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Article: Sudden hearing loss 'can indicate future stroke risk'.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- June 28, 2008
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Sudden hearing loss 'can indicate future stroke risk'
New York, Jun 28 (PTI) -- It's a study which may come as a shocker to your ears -- sudden loss of hearing can indicate the risk of a heart stroke later in life.
Researchers have based their findings on an analysis of five-year follow-up data on 1,423 patients in Taiwan, who were hospitalised for an acute episode of sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
The study showed they were more than one-and-a-half times more likely to suffer a stroke than a control group of 5,692 patients who had been hospitalised for an appendectomy, the 'Stroke' journal reported.
According to lead researcher ...