The therapeutic effect of vitamins A and E in neurosensory hearing loss.
After an anatomical and physiological outline of the organ of Corti, the pathology of the cochlea related to the sensorineural deafness is described. The role of Vitamin A on cochlear function and the effects of Vitamin E in man are then emphasized, on the base of some experimental results. Clinical and therapeutic efficacy of the combination of Vitamin A + E is shown by a number of papers, pointing out a 5-15 decibel improvement of the pure-tone threshold in patients with sensorineural hearing-loss particularly when the auditory troubles are due to presbyaccusis.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003051:Cochlea / Q000473:pathology; D003638:Deafness / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000502:physiology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000502:physiology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014801:Vitamin A; D014810:Vitamin E