Iron deficiency anaemia may elevate risk of
hearing loss
New Delhi: A
new study conducted by scientists says that iron deficiency anemia may increase
the risk of hearing loss.
This finding
will in turn open new possibilities for early identification and appropriate
treatment of the condition.
For the
study, researchers from Pennsylvania State University in the US determined iron
deficiency anaemia by low hemoglobin and ferritin levels for age and sex in
305,339 adults ages 21 to 90 years; associations between hearing loss and iron
deficiency anaemia (IDA) were then evaluated.
Of the
patients in the study population, 43 per cent were men; average age was 50
years.
Combined
hearing loss is defined as any combination of conductive hearing loss (which is
due to problems with the bones of the middle ear), sensorineural hearing loss
(when there is damage to the cochlea or to the nerve pathways from the inner
ear to the brain), deafness and unspecified hearing loss.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
02.01.2017
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