Moderate Alcohol Consumption Has Protective Effect on Hearing

[spingee]

Some good news

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5438380/

The protective effects of alcohol consumption on hearing impairment may occur through several possible pathways or mechanisms. First, as far as we know, cardiovascular disease is associated with hearing loss2. Some studies proposed that the beneficial cardiovascular effects of alcohol consumption lead to the decreased risks of hearing loss4, 24, 25. Second, alcohol consumption may increase plasma HDL cholesterol concentrations8–10, contribute to better endothelial function13, 14, and reduce coagulation15, 16, which contribute to an optimal cochlear circulation and an intensifying anti-atherosclerotic condition and result in decreased hearing impairment. Third, alcohol consumption had anti-inflammatory action and neuroprotection17, 18, 35 that may help to enhance cellular survival of the cochlea. Finally, a U-shape association between alcohol consumption and hearing impairment was reported and the lack of enhanced benefits of higher levels of alcohol consumption or AMAC on hearing impairment is likely due to the adverse effects on other risk factors for hearing loss4, 21, 22, 24.

 

[Tata]

I'm new to this, but I believe an occasional glass of wine will help tinnitus.

I want to share something else. I read about this man who was cured of his tinnitus by wearing a cervical collar. He had tinnitus for 20 years and was told there was nothing he could do.

My tinnitus is coming from the neck, cervicogenic, so I decided to try it. I put the cervical collar on for about 8 hours yesterday and my tinnitus was gone.

Unfortunately, this morning it came back, but now it is reduced by about 50% (2:45 p.m.) I plan to keep on trying it and hope to improve even more. I know my tinnitus was caused by bad posture and sitting by a computer for long periods of time.

 

[alleycat]

Hi @Tata, have you improved more?

 

[RonnieCarzatto]

@Tata How did you find out that your tinnitus was coming from the neck

 

[Jake007]

Some good news

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5438380/

Well that's great news for me haha

 

[CrazyT]

I don't understand how certain beers have different effects for me. Some beers lowers T, others heightens it, overall it feels like mild alcohol consumption treats T.

 

[Bill Bauer]

I don't understand how certain beers have different effects for me. Some beers lowers T, others heightens it, overall it feels like mild alcohol consumption treats T.

When I had a little alcohol months after my T began, my T had switched ears(!)

 

[nills]

I feel it has to do with GABA pathways. When I took Trobalt it also influences the GABA and gives a mellowed and relaxed view on life. You have more trust and confidence things are ok. Similar to Alcohol. So these pathways influence emotional responding and stress and we all know these are interlinked with Tinnitus awareness.

 

[Tamara]

I'd like someone who had T and H to like me, get in touch. I'm in category 4 of Jastreboff, any noise increases my tinnitus and it does not return to the level it was before. I do not see anyone like that on the forum, everyone says there are good and bad days. I only have the bad days and it gets worse and worse.
Sincerely,

Tamara

 

[Jake007]

When I had a little alcohol months after my T began, my T had switched ears(!)

When I have enough, I don't hear it, or, it goes both ears.

 

[jamie22]

I have more bad days than good but I have found if I have a couple of drinks and listen to music or watch TV for a couple hours T quite often goes away and even some times not come back for another day which helps me get some sleep because with T it is hard to get to sleep.

 

[Marie Stenhouse]

Has anyone found anything else that helps with the noise? I notice when I drink corona it gets louder.

 

[jer]

This is still not working for us guys?

 

[jimH]

I'm new to this, but I believe an occasional glass of wine will help tinnitus. .

Yeah,..I've convinced myself to believe that too and also that some good quality chocolate just has to be good for T.....

 

[jimH]

When I had a little alcohol months after my T began, my T had switched ears(!)

Bill, ...I knew that T could be unpredictable but that might just be one for the record books!...

 

[linearb]

I don't find this very compelling. I will give them credit for separating out former drinkers into their own cohort, since that's often a problem with these kind of studies -- but the difference they're showing between abstainers and moderate drinkers is less than 2.1db, and the moderate drinker group has 5 times as many people in it.

Even if these numbers held up 100% for much larger sample groups, 2db doesn't strike me as a compelling reason to have 1-2 drinks a day. Personally, I do like to drink about that much, but I'm not kidding myself -- alcohol is a dose dependent carcinogen, and purported cardiovascular benefits are controversial, in some cases relying on questionable data (for instance, treating former drinkers as non-drinkers).

 

[Gill Hayes]

One or two glasses of wine knocks my tinnitus on the head for hours. Has done right from first onset.