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Just Want to Talk | Last Active: May 23, 2023 | Replies (18)
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@krisjb1 I know what you mean about MRIs. I used to freak out when I had to get one. But I need to have them 3-4 times a year, so…the doctor gave me a prescription for Valium and also taught me meditation. It goes so much easier now! And the awful sounds won’t increase tinnitus. 3-4 MRIs a year for 6 years and my tinnitus hasn’t increased at all. Many audiologists recommend hearing aides for tinnitus because some hearing aides can dampen the sound of tinnitus.
Can you talk with your about ways to make an MRI easier?
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I am not nervous about the experience itself, so don't need Valium or anything to make me calmer. Just the fear of the sound level issue causing more tinnitus is stopping me. It is amazing that you have no increase in tinnitus after so many MRI's. Do you attribute your tinnitus to noise in your past? I think almost certainly that mine started with noise in my teen years and has gotten worse over time with more exposure.