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anyone ever hear a radio station in their ear/head after their MRI?
I was in our office online just surfing the web a day or two after my one of my MRI's and all the sudden I'm hearing some spanish station in my left ear. Only heard it for a couple seconds though. Hahahaha!!! It was so funny. Anyone else experience this before???? LOL!!! :)
Kel
Kel
I haven't been to Dr yet but I experienced my first Musical Ear Syndrome event a few weeks ago. Had a migraine, was in a very quiet environment and herd a Wal Mart commercial, then a DJ, and the beginning of a song. I immediately could tell it was localized to one ear and knew it was not from an outside source. But I was too I'll to really care. It lasted about 20 seconds. Later I researched & found MES information. I'm 42 with hearing loss and tinnitus. It has happened a few more times since. Very odd sensation. But I'm starting to do more research and wondering if there is more to it than just MES. I have had a lot of medical issues. No medical insurance. But also suffer from insomnia, server anxiety, social anxiety, extreme fatigue, mental fog (confusion), IBS, migraines, sensitive skin(pain to slight touch). I have suffered from most of these since for 20yrs, starting with IBS. The others have just been piling up over time. The DR's never found anything so they always prescribed depression meds. I keep telling them I'm not anymore depressed than the next person but they don't listen. I'm a happy, fun guy who enjoys working hard. But now I'm soo bad I can't work. I'm depressed now, but only because I'm tired!!! Sorry so long winded but the lack of sleep is starting to wear me down mentally.....Thanks for reading and listening. God bless audios
When I am trying to fall asleep at night I swear I hear the tv on in the other room. I can hear conversations and laughing. It sounds like a sitcom. It doesn't happen every night. I was bothered by it at first but now I am used to it. I don't tell my wife because I don't want her to think I am crazy.
I'm only 52 and I have bilateral sensioneural hearing loss which is considered slightly higher than moderate levels of hearing loss.
I had tinitus but it has progressed to humming, then clanking, then humming again. Then the humming took on the form of a simple melody. I thought I was going crazy. But when I researched it I learned about MES (Musical Ear Syndrome). What a relief to know I'm not nuts. LOL
Maria
I had tinitus but it has progressed to humming, then clanking, then humming again. Then the humming took on the form of a simple melody. I thought I was going crazy. But when I researched it I learned about MES (Musical Ear Syndrome). What a relief to know I'm not nuts. LOL
Maria
I didn't hear it during the MRI, it was a couple days after. I was in my office at home on the computer, no TV was on or anything. No noise at all from the comp. either.
It happens to people with some hearing loss. What's going on is that your brain is used to filling in the gaps. Your brain hears something and tells you you're listening to Killer, by Queen (as I am right now) but you can only hear a little bit of it.
When a person has musical ear syndrome, their brain is taking little bits of data from the ears, and telling you that you're listening to something that's actually a memory. People have talked about hearing organ music, or a brass band, or something that's actually in their heads.
There's a great RadioLab audio program about it -
http://www.radiolab.org/2008/apr/21/earworms/
I recommend it highly. I thought it was fascinating.
When a person has musical ear syndrome, their brain is taking little bits of data from the ears, and telling you that you're listening to something that's actually a memory. People have talked about hearing organ music, or a brass band, or something that's actually in their heads.
There's a great RadioLab audio program about it -
http://www.radiolab.org/2008/apr/21/earworms/
I recommend it highly. I thought it was fascinating.
Actually, the tube and room are "shielded" against outside RF. The MRI use magnetic fields to vibrate (spin) the hydrogen protons (Spin Echo sequences) and the MRI "listens" for the frequency of the vibrations (molecular precession.) So you should not be able to hear inything in the MRI room. As someone mentioned, the buzzing and banging of magnet will just about make you deaf.
There is a condition called "Musical Ear Syndrome," but as far as I know, it happens to older deaf people.h
Bob
There is a condition called "Musical Ear Syndrome," but as far as I know, it happens to older deaf people.h
Bob
Glad you laughed Kel :-)
I do think I remember a few members sharing they heard some unlikely things while they were IN the tube, you're the first I've heard was still tuned in a day or two later. Little surprises me about after-effects related to ears and MRIs. That thing is certainly loud enough to put the ears into shock.
Mary
I do think I remember a few members sharing they heard some unlikely things while they were IN the tube, you're the first I've heard was still tuned in a day or two later. Little surprises me about after-effects related to ears and MRIs. That thing is certainly loud enough to put the ears into shock.
Mary
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