The timeless account of
the first chiropractic adjustment by DD Palmer, the founder of chiropractic, involves
the hearing return of a deaf janitor after spinal manipulation.
(1) Fascinating! Today’s research studies
help explain and confirm the connection
of hearing and cervical spine pain issues. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation hears reports
of improvement in Carrolltown chiropractic patients for seemingly unrelated things that brought them
into Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation for chiropractic care. Patients are elated!
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is ecstatic for them. Let us reflect
on this side-effect of hearing loss improvement after
chiropractic spinal manipulation.
THE HEARING AND CERVICAL SPINE CONNECTION
Hearing loss is not that unusual with
cervical spine issues. The connection
of cervical spine and hearing has been presented in
the medical literature for years and years. In
1994, one author presented an idea of the
existence of a “vertebragenic hearing disorder” that accompanies
with tinnitus, a feeling of ear pressure, otalgia and deafness due to
functional deficit of the upper cervical spine. He tied conditions
like cervical vertigo and hearing disorders in 15% of patients with cervical
spine issues and hearing losses of 5 to 25 decibels in 40% of them. (2)
Carrolltown chiropractic patients recount such problems
on occasion, so Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is not shocked
at all.
Cervical spine issues can affect ear vessels and/or nerves causing hearing loss, vertigo or tinnitus. Cervical spine
injuries can cause pain and limits in range of motion. The
likelihood of hearing loss in patients with limited
left rotation ability is high. Such hearing loss after a cervical spine injury
is more common in men. (3) Additionally, there is indication
of interaction between the somatosensory and auditory brainstem structures, a
pathway connecting the cervical spine to hearing function.
Researchers are working to define the
pathway and understand better how spinal nerves like those of C2 (the second
cervical spine segment) have an effect on auditory responses (hearing).
They have discovered projections from C2 dorsal root ganglion extending
to the cochlear nucleus. (4) Patients who have Kimmerle’s anomaly – an
anatomical modification of the first cervical segment (C1) – often
suffer with chronic tension-type headaches and
neurosensory-type hearing loss. (5) What does this indicate about the
connection between hearing and the cervical spine? A connection. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
considers this when treating Carrolltown cervical spine pain
patients with a hearing loss or deficit.
CHIROPRACTIC HELP FOR Carrolltown HEARING LOSS
RELATED TO CERVICAL SPINE ISSUES
Since that first chiropractic adjustment in 1895,
chiropractic has recorded improvement for more cases of hearing issues. A study of 90 patients who experienced cervicogenic
sudden hearing loss reported that those who had
chiropractic treatment in addition to routine medical care bettered
their hearing and alleviated their neck pain effectively
after 10 days of care. (6) A case of hearing loss and tinnitus linked
to cervicogenic neck pain in a female patient whose hearing and tinnitus
were improved after undergoing chiropractic spinal manipulation
treatment. On a scale of 0 (no problem) to 10 (complete impairment), she rated
her problems a 7 at the beginning of care and a 1 at
the end of 5 months of care. An audiogram was normal, too. (7)
These are gratifying outcomes that Carrolltown
hearing loss patients could embrace! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is up
for the chance to help!
CONSIDER Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation FOR RELIEF
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about how Cox Technic relieves cervical spine related
neck pain and shoulder pain.
Schedule a Carrolltown chiropractic visit
to experience how Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation may help ease
cervical spine issues, neck pain and even potentially
cervical spine related hearing loss.
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