Patients with noise-induced hearing loss have high homocysteine levels

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Patients with

noise-induced hearing loss have high homocysteine levels

 

 

Noise-induced

hearing loss may not be completely related to a person being too close

to a big bang. Researchers now have evidence that some people suffering

noise-induced hearing loss also have high levels of homocysteine and

low levels of folic acid and vitamin B-12 in their systems.

 

Researchers at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of

Medicine, First University, Elazig, Turkey, evaluated 28 male subjects

who have noise-induced hearing loss and 32 men who are healthy. Blood

samples were obtained from all 60 men after overnight fasting.

 

Scientists examined the levels of homocysteine, folic acid and vitamin

B-12. They found that the men with noise-induced hearing loss had

homocysteine levels significantly higher than the men in the control

group. They also had significantly lower levels of folic acid and

vitamin B-12 than the healthy men.

 

“Our findings indicate that there might be a link between increased

homocysteine levels and noise-induced hearing loss,” researchers

reported, “since increased homocysteine levels cause elevated levels of

free radicals in addition to their atherogenic and thrombogenic

effects. Further experimental studies are needed to decipher how this

relationship is linked.”

 

Auris Nasus Larynx 31(1):19-22, 2004

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