According to a new study, smokers who weigh more have a greater chance of losing their hearing. This study goes on to say that loss of hearing can cause a person to become depressed and they may experience financial losses.
Hearing loss is usually attributed to repeatedly being exposed to loud noises. However, Antwerp University released a study which proved that obesity and smoking are also huge factors in hearing loss.
"If you are obese or if you are a smoker and you're also around loud noise, you're even more at risk for hearing loss," Jace Wolfe, Oklahoma City audiologist said.
Smoking and obesity have the same kind of impact on the ears as they would on any other part of the body. Smokers and people who are overweight have a poor flow of blood to the ears, which is why they cannot remove the toxic elements from their ears, and this in turn impairs hearing.
Wolfe said, "If you are overweight and a smoker, your cardiovascular function is not going to be as good as if you don't do these things."
The reasoning behind this study is quite logical, but there are many levels of obesity, just as there are smokers who smoke a couple packs a day and some who only smoke a couple of cigarettes.
[Via: newsok.com]
