It was claimed yesterday that loss of hearing caused either due to age or by loud noise may be reduced by the antioxidants which are present in red wine, green tea and asprin. The research also  suggested that the compounds which they contain could help to protect the delicate hair present in the inner ear which  are useful to hearing. Destructive chemical agents (known as oxygen-free radicals) which are produced by normal cell processes and also in response  to loud noises or in exposure to powerful antibiotics could damage the hairs. The antioxidants (like resveratrol) found in the red wine, green tea or salicylate which is found in asprin could neutralise the hairs.
Scientists in United States took a test using salicylate on patients ear so as to prevent damage to the hair cells and the result showed that only 3 percent patients were affected by loss of hearing who were given gentamicin as well as asprin for acute ear infection.
"That's a 75 percent reduction in texicity to the ear," said Dr Jochen Schacht,of the university of Michigan Medical School.
The evidence also showed that we could get the same affect by eating other food, which are rich on antioxidants.