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Anyone noticed the need to lower hearing aid volume after low carb eating?

GaleHawkins
GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
I have to use a remote to change the level on the Phonak aids I got over a year ago. At that time I had the clinic to set the volume so it was easy for me to hear. Paper and gravel could produce some strong sounds but I got use to those sounds.

Before the start of a movie I would raise the volume by three clicks so I could hear the soft voices. Last night I did not increase the volume and I heard just fine. Two Sundays ago I did not have my remote with me and wound up taking my hearing aids out. Last Sunday I lowered the volume by 2-3 clicks and was OK.

I have not been back for a hearing test so I can not call this an objective hearing improvement or where if it is real where it will last long term.

I did find the below and have been doing them all and more as I am testing different cancer prevention/treatment protocols.

diabeteslibrary.org/View.aspx?url=Prevent_and_Even_Reverse_Age-Related_Hearing_Loss

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  • GrannyMayOz
    GrannyMayOz Posts: 1,051 Member
    edited April 2015
    My husband (was 60 last November) says that he thinks his answer is yes. He had a hearing test 2 weeks ago. The last one was 2 years prior, and his hearing has hardly changed, which would have seemed rather odd otherwise, it had been going downhill steadily before. He's not diabetic; in fact has full health, so medication can't be given any credit; only the diet has changed.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    That sounds good. If he retests in 2 years please post the results. My general health has improved and others mention that. I have been told I have lost more weight but that is not factual per the scales but my pot belly has decreased in size a bit. It has been months since I lost my balance and fell but it was winter when I was out less but was on snow a lot this past winter.
  • GrannyMayOz
    GrannyMayOz Posts: 1,051 Member
    I'll try to remember Gale. I have vestibular disorder so I can talk to you about that. My balance, and stability has increased markedly with this WOE. When I stand on the bathroom scales I always used to move - being nose to nose with the wall I always noticed it my whole adult life. Now I stand there and I'm rock solid. It was so strange when I noticed that, and I'd only been LC for a few weeks when that happened.

    And yes, I've only lost a little over 5 kgs (12 lbs) since 23rd January, but I can see bones and body definition that I didn't see when I was 10 kgs lighter still with CICO or as a raw vegan. This WOE is truly amazing for health and fat loss! I'm so pleased you are seeing such a difference, and particularly in the important area of balance - though belly loss is fantastic too!
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    Now I can just step on the scales and get a quick read. Before I had to hold to something when stepping on the scales plus it was hard to read because my belly was in the way. Now that I am moving faster I was concerned I might fall more but it seems being able to move quicker helps with the balance or ability to counter balance faster.
  • GrannyMayOz
    GrannyMayOz Posts: 1,051 Member
    I'm so pleased for you Gale - on both counts - balance and belly. It's so exciting to see our bodies (and those of our friends) improving. And I know how you feel with getting more stability. It's such an emotional relief to be able to trust our balance more, though I guess we'll always use more caution than 'most people'. I still don't like walking on uneven ground or in underlit situations, but I've tripped a couple of times since being LC and managed to save myself, something I'd never done before. If I tripped in the past I always landed in a heap on the floor.

    Sugar and grains have a lot to answer to!
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    It is funny but yes I think I have noticed that. I dont have hearing aids. But I have noticed and my SO has commented that the TV is not as loud as it once was. I never thought to connect that to diet.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    I guess fat had my ears stopped up. :)

    From my research it seems typically death comes inch by inch as more of our systems fail with age. Death seems to be due to reaching the tipping point I guess. If in fact our 'systems' start working better it seems to me we are not actually reversing aging but may be able to reverse "premature" aging to a degree. If hearing is improving then heart, lungs, liver, etc may be improving as well.

    It will be interesting how we are doing 5 years down the road without carbs. I expect our health may improve until true aging catches up with us. I really hope to be able to be active 20 years down the road when I am 84. To be safe we still will need to be aware of physical/mental limitations and modify our activities especially when operating machines of any type.

    If anyone finds technical reasons of why/how our hearing may be improving a bit please share.
  • wabmester
    wabmester Posts: 2,748 Member
    GaleHawkins wrote: »
    If anyone finds technical reasons of why/how our hearing may be improving a bit please share.

    Has your blood pressure dropped since you started your diet?

    Two possible theories, both related to the Eustachian tubes. Both made up on the fly and with no supporting evidence whatsoever:

    1) Intracranial blood pressure can stuff up your Eustachian tubes. That seems to affect low-frequency hearing. This diet drops blood pressure by dumping sodium.

    2) It's also possible that you had some fungi living in your sinuses, including those housing the Eustachian tubes. Those fungi love sugar, so maybe you killed them. I had sinus clearing in the early stages of the diet.

    OK, here's a more likely theory:

    If you were diabetic or pre-diabetic, then you may have had nerve damage which is now being repaired.
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