My mom is almost completely deaf now, and I'm afraid the same thing is going to happen to me. It would be devastating to me, because I want to be a musician! I'm doing some research, but I thought I would ask on Yahoo too. My mom drinks alot of diet coke with aspartame, (Nutrasweet). That might have caused her deafness. At work I have been drinking too many soda's with aspartame, becuase there are no alternatives, and I'm diabetic, and water gets really boring after awhile. So I'm cutting down, but I want to find out what causes Tinnitus, and make sure that I prevent it. I also have fans blowing in my house because of the heat and I'm paranoid about it making me deaf, because my grandma's dog went deaf because of sticking it's head out the window.
2006-07-22 18:19:47 · 3 answers · asked by The Bible (gives Hope) 6 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
My mother started drinking diet coke with aspartrame in the '80's. She has always been a heavy drinker of diet coke. Her hearing started to fade away I believe at a much higher rate than normal hearing loss, unless she has been exposed to very loud noises that I don't know about. She's about 65 now, and her hearing is so bad that she has to read your lips most of the time, and it's very difficult to talk to her on the phone. I have read that aspartame caused this. Saccharin was controversial because they said it caused cancer in laboratory rats, but according to www.saccharin.org saccharin was removed from the cancer causing list by congress. But I've heard nightmare stories about Nutrasweet, and I may be seeing the results of this first hand. This is serious. My Mom can't hear! Why??
2006-07-24 17:43:05 · update #1
Tinnitus Mayo Clinic
2006-07-22 18:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by ~Sheila~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-10 21:45:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aspartame did NOT cause your mom's deafness.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp
2006-07-24 08:56:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋