Comments on Profile Post by HeavyMantra

An audiologist could refer you on for an MRI if your hearing loss is one-sided.

Yeah, I'm not sure I would dare to do one since some people get worse T from them. Do they have to do an MRI to know? I did and MRI for my knees before and I don't remember it being very loud

I was wondering about that. I was referred to an audiology department, with the view that they would send me for an MRI, because the douchy uninterested ENT I saw could only pick up a one sided hearing loss with his basic bitch hearing test. I also have birthmark on my forehead, so he thought it might indicate an acoustic neuroma. Why, I don't know.

In any case, I was too wondering if they needed to do an MRI or if there were other things they could do to pic it up.

Hey Mantra, I found out I had the tumor through an MRI test. It is a rare benign tumor; I would be surprised if you were that unlucky. And yes, I have the tinnitus in the affected ear, and it is intermittent. 2/3 of the time it is low, and the other 1/3 quite higher

Hey Mantra, the chances of having an acoustic neuroma tumor are slim; the odds are greater if you have hearing loss in just one ear. My tinnitus is in one ear, and intermittent; I assume in my case the tumor brought on the tinnitus. In most people's case however it is from exposure to loud noise; which creates hearing loss. Also some have been unfortunate by receiving tinnitus from ototoxic drugs.