they think of you. Alternately, if the comments are directed at a dream character based on someone you know, the dream can stem from something you have heard said about that person. But also remember that dreams can use surrogate characters. For example, say you dream about people at work making comments about a co-worker who is introverted and doesn’t say much. You reflect back and don’t remember overhearing anything said recently about the co-worker, but do remember thinking the previous day that your co-workers might think you are weird because you don’t talk much at work. You see yourself in that co-worker because you too are introverted. Hearing things in your dreams can symbolize sounds heard while dreaming, such as a radio, baby crying, or people talking. Be sure to read the entry for Ears. See also: Decapitations, Ears, Heads, Letters, Music, Phones, Speaking