RE: [Harp-L] Vitamin E a potential treatment for Hearing Loss?

["Bill Hines" <billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Didn't 'they' just come out recently and say that vitamin E is bad now?
Seems like every time they find a 'miracle vitamin' or root or herb or
something, just wait a few years and then they'll be telling you it
kills you.

Bill Hines
Hershey, PA

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Subject: [Harp-L] Vitamin E a potential treatment for Hearing Loss?


Just found this article and had to post it - in continuation of our
prior 
discussion re Tinnitus and Sudden Hearing Loss "SHL" (some of which  is 
attributable to very loud noises, to which musicians are especially
prone).  This is 
not to say that you should all run out and start taking  Vitamin E.
There has 
been some discussion in medical circles lately that  in large doses it
has 
been shown to do more harm than good, so it might be a  good idea for
those 
suffering from hearing difficulties to discuss the  possibilities with
their 
Otolaryngologists, but for what it's worth:
Elizabeth
 
"  Vitamin E May Help Restore Hearing   

Israeli  scientists say early study results show vitamin E may restore
sudden 
onset  hearing loss of unknown origin or idiopathic sudden hearing loss.
The  
findings, presented at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck 
Surgery Foundation annual meeting, suggest further research may reveal
the role of antioxidants in the prevention and restoration of hearing
loss. Each 
year, some 4,000 Americans report the onset of sudden hearing  loss.
Causes 
can include infectious diseases, circulatory disorders,  traumatic
injuries and 
immunologic, toxic, metabolic and  neurological sources. However, the
cause of SHL can only be identified in 10 percent to 15 percent of
patients,  the 
remainder of cases, which have no obvious cause, are termed  idiopathic

sudden hearing loss. About two-thirds of these  patients recover without
treatment within days. "   

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