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Posted by Bob

My ENT wants to do an Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) test.

On p. 229 of “Tinnitus:Questions and Answers” by Jack Vernon and B.T.
Sanders,
they state that this test uses loud sounds that can make tinnitus worse,
sometimes permanently. They also state that it is a test for acoustic neuroma
and an alternate test is an MRI (which can be taken with earplugs).

My ENT insists that the test is safe. He claims that it is given to babies.
He
won't refer me for an MRI.

Who is right?

Bob

Follow Ups:

• ABR and MRI done here... no probs Marnus van Wyk
• You've got to be kidding, they had to sedate me Mike
• I feel asleep during mine! Jeff and Mary Berk
• We do ABR all the time. I can't recall anyone being adversely affected by it. Murray Grossan, M.D.
• I've had both an MRI and ABR, both were noisy. I wore earmuffs John
• The clicks are very loud! However, a good audiologist will be able to perform the test with softer clicks Mike
• I've had both, and neither of them bothered me Jeff Radom
• I had it and all you hear is clicking behind your ear Jeff and Mary Berk
• I had to have both -- a CAT scan and an MRI. Eva
• If you are not comfortable with your ENT's suggestion, get a second opinion. Even a third Jack Rodgers
• There is one test that an audiologist told me never to have, in view that I have hyperacusis and Tinnitus Paula Gingras
• Hey, I used earplugs while undertaking an MRI. Now my ringing is louder and in the other ear! Karl Eubanks
  • There are newer machines out there, the one I road in, was quite quiet Jeff and Mary Berk

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