Wine News: Red wine may fight deafness, hearing loss

"Moderate consumption of red wine or aspirin may fight deafness and hearing loss caused by loud noise or intake of certain antibiotics, say scientists.

The delicate hairs of the inner ear, which are vital for hearing, can be damaged by the oxygen free radicals produced by normal cellular processes throughout life or in response to loud noise and exposure to antibiotics, reported the online edition of New Scientist.

Jochen Schacht of the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor and his colleagues used salicylate to try to prevent damage to the hair cells in patients' ears caused by gentamicin - a powerful antibiotic often used to treat severe, acute ear infections."

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