Smoking damages hearing.

The study by the University of Antwerp in Belgium was conducted on 4,000 men and women aged 53 to 67. These individuals were examined for hearing, lifestyle, and workplace.

The study has shown that people have a higher ability to perceive high-frequency sounds.smokeAnd obesity causes significant damage: "Hearing impairment is directly proportional to the level of smoking and body mass index. It will worsen if you smoke continuously for more than a year. Furthermore, unlike other parts of the body, once damaged, it is irreversible."

Smoking damages hearing. (Image: Internet)

Researchers say that smoking and obesity disrupt blood flow to the ears, causing oxygen deprivation, and also prevent the removal of toxic waste products from the ears, thus damaging hearing.

The anti-smoking campaign for health believes this will serve as a warning to young smokers: "Many young people think they will quit smoking when they get older and escape related diseases. But in some cases, the effects of smoking have already occurred and cannot be reversed."

A 2013 study showed that passive smoking and inhaling smoke contribute to the effects of secondhand smoke.cigaretteSensorineural hearing loss causes mild sensorineural hearing loss in children aged 5-11 years. Sensorineural hearing loss is related to damage to the lining of hair cells in the cochlea or damage to the auditory nerve. Unlike hearing loss related to the outer or middle ear, sensorineural hearing loss is severe damage and is currently untreatable.

Numerous hazardous chemicals in cigarette smoke, including formaldehyde, benzene, arsenic, vinyl chloride, ammonia, and hydrogen cyanide, can affect both conductive hearing (middle ear vibrations) and inner ear hearing by damaging the arrangement of hair cells in the cochlea. Hearing loss related to smoking depends on the number of cigarettes smoked.