Coenzyme Q10 helps improve age-related hearing loss

A paper recently published in the journal Acta Oto-laryngologica gives evidence that coenzyme Q10 can actually improve presbycusis (age-related hearing loss).

"The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficiency and applicability of a water-soluble formulation of CoQ10 (Q-TER®) in subjects with presbycusis."

The study subjects were divided into three cohorts:

"Group A underwent therapy with Q-TER®, 160 mg, once a day for 30 days; group B underwent therapy with vitamin E (50 mg), once a day for 30 days; group C received placebo, once a day for 30 days. Before and at the end of the treatment, all patients underwent pure tone audiometry, transient evoked otoacoustic emissions, otoacoustic products of distortion, auditory brainstem response, and speech audiometry."

As expected group C showed now change. Compared to the vitamin E group, the coenzyme group A...

"...showed a significant improvement of the air and bone thresholds at the 1000 (14/20 vs 9/20), 2000 (14/20 vs 7/20), 4000 (15/20 vs 6/20), and 8000 Hz (13/20 vs 5/20)."

There are a number of other potential benefits from taking coenzyme Q10. This evidence suggests it may be well worth trying for age-related hearing loss.