Do you need an MRI for tinnitus?

Should you advocate to get an MRI to identify your tinnitus? Will it help? What are the benefits to getting an MRI if you are experiencing tinnitus? Our team discusses the potential benefits to advocating for an MRI with your Ear, Nose and Throat doctor.

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[lisae.]

Thank you this is very helpful. I had a possible eustacian tube blockage that took a 6 weeks to get better, then had three months of good hearing. Then suddenly I've had tinnitus in my right ear alone and been very anxious and felt disoriented and worried and wanted an MRI scan as I am an anxious person. Thank you for explaning it all so thoroughly and reassuringly.

[flord]

They never gave me a chance when T is new and you don’t know anything about it, you run to ENT and they tell you have to do MRI you don’t question until when it is done and you are stepping out of the MRI and all of the sudden your other ear starts screaming and it never goes away! Too late now

[feels]

Very informative, thank you Doc's!

[Favriffs]

The odd thing about tinnitus is that a doctor's good news that nothing is wrong is actually bad news to you lol. I've had all test an audiologist can do, an MRA, a CT, a neck ultrasound and an overall, neck and spine xray. I do have the cookie bite 4k to 8k mild hearing lose that I've had for several years, but no recent, progressive hearing loss with my latest sudden onset of complex tinnitus that is worse in my left ear. There's multiple sounds that I describe it (as a whole) as glass shattering in slow motion. The most bothersome sound though is a pulsatile hissing in my left. MRA showed nothing abnormal; however, the CT showed severe sinusitis, especially my left ethmoid, and the x-ray showed no c-curve in my neck, and spinal instability in my lower back and hips. So, I'm trying to get my sinusitis under control. Going back for another CT in six months and seeing a chiro for instability. Every neck and facial/sinus adjust does produce a lot of drainage. My tinnitus is a lot less bothersome since I've started going down this path.

[tessaroach]

Thank you for this video. I’m super worried about getting the mri because my doctor said accidental findings are common

[hadijafaar]

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[nadiabaily]

When T first started I went to all kinds of specialists and they all recommended I get an MRI. My insurance would have paid for it but I never got it because I read in different support groups that the MRI had made T worse because of the loud sounds and also read about people who got T right after an MRI. What do you think of that ? Also, what if you also have noise sensitivity along T? You mentioned other symptoms but no noise sensitivity (hyperacusis and others )

[isartoraplatz]

I had and MRI Brain W/WO
Contrast for eye flashes after
A dentist hit a facial nerve
After the MRI I have
Tinnitus.. I question what
It will do to someone who
Already has it I’m
Miserable what I found is that each and every specialist I go to do not do the their due diligence that they should do before sending you in for tests although my primary care Doctor researches many things before she moves forward and questions everything.. what has happened to medicine?
MRI only if really medically
Necessary...

[americafirst]

Had an MRI no findings, CT normal, blood work perfect, EKG normal. My tinnitus is so bad it drives my anxiety through the ceiling. I'm wondering if it's something else but all the doctors are telling me it's my inner ear.

[margaretsmyth]

Don’t agree I have vascular tinnitus could be problem with blood vessel

[petercofrancesco]

Dr. Ben, I Just Got An MRI, Everything Was Normal . l Have Bi - lateral Tinnitus in My left Ear Due To Occupational Work, Started With Primary Dr . Next ENT, AFTER Audiologist . High Pitch loss About 60 Percent . low Pitch Good, Right Ear Perfect . I've Had Jet Engine Ringing In My left Ear Since late November 2021 . I Would like To Know If Theres Good Hearing Aids For High Pitch Tinnitus . Thank You For Your Great Helping Videos ! 👍👂☕

[Zombie]

so essentially the reason not to do an MRI is due to cost...

[liamstrauss]

Just to say i have constant tinitus in both ears, hearing loss plus a low humming sound in just ONE ear which stops when turning my head together with severe vertigo which comes and goes when turning my head, i also feel off balance and i failed the march on the spot test in my local ENT.Got MRI of the ears and part of the brain and they found nothing i mean not a sausage .Symptoms continue to this day

[followeroftheway]

I have had Tinnitus suddenly appear in my left ear only since Nov or thereabouts of 2021. Had a hearing test which wasn't conducted properly as trainee audilogist did the test. I was referred for a MRI but am a bit frightened to have it done. Anyway, had no pain either in ear or head nor dizziness. Yet now lately wake up with frontal lobe head pressure, with slight pain but never had a migraine. The Tinnitus is constant in my left ear only. I don't sleep properly either, the Tinnitus is more acute at night too.

[TomD]

Can an MRV/MRA without contrast be of any help for determining pulsation tinnitus?Don’t want to deal with the negative effects of a contrast.

[pseudonamed]

What about the risk of MRI making it worse? They can reach 130db so even with highest rated earplugs that only brings the exposure down to about 117db.

[liamstrauss]

You need an MRI for Tinnitus if your Tinnitus stops with head movement and is on one side. This can be caused by an Acoustic Neuroma.

[Icalldibsinthis]

Does it has to be with contrast or without contrast?

[Christopher-popt]

What about congenital deafness in one ear then tinnitus in the good ear?

[lavendergurl]

i had pulse tinitus but went away i dont have it anymore should i still go to my specialist to do mri or ct scan? im scared these scans can trigger cancer?