[Therapeutic effects of vitamin A associated with vitamin E in perceptual hearing loss]

Acta Vitaminol Enzymol. 1985;7(1-2):139-43.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Forty patients (25 men and 15 women, age 39 to 70) affected by presbycusis (in 7 cases associated with transmission defects) have been treated with vitamins A and E for 28-48 days. At the end of the therapy an improvement of symptoms, an in some cases of the audiometric record, have been observed.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Audiometry
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Female
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Presbycusis / drug therapy*
  • Presbycusis / physiopathology
  • Vitamin A / therapeutic use*
  • Vitamin E / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin E