Sensorineural Hearing Loss after Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices produce noise, which may affect patient's or operators' hearing. Some cases of hearing impairment after MRI procedure have been reported with different patterns (temporary or permanent, unilateral or bilateral, with or without other symptoms like ti...

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Autores principales: Mollasadeghi, Abolfazl, Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang, Atighechi, Saeid, Davari, Mohammad Hossein, Shokouh, Pedram, Mostaghaci, Mehrdad, Bahaloo, Maryam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3703385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/510258
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Sumario:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices produce noise, which may affect patient's or operators' hearing. Some cases of hearing impairment after MRI procedure have been reported with different patterns (temporary or permanent, unilateral or bilateral, with or without other symptoms like tinnitus). In this report, a case of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in an otherwise healthy patient underwent brain MRI was described. The patient's hearing loss was accompanied with tinnitus and was not improved after 3 months of followup.

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