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Hearing-loss and calciferol deficiency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. Irwin
J. Irwin*
Affiliation:
London
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Dr John Irwin, M.Sc., M.R.C.P., Consultant in Audiological Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, DD1 1UB.
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Abstract

Vitamin D (calciferol) dehciency has recently been claimed to cause cochlear hearing-loss (Brookes and Morrison, 1981; Brookes, 1983, 1984). In view of the therapeutic and pathophysiological implications of this finding, a confirmatory study was undertaken in the Department of Neuro-otology at The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital.

Screening of 112 consecutive new referrals revealed 32 patients with biochemical abnormalities compatible with vitamin D deficiency. Of these, 26 agreed to serum vitamin D assay and normal values were obtained in all of these cases. This study does not support the claim that vitamin D deficiency is a cause of hearing-loss.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 100 , Issue 11 , November 1986 , pp. 1245 - 1247
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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