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Written By: Agencies | Published : December 27, 2014 11:52 AM IST
Washington, Dec 27: Adults with HIV may have poorer hearing than those who are not infected with the disease, a US study said Friday. Peter Torre III of San Diego State University, California, and colleagues evaluated the hearing capacity of 262 men, of whom 117 were HIV positive, and 134 women, of whom 105 were infected with the disease, to determine if HIV and antiretroviral therapy are associated with hearing loss, Xinhua reported. (Read: 9 factors that increase your risk for HIV)
The men had an average age of 57 years and the women were of an average age of nearly 48. The study found that people with HIV tended to have worse lower and higher frequency hearing compared with those without HIV. The results, published in the US journal JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, were independent of long-term exposure to antiretroviral medications, HIV viral load, current count of CD4+ cells, the immune cells that HIV attacks and kills. (Read: Rapid HIV tests to detect ailment in 15-20 minutes!)
'To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate that HIV+ individuals have poorer hearing across the frequency range after many other factors known to affect hearing have been controlled for,' the study concluded. (Read: Can Facebook, Twitter prevent HIV spread?)
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