Alcohol causes hearing loss

Posted in Alcohol, Body on February 29, 2008

It has been shown that alcohol temporarily effects hearing ability, so don’t have any important conversations over a drink. Recently British researchers discovered that when your alcohol level rises till 0,08 per mill, your hearing threshold is lowered by 15 decibels on average. This is equal to the effect of wearing ear plugs. And according to the leader of the research, Tahwinder Upile, drinking 2 beers in half an hour causes all soft sounds (like having a conversation) to be more difficult to hear for at least 16 hours.

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3 Responses to “Alcohol causes hearing loss”

Iftikhar said on May 8th, 2008 at 1:11 pm:
Yes alocohol not only effect the hearing but also affect the cell of humain brain badly.
mike fogerson said on February 5th, 2009 at 1:07 am:
as a 45 year old man i can assure you alcohol affects hearing.roughly about 10 years ago i noticed i could not hear as well when drinking alcohol. i am deaf in my right ear do to an operation, and wear a hearing aid in my left ear do to chronic infections. i drink alot, way to much but have noticed after a couple drinks i loose 60% of my hearing, my friends noticed too. i actually watch tv in closed caption after drinking i thought maybe it was because my blood presure was going up, but i have been on medicine for 7-8 years now to lower my blood pressure but still my hearing goes bad.i still can’t figure it out, doctors don’t know why.
Masenka said on February 5th, 2009 at 2:35 am:
Thanks for sharing your experience with us mike!