I had an MRI of my shoulder in 2023 which required my head to be inside the machine. I was not given ear plugs. I was given flimsy ear muffs. I was in the machine for approximately 30 minutes. The noise was loud at first. Then they raised the noise and it sound like a jack hammer --very loud. It was awful. And then they raised the noise even louder and it was unbearably loud. So loud that the noise traveled through my bones. I felt like my brain was being scrambled. I wish I never got the MRI. After the MRI I had a stuffed feeling in my ears and found that sounds were much louder. The next day I went to the post office and the lady at counter talked and it was as if she was shouting at me. I had talked to here before the MRI and her voice was fine. Now it was unbearable. I developed very bad hyperacusis and tinnitus from the MRI. It is life altering. I have to use ear muffs when vacuuming and other tasks. I am miserable when planes fly overhead, leaf blowers are used, etc. It has been just over a year and the stuffed feeling did subside and it no longer sounds like people are shouting at me when they are talking. However, high pitch voices, people laughing etc. hurt my ears. Being on an airplane is really uncomfortable. And the tinnitus is really bothersome every day. I am so upset with the MRI company. There was no warning about possible hearing loss. I would never have gotten the MRI if I had been told that this could happen. I think that many more people have hearing loss from MRIs. There is no recourse for those harmed and no one is keeping track. of the issue. It is an invisible injury. I share my story in the hopes that someone will finally do something about it. It is too late for me though as I will have to go through the rest of my life with this problem. Since the MRI, I have had a hissing sound in both ears, and daily clicking sounds and dripping sounds in both ears. Hyperacusis makes daily life difficult. After doing some research, I learned that when they increased the sound during my MRI that it was to make the MRI process faster. They were late to bring me in for my appointment. I assume that they sped up the machine to get back on time for their next appointment. My question is why isn't there rules about the decibel level of MRIs for people having their head exposed to the MRI sounds?!!! I complained to the state health department and to the MRI certification entity and got nowhere. When I contacted the hospital to complain I was redirected to the marketing director of the company!! Absolutely no accountability. If we could actually see the injury to the ears that MRIs do, I am sure that something would have been done long ago and that people would be able to successfully pursue legal action against the MRI companies.