Tinnitus & Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Tinnitus
- Defined as an unwanted auditory perception of
internal origin, usually localized, and rarely heard by others.
- Severity of tinnitus varies from an occasional awareness
of a noise (e.g., ringing, hissing, buzzing, roaring, clicking, or rough
sounds) in one or both ears.
Tinnitus &
Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Vitamin
B deficiency is found to be common in tinnitus patient and listed as
one of the possible cause of tinnitus. [1]
- Based on
study by (Berkiten et al, 2013), B12
replacement treatment was not effective in these patients with tinnitus.
Although, some patients improved following vitamin B12 supplementation but
the results were not significant.
- Another
study by (Park et al, 2006), concluded short-term
B12 supplementation was unrelated to improvements in hearing status in
B12-deficient individuals.
- However
in another study by (Shamesh, 1993), some
improvement in tinnitus were observed following vitamin B12 replacement
therapy.
Reference:
- Diagnostic
Approach to Tinnitus. American Family Physician. Retrieved from http://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0101/p120.html
- Berkiten,
G., Yildirim, G., Topaloglu, I., & Ugras, H. (2013). Vitamin B12
levels in patients with tinnitus and effectiveness of vitamin B12
treatment on hearing threshold and tinnitus. B-ENT, 9(2),
111–6. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23909117
- Park,
S., Johnson, M. A., Shea-Miller, K., De Chicchis, A. R., Allen, R. H.,
& Stabler, S. P. (2006). Age-related hearing loss, methylmalonic acid,
and vitamin B12 status in older adults. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly,
25(3-4), 105–20. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18032219
- Shemesh,
Z., Attias, J., Ornan, M., Shapira, N., & Shahar, A. (1993). Vitamin
B12 deficiency in patients with chronic-tinnitus and noise-induced hearing
loss. American Journal of Otolaryngology, 14(2), 94–9.
Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8484483
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