Unexpected Tinnitus Relief After a 3 Tesla MRI Scan

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Yesterday, I had an MRI scan on a 3 Tesla MRI machine. I am really claustrophobic, and at the end of last year, I had both an MRI with contrast and an MRI without contrast, but both were done on an open machine. I was later told that the results were not accurate enough and was advised to have a scan in a 3 Tesla closed MRI scanner.

I was very nervous—partly because of my claustrophobia, but also because I had read that the noise in a 3T scanner is much louder than in a conventional scanner.

Imagine my surprise when, after the scan, my tinnitus was much quieter for the rest of the day! Sadly, it didn't last, and it's back today, but it was so strange (and nice) to get that brief break yesterday.