Concord, NC Hearing Loss May Be Related to Vitamin D Loss
“Huh?” Does this sound typical when chatting with your senior parents or grandparents (and sometimes your kids)? Hearing loss is so common. It’s almost an inescapable issue as we age. Does it have to be though? Researchers are researching it, and Pure Chiropractic is following the study to incorporate into our nutrition care! Vitamin D deficiency is again considered a culprit in this aging side-effect.
HEARING LOSS IN ADULTS
Many older Concord, NC adults suffer hearing loss. It is annoying, but new research provides some direction on how to possibly avert it. A set of researchers indicated that older people are at risk of hearing loss and osteoporosis. Vitamin D levels are considered in both conditions. Bone mineral density and hearing loss have been linked. These researchers revealed that low vitamin D levels were linked to low-frequency and speech-frequency hearing loss as were 1-unit decreases in femoral neck BMD and total spine BMD. (1) An additional study of participants with no apparent hearing loss – 30 low in vitamin D, 30 low in vitamin B12, 30 controls – documented that B12 and vitamin D deficiencies were significantly linked with cochlear ear health and function. It was recommended that patients with these vitamin deficiencies should also be tested for cochlear function. (2) Pure Chiropractic suggests starting with a review of your vitamin levels!
HEARING LOSS IN CHILDREN
In children with vitamin D deficiency, 53.4% sufferered hearing loss with 17% experiencing moderate-profound hearing loss. These children (and children with low calcium levels) were more apt to have sensorineural hearing loss, a type of hearing loss that is less liable to get better over time. Children with vitamin D deficiency and a femur fracture, a significantly higher rate of hearing loss was noted. Children with low calcium levels were found to be at increased risk of moderate-profound hearing loss. (3) Pure Chiropractic looks out for the kids, too. Their vitamin levels and hearing need evaluating, too!
SUDDEN ONSET HEARING LOSS AND VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY
Sudden Sensory Neural Hearing Loss is another subclass of hearing loss that needs special attention in adults or children. When this kind of hearing loss is encountered, steroids are a common treatment. Patients with adequate vitamin D levels recovered fully. 87.5% of patients with vitamin D deficiency and 12.5% of patients with insufficient vitamin D levels did not react at all. Vitamin D was more obvious in SSNHL patients than healthy patients. (4) Vitamin D is so important!
CONTACT Pure Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the role of nutrition in the care of the disc and spine in The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Concord, NC chiropractic appointment now. Whether you are sick of being the one asking “Huh?” or answering “Huh?,” you and your vitamin D levels are important to us! Let’s check them out for your hearing loss risk and your risk of osteoporosis’ sake.
