A sound engineer is monitoring a subject's hearing response during an MRI. If the gradient coils create significant acoustic noise, which consequence follows for accurate auditory tests?

💡 Explanation

Auditory masking occurs because the loud MRI noise elevates the hearing threshold for other sounds; therefore, the subject's ability to detect the test stimuli diminishes, rather than any changes to neural adaptation, reflex strength, or bone resonance.

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