Silent Scan MRI Wasn’t So Silent... Help!

[Rust]

@Rust
How are you feeling now? Did the spike go down?

Sorry for the late reply.

It's hard to say. The spike definitely improved a bit, but not completely. I did however get more used to it and life improved.

 

[Starthrower]

I had a 20 minute MRI today on my knee.

I've been really worried about having a loud MRI, and I spent ages researching a private hospital with latest software silent scan MRI technology so I wouldn't make my tinnitus worse.

I spoke to the radiologist before several times, who advised me that their silent MRI would only be 6 dB above ambient noise levels, and it used a mixture of two scan technologies - GE Silent Scan (and the even quieter Silenz scan). He even downloaded a new software and ran a sequence on the machine one day with nobody in it just to test it for me! He went in the MRI room himself and said that it was only just audible above the ambient room noise.

This made me very confident. Then I had the scan...

@Rust glad to read you are doing okay.

I remember reading @Ed209 experience with a very loud MRI. He can explain it better. He had the same reaction as you if I remember correctly. But dealt with a lot of guilt for not stopping the procedure when it became intolerable.

Like you he is now doing okay.

But having knowledge about this is so important.

 

[Stu1983]

@Rust
I'm glad to hear of the improvement and hope that it will continue.

 

[PolarSun]

How is everyone doing now? I have previously very bad hyperacusis that had finally improved but I seem to have torn or damaged a muscle in my foot and doctors want an MRI.

 

[Rust]

How is everyone doing now? I have previously very bad hyperacusis that had finally improved but I seem to have torn or damaged a muscle in my foot and doctors want an MRI.

Hard to fully say if it got worse, but it did subside a bit and I feel okay and like I recovered well in the end. So, even if it is a little worse, I think things returned to something close to normal. Many other spikes have got in the way since then!
Please bear in mind my MRI was a supposed 'quiet' one, and I don't think I would of gone near a regular one. So it may be worth you looking around for one which has newer quiet sequences.

All the best,
R