N-Acetyl Cysteine and Reduced Temporary Hearing Loss

• Treatment of military acoustic accidents with N-Acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC).

  • 2019-01-17
  • Observational
  • International journal of audiology 58(3)
  • • Ulf Rosenhall
    • Björn Skoog
    • Per Muhr

  • PubMed: 30653365
  • DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2018.1543961

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Temporary Hearing Loss

  • Low evidence
  • Clinical

  The risk reduction to get a temporary hearing loss (TTS), affecting one or both ears was 39% (significant) in the NAC group.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  400 mg