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@coffeeandtv

Before you had the MRI, did you wear plugs and ear muffs often? I have read this theory that people who use earplugs regularly have higher auditory gain (and higher hearing sensitivity).

But still, if you were wearing protection during the MRI, that means that the sounds that reached you were on par with your usual baseline sensitivity.

Years ago, I remember getting tinnitus from listening to loud music through earphones and attending concerts but it subsides after 1 or 2 days.

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@coffeeandtv no I never wore earplugs. I cannot be absolutely certain that the MRI started it- could have been a medication but I don't remember. The worsening was definitely from a music event.

My son's girlfriend loves rock concerts and gets tinnitus afterwards but it goes away. She is quite casual about it despite my diplomatic efforts to caution her about what it is like to have it permanently- and loudly!