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"Vitamin D and hearing loss Some studies indicated that vitamin D deficiency could contribute to hearing loss in the elderly. Lack of vitamin D reduces microcirculation to the cochlea and impairs calcium metabolism, which may lead to hearing impairment.82-83 Mice with abnormal vitamin D-receptor genes suffer significant hearing loss, which lends support to the theory.159 Low vitamin D intake relates to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) AMD usually is a gradual loss of central vision due to progressive deterioration of the retina, ultimately resulting in blindness." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health (Get the book.)

"HEARING LOSS, AGING-RELATED See also Ear Conditions, page 107 • Long-Term Hearing Protection ^^ecause hearing loss is often so gradual as to go unnoticed for decades, preventing age-related declines isn't commonly taught in medical schools. Nor is it practiced by most family doctors or internists. But audiologists—specialists in measuring hearing and fitting hearing aids?point out that lifestyles have made modern iiiimi ii> i \ mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm middle-aged men and women pay more attention to their ears." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"In fact, in elderly people tinnitus and hearing loss often occur together. .fl^Tfc In the 19th century, physiog-sfl^Vk' nomists believed that ear size and shape could predict criminal behavior. Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), the leading Italian criminologist of his day, wrote that "ears of unusual size, or occasionally very small, or standing out from the head as do those of the chimpanzee" were signs of a born criminal. STOP SIGN Tricking your brain to get its mind off the ringing sound sometimes helps mask tinnitus." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"It could cause hearing loss or infection of the mastoid sinus. However, none of these outcomes have occurred in cases where treatment was delayed for no more than three days. In other words, if you adopt the wait-and-see approach and wait until three days are up (assuming that your child does not look like he or she is about to die or does not in other respects look really sick, (i.e., have an extremely high fever or repetitive vomiting), you will be fine. Just administer pain medications like Tylenol or, if you have them, local medications to reduce ear pain." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "Because gentamycin and related drugs are concentrated in the ear and in the kidneys, they can be very toxic to the kidneys and cause hearing loss. Gentamycin can cause vestibular problems (problems with balance or visual symptoms) in up to 3% of patients. Gentamycin can also cause confusion and neurological symptoms. For these reasons it should be used as a last resort, usually for life-threatening gram-negative infections. Gentamycin and related drugs should not be used by pregnant women." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Have you ever wondered if your child has hearing loss, due to poor response to you? 21. Does your child understand receptive language? 22. Does your child sometimes stare at nothing, or wander with no purpose? 23. Does your child look at your face to monitor your reactions? Scoring the Questionnaire The answers that indicate abnormal development are: 1. No 9. No 17. No 2. No 10. No 18. Yes 3. No 11. Yes 19. No 4. No 12. No 20. Yes 5. No 13. No 21. No 6. No 14. No 22. Yes 7. No 15. No 23. No 8. No 16. No Results." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Vitamin B12 deficiency is also associated with deafness; supplements have been useful in treating tinnitus and noise-related hearing loss. To get enough B12 you have to do more than eat it—you have to absorb it. And therein lies the rub. Anyone over 40, especially the elderly, are at risk of B12 deficiency because they lack enough of a protein that is secreted in the stomach called intrinsic factor, which you need to absorb B12. So even if you're getting plenty of the vitamin in your diet—which, believe me, most people aren't—it won't do you much good if you lack this important protein." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "What you may not have heard is that folic acid can also help with hearing loss. First let's get the pregnancy issue out of the way. If you're pregnant, folic acid supplements can significantly reduce the baby's chance of having one of a particularly nasty form of birth defects called neural tube defects. Neural tube defects are deformities and abnormalities of the baby's brain and spine, such as spinal bifida (an incompletely formed spinal cord) and anencephaly (born without part of the brain). The American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "A recent study from the Netherlands published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reported that both homocysteine and folic acid play a role in age-related hearing loss. The Netherlands was chosen as a good test location because foods there are not currently fortified with folic acid. The participants of the study were fifty to seventy years old and had moderately high levels of homocysteine to begin with. The researchers gave them either 800 meg of folic acid per day or a placebo." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Increased bleeding tendencies. (d) hearing loss. 18. The food source highest in vitamin E is: (a) Sunflower seeds. (b) Fruit. (c) Vegetables. (d) French fries. 19. Which form of vitamin E is NOT synthetic? (a) RRR-alpha-tocopherol. (b) SRR-alpha-tocopherol. (c) The acetate ester form. (d) The succinate ester form. 20. Phylloquinone, vitamin Kp is synthesized by: (a) Bacteria. (b) The liver. (c) Plants. (d) The kidneys. 21. The form of vitamin K synthesized by bacteria is: (a) Menaquinone. (b) Menadione. (c) Menatetrenone. (d) Phylloquinone. 22." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"Magnesium treatment has been repeatedly shown to reduce the incidence of both temporary and permanent noise-induced hearing loss40 and supplementation is now being found to significantly improve acute onset hearing loss.4' Dr. Mildred Seelig postulated that magnesium deficiency early in life gives rise to chronic abnormalities that persist throughout life, increasing morbidity and mortality and shortening life (Seelig, 1977; 1977/1982; 1978; 1980). " - Mark Sircus, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (Get the book.)

"Thus, acute poisoning can cause persisting developmental, learning, and attention problems, as well as hyperactivity, slowed motor coordination, hearing loss, headaches, heightened aggression, impaired memory and language skills, and a lower IQ. The practical consequences of these deficits are self-evident: increased failure in school, elevated dropout rates, diminished economic activity, and increased risk of antisocial or criminal behavior.35 Current research suggests that the effects of lead exposure on human brain development may be even more damaging than we currently know." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"She figured we'd just look up their telephone numbers and start calling—but whether from hearing loss or tradition, many centenarians didn't have phones. Those who did have phones frequently lived with protective children who were not inclined to grant access to foreigners. It wasn't a good way to communicate under the best of circumstances. We called one rather well-known centenarian, announced that we were from National Geographic, and that we wanted to interview him. He replied that he was fed up with telemarketers and hung up on us." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"U9 Sudden Hearing Loss Two studies have investigated the effects of ginkgo in patients with sudden hearing loss. One randomized, double-blind trial compared two doses (120 mg vs 12 mg twice daily over 8 weeks) of ginkgo extract EGb 761 in outpatients (n=106) with acute idiopathic sudden hearing loss of at least 15 dB at one frequency within speech range occurring less than 10 days prior to inclusion in the study.150 A majority of both treatment groups recovered completely. The authors conclude that a "higher dose of Egb 761 (oral) appears to speed up and secure the recovery." - Heather Boon, BScPhm, PhD and Michael Smith, BPharm, MRPharmS, ND, The Natural Medicine Guide to the 50 Most Common Medicinal Herbs (Get the book.)

"Both human noise-induced hearing loss studies introduced a novel, biological, natural agent for prevention and possible treatment of noise-induced cochlear damage in humans Reduction in noise-induced temporary threshold shift in humans following oral magnesium intake. Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci. 2004 Dec;29(6):635-41 Entrez Pubmed 41 In a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 28 patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss were treated with either steroids and oral magnesium (study group) or steroids and a placebo (control group)." - Mark Sircus, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (Get the book.)

"A 5-year prospective study of diabetes and hearing loss in a veteran population. OtolNeurotol2006 Jan; 27(l):37-43. Vlassara H et al. Inflammatory mediators are induced by dietary glycotoxins, a major risk factor for diabetic angiopathy. Proc Natl AcadSci USA 2002 Nov 26; 99(24):15596-601. Wiernsperger NR Oxidative stress as a therapeutic target in diabetes: Revisiting the controversy. Diabetes Metab 2003; 29:579-85. Zhang J et al. Hostility and urine norepinephrine interact to predict insulin resistance: The VA Normative Aging Study. Psychosom Med2006; 68:718-26." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Diseases associated with high homocysteine levels include heart disease, Alzheimer's, age-related hearing loss and many more. Although supplementation with B|2-fortified nutritional yeast, which is next to impossible to find raw due to FDA regulations, may help, Dr. Cousens does not recommend it because it increases internal acidity. Instead, he advises taking Bi2 supplements, saying, "This is the first time in history that we can be completely successful live food vegans. What I mean by being successful is completely healthy, including no B,2 deficiency and no elevated homocysteine levels." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Remember, any sudden hearing loss, pain, unusual discharge, or bleeding from the ear requires an immediate call to your doctor or trip to the emergency room. Other ear and hearing signs can be evaluated and treated by various health care professionals. In general, a physical examination by a primary care clinician—such as an internist, general practitioner, family physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant—should include a peek into your ears and a periodic hearing test as you age." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "Chronic middle ear infections can cause hearing loss, ear polyps, cholesteatomas (skin-like cysts in the middle ear), and mastoiditis (a serious infection of the bony structure behind the ear). If untreated, both cholesteatomas and mastoiditis may lead to meningitis and even death. EAR SIGNS ONLY WE SENSE ITCHY EARS Having an itch where you can't scratch—like in your ear—can drive you crazy. Not surprisingly, itchy ears are another sign of allergies or skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"EAR CONDITIONS See also hearing loss, page 40 EARACHE AND EAR INFECTIONS • A Two-Step Echinacea Plan ^Jot just for colds, echinacea is gentle enough to treat earaches, from the inside out. Start the herbal treatment by taking up to one teaspoon of echinacea tincture orally, two or three times a day. The second step is to bend your head to one side and drop four to six drops of tincture directly into the ear, every two to three hours, while the pain persists. Since echinacea is such a popular herb, it is available in many forms in nearly all health food stores and drug stores." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"See Gradual hearing loss, below.) RINGING IN YOUR EARS SIGN OF THE TIMES Do you hear music and there's no one there? If so, you may be experiencing a sign of tinnitus, a condition in which you "hear" ringing or other sounds that aren't really there. Indeed, the word tinnitus comes from the Latin meaning "to tinkle or to ring like a bell." Some tinnitus sufferers hear pulsating sounds, whooshing, roaring, and even crickets chirping. Some hear these sounds in one ear, others in both. These sounds can range from • 1 11 • 11* mildly annoying to maddening." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"There may be other underlying physiological causes that manifest as the symptoms of brain aging, including: hypothyroidism, vascular disease, vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies, depression, fatigue, grief, dehydration, vision or hearing loss, alcohol use, complications from diabetes, from epilepsy, and from medications, or chronic stress. These alternative causes—which clinicians call "differential diagnoses"—can often be treated by your physician, and may reverse apparent symptoms of brain aging before you need to go through the trouble of making an appointment to see a specialist." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"If not: You're showing signs of early hearing loss and should be especially aware of taking steps to prevent further damage. If so: Celebrate and proceed to the bedroom immediately. With canola oil. This test is easier if a man is the tester, due to the voice tones of most men-see page 297. Nervt I We > all know (and probably live with) people who have recently added some more words to their verbal repertoire. Namely: "Huh?" "Pardon?" Or, for De Niro fans, "You talking to me?" - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.) "Here's the thing about hearing loss: How do you know you can't hear something if you don't know what you're missing? So if your partner tells you that your ears seem clogged, resist the temptation to fight back with, "Yeah, and so are your pores." It may feel like nagging at the time, but your partner's frustration with repeating repeatedly is very often the first sign that you should have a medical checkup. YOU Tip: Get the Wax Out. You probably grew up thinking cotton swabs were the ultimate wax removers." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.) "And the high-frequency hairs are more vulnerable, making the lost ability to hear higher pitches like many female voices one of the signs of age-related hearing loss. Without the hairs, the vibrations can't get transmitted to your nervous system for interpretation. Cochlear damage occurs when we're exposed to more than 85 decibels for eight hours or 100 decibels for one hour (which is why those levels violate the requirements of OSHA, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration)." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"Progressive Hearing Loss Progressive hearing loss is one of the four most prevalent chronic conditions in the elderly. Until the last decade little attention was paid to studying causative factors related to nutrition and blood parameters. An analysis done by Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School of malnourished Allied prisoners of the Japanese during World War II and among Cubans malnourished during the recent economic embargo showed a rapid onset of visual loss and a high incidence of hearing loss." - Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay., The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese, Western, and Ayurvedic Herbal Treatments (Get the book.) "Moreover, use of high-dose vitamin therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy was able to improve recovery rates in cases of sudden sensory neural hearing loss. As early as 1984 Chinese researchers were able to improve sudden hearing loss using injections of salvia root, and in 1986 a French controlled clinical trial using ginkgo leaf extract was able to do the same thing. It seems that both sudden and age-related hearing loss can be prevented by dealing with the causative factors." - Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay., The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese, Western, and Ayurvedic Herbal Treatments (Get the book.) "A Spanish study of cochlear microcirculation in patients with sudden-onset hearing loss showed high blood viscosity (stickiness) and "a notorious increase in aggregability." Moreover, use of high-dose vitamin therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy was able to improve recovery rates in cases of sudden sensory neural hearing loss. As early as 1984 Chinese researchers were able to improve sudden hearing loss using injections of salvia root, and in 1986 a French controlled clinical trial using ginkgo leaf extract was able to do the same thing." - Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay., The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese, Western, and Ayurvedic Herbal Treatments (Get the book.)

"Effects are especially strong when hearing loss are the result of presbyaccusis. —G. Romeo, "The Therapeutic Effect of Vitamins A and E in Neurosensory hearing loss," Acta Vitaminol Enzymol, 1 Suppl, 1985, p. 85-92. Results of this study showed that patients with presbycusis experienced improvement in symptoms following treatment with vitamins A and E for 28-48 days. —G. Romeo and M. Giorgetti, [Therapeutic Effects of Vitamin A Associated with Vitamin E in Perceptual Hearing Loss], Acta Vitaminol Enzymol, 7(1-2), 1985, p. 139-143." - Gary Null, Ph.D., The Clinician's Handbook of Natural Healing (Get the book.)

"Men, who are often affected by hearing loss more than women, since they typically have more workplace exposure to loud noises, may find they can hear low-frequency pulsations but not high pitches and consonants (they have trouble distinguishing between B and P, or T and D). It's not that they don't want to take out the trash or do the dishes (although this is likely the case in some homes); it's that while they can hear the deep male voices shouting out the scores on SportsCenter, they truly can't hear the higher pitches and softer tones of the women they live with." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

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