How Loud Is a CT Scan? Can It Damage Hearing or Worsen Tinnitus?

[Striveon]

Are CT scans loud? Should I wear hearing protection?

I'm having a CT scan of my jaw and nose.
I'm scared of making tinnitus worse.

 

[ajc]

CT scans are pretty quiet. The scanner moves around you and there's some beeping sounds. The scan lasts only a few minutes.

MRI is MUCH louder.

You don't probably need earplugs for CT scan, but just in case wear them anyway.

 

[linearb]

CT scan is as loud as an xray machine that's on continuously. Which is to say, it's quieter than the noise I am making typing.

Take earplugs because people with our issues should never leave home without, but you won't need them.

One thing with CTs, if you've never had one before -- there's gonna be something weird about your anatomy, everyone who has a CT of anything is gonna show some abnormalities and incidental findings. So, just because they tell you that you have a maxillary sinus cyst or something, does not mean that's connected to your problems.

If your radiological findings lead anyone to suggest surgery of any kind, personally I would have those same films analyzed by at least two more unrelated radiologists for peace of mind.

 

[Striveon]

Could a CT scan have caused an occlusion effect because I had my earplugs in????
They laid my head in a place where you put your head in and then moved it up into the CT scan hole.