INFOGRAPHIC: Folic Acid and Hearing Loss

May 2nd, 2014 | by Andreas Seelisch | Hearing Health
INFOGRAPHIC: Folic Acid and Hearing Loss

Recent research by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation found that 20 per cent of men over the age of 60 with a high intake of folic acid lowered their risk of developing hearing loss. Folic Acid is a vitamin B and it’s thought to prevent hearing loss by either lowering homocysteine, a possible cause of certain types of hearing loss or increasing the blood flow to key structures in the ear.

 

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