Diet and lifestyle

Eat a well balanced diet including plenty or fresh organic wholefoods such as fruit, vegetables, grains, seeds, nuts and the like.

Include plenty of garlic and onions each day in your meals.

Avoid processed and junk foods, white sugar and processed, refined carbohydrates. Have a look at this very interesting blog from a lady who has improved her hearing (amongst other things) by changing her diet ...... http://dawnshearingnow.blogspot.com/ ....... She mentions how eating wholefoods and cutting out sugar lead to a steady improvement in her hearing function and how she discovered that drastic blood sugar swings from poor diet choices can set up a 'pre-diabetic'  type condition which diminishes the sense of hearing.

Free radicals which form naturally as a by product of living are now known to damage hearing. The only protection is to eat plenty of foods that are rich in anti-oxidants which deactivate the free radicals. Foods rich in anti oxidants are fresh vegetables, fruit and plant based foods. Foods that increase free radical production are junky and processed, man made foods, smoking and alcohol.

Avoid adding salt to your foods and cooking. Salt has implications in diminished hearing. If you don't use salt for a week or so, you will begin to taste the natural saltiness in foods such as celery. If you cannot live without it try seasalt in tiny amounts.

Vitamins A, E, D and iron, manganese, potassium, zinc and Co enzyme Q have all been suggested as being deficient in people with hearing loss so eat plenty of foods that are rich in these nutrients. See also 'vitamins' and 'minerals' in the 'natural healing' section of the site for ideas on foods high in these nutrients.