著者

高橋 正紘

出版者

Japan Otological Society

雑誌

Otology Japan (ISSN:09172025)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.18, no.2, pp.126-130, 2008-05-25 (Released:2011-06-17)

参考文献数

19

被引用文献数

3

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Patients with Meniere's disease who suffer for long, rarely show complete recovery of advanced hearing loss. I reported a 67-year-old patient with a history of 24 years, whose 60 dB hearing loss lasting for 8 years was cured by continuous aerobic exercise. From the start of exercise, it took 4 months to the beginning of recovery and 7 months till normal hearing, respectively. Although the hearing temporarily became worse when he caught cold and stopped exercise for three weeks, it recovered completely to normal hearing 4 months later, and tinnitus disappeared. This state has been preserved for 8 months. I presumed that aerobic exercise increased local blood flow and prompted restoring processes of the inner ear function.