>The only headphone tech that I was aware of or that I'd ever really considered
I guess I'm old now because this style of headphone was present on every model of passenger aircraft in the sky when I was a young adult.
How do MRI Headphones work? (2022)
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#22This guy also has a post about the hierarchy of socks and underwear which resonated with me. https://tomlingham.com/articles/an-unfortunate-hierarchy-of-...
That’s why I always buy a “full” rotation. :)
Re: How do MRI Headphones work? (2022)
#23This guy also has a post about the hierarchy of socks and underwear which resonated with me. https://tomlingham.com/articles/an-unfortunate-hierarchy-of-...
Interesting how different people's minds are. I find the exact opposite problem, I go with old faithful over new. It's for this reason that when I put my clothes away I simply take the stack of clothes in my dresser out, put all the fresh stuff on the bottom, then put the clothes that were in the drawer stuff on top. I always grab the top sweater, t-shirt socks etc and I don't think about it at all.
FILO is not the standard method of maintaining one's stock of clothes? How else does a person mange wear leveling?
Re: How do MRI Headphones work? (2022)
#24I thought these were a nice idea when I had my MRI the other day, little did I know that I would barely be able to hear anything over the noise of the MRI machine. Ear plugs were better, kept out the noise of the MRI machine and let me drift into a trance.
What was your experience with the MRI like? Specifically, did you "feel" it? I've had my knee scanned for ACL damage, and have spoken to a few other acquaintances that have had scans as well. We've all discussed having some sensation in the exact part of the body being scanned. We all just happened to similar sports based knee injuries. It was just the slightest of tingling, but noticeable. Definitely not painful or…
The RF pulses and field gradients can directly stimulate the peripheral nerves. I have had involuntary muscle twitching triggered by many pulse sequences. It’s not unheard of. It made me more sympathetic for patients who have motion in images. It could be that the particular combination of pulse sequence and their nerves don’t jive and triggers movement.
Source: Radiologist (and personal experience in the bore)
Re: How do MRI Headphones work? (2022)
#25I thought these were a nice idea when I had my MRI the other day, little did I know that I would barely be able to hear anything over the noise of the MRI machine. Ear plugs were better, kept out the noise of the MRI machine and let me drift into a trance.
I recently got an MRI and the technician asked me what I wanted to listen to on the headphones. I said "Something relaxing, do you have ambient music?". This turned out to be a terrible choice; the music was so quiet I could barely hear it. Earplugs would have been better. I had some in my pocket that I brought but it was too late. So after the claustrophobic panic subsided and I realized I was left in there with not…
When I had an MRI a few years ago, my conclusion about the sound was "add a melody on top of that rhythm, and it would go over quite well in an underground industrial music club in an abandoned warehouse outside of Berlin."
I haven't looked to see if anyone has actually tried to make music with the sound or not.
Re: How do MRI Headphones work? (2022)
#26I was intrigued to see a lady at the crosswalk the other day wearing earbuds with thick tubing instead of wires. Googling it, I discovered they were "EMF free headphones". Apparently enough people think electromagnetic radiation in the ears is a problem that there are now dozens of these headphones on the market that put the driver half way along the cord, with tubes proceeding to the earpiece.
It would be a real shame if EMF could propagate.
Re: How do MRI Headphones work? (2022)
#27Ahh, memories. Roughly 20 years ago, I took part in a research experiment which had as its aim to figure out which brain areas were involved when a blind person reads Braille. TL;DR: They had a hypothesis, which was mostly confirmed. It happens in the visual cortex. Anyways, back then, MRI was still newish tech. FMRI wasnt used much in typical medical settings, but for research. As part of the deal, the MRI technicians did share a lot of gossip and random knowledge during the rather long preparation times. Long story short, this is when I learnt about the tubed earphones. And all the other mechanisms which were constructed to transport the braille strip wthout operating a real motor inside the magnetic field... Was almost worth the 4 hours of having to absolutely lie still...
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#28>The only headphone tech that I was aware of or that I'd ever really considered I guess I'm old now because this style of headphone was present on every model of passenger aircraft in the sky when I was a young adult.
I remember putting my ear up to the little holes and faintly hearing the audio even without anything plugged in.
Re: How do MRI Headphones work? (2022)
#29Completely tangential story. A few months back I was getting an MRI. I stashed my belt, coins, keys, and phone. The machine started its clicking and thumping when I realized I had my wedding band on my ring finger. Immediately my mind raced to a video I once saw of an MRI machine propelling a fire extinguisher across the room. I braced for my finger to be torn off while I slowly took the wedding band off using only one hand. Luckily it stayed put through the whole scan and nothing happened.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting how different people's minds are. I find the exact opposite problem, I go with old faithful over new. It's for this reason that when I put my clothes away I simply take the stack of clothes in my dresser out, put all the fresh stuff on the bottom, then put the clothes that were in the drawer stuff on top. I always grab the top sweater, t-shirt socks etc and I don't think about it at all.
FILO is not the standard method of maintaining one's stock of clothes? How else does a person mange wear leveling?
Simply pop from the bottom of the dresser.