What the news
means for you
Raleigh O.
Jones, MD, FACS
Otolaryngology
&AdvAnces
Insights
Age-related hearing loss
linked to folate deficiency
August 24, 2010
The gradual loss of hearing is an
inevitable consequence of aging.
About
30-35...
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What the news
means for you
Raleigh O.
Jones, MD, FACS
Otolaryngology
&AdvAnces
Insights
Age-related hearing loss
linked to folate deficiency
August 24, 2010
The gradual loss of hearing is an
inevitable consequence of aging.
About
30-35 percent of adults between the
ages of 65 and 75 years and half those
over 75 have some degree of hearing
loss.
In older adults, it is second only to
arthritis as a handicapping condition.
As
the population ages, more effort is being
made to identify the risk factors and
preventive measures needed to relieve
the burden of this impairment on the
individual and those with whom he or
she communicates.
Several studies in recent years have
suggested nutrition may play a role in
hearing loss, particularly a lack of folate
and vitamin B-12 in the diet.
The largest of
the studies, the Blue Mountains Hearing
Study, is a population-based survey of
age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis,
conducted from 1997-99 and 2002-04.
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