Association of Dietary Factors with Presence and Severity of Tinnitus in a Middle-Aged UK Population

Abby McCormack; Mark Edmondson-Jones; Duane Mellor; Piers Dawes; Kevin J. Munro; David R. Moore; Heather Fortnum

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114711

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Association of Dietary Factors with Presence and Severity of Tinnitus in a Middle-Aged UK Population

Abby McCormack,

Affiliations NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit, Ropewalk House, 113 The Ropewalk, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Otology and Hearing group, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, MRC Institute of Hearing Research, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Mark Edmondson-Jones ,

* E-mail: mark.edmondson-jones@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliations NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit, Ropewalk House, 113 The Ropewalk, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Otology and Hearing group, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Duane Mellor,

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Piers Dawes,

Affiliation School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Kevin J. Munro,

Affiliations School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
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David R. Moore,

Affiliation Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Heather Fortnum

Affiliations NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit, Ropewalk House, 113 The Ropewalk, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Otology and Hearing group, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Association of Dietary Factors with Presence and Severity of Tinnitus in a Middle-Aged UK Population

Abby McCormack,
Mark Edmondson-Jones,
Duane Mellor,
Piers Dawes,
Kevin J. Munro,
David R. Moore,
Heather Fortnum

Published: December 12, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114711

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Sodium intake

Posted by jgreenhut on 26 Dec 2014 at 01:44 GMT

Have you examined the association between sodium intake and tinnitus? My personal experience has been that tinnitus worsens with increased dietary sodium.

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