PMID- 37355837
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230626
LR  - 20230626
IS  - 0004-5772 (Print)
IS  - 0004-5772 (Linking)
VI  - 71
IP  - 6
DP  - 2023 Jun
TI  - Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Association with 
      Severity of Diabetic Neuropathy and Glycemic Control.
PG  - 11-12
LID - 10.5005/japi-11001-0270 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the prevalence of hearing loss (HL) in patients 
      with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its relationship with the presence and 
      severity of diabetic neuropathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients between the ages 
      of 30 and 60 years (both ages inclusive) with T2DM were recruited and divided 
      into three groups. Group I included patients without neuropathy. Group II had 
      patients with mild neuropathy. Group III had patients with moderate and severe 
      neuropathy. After informed consent hearing threshold was assessed using pure tone 
      audiometry (PTA). RESULTS: Of the 200 patients recruited, the prevalence of HL 
      was overall 81%. The prevalence was 66.7% in group I, 80.9% in group II, and 
      87.6% in group III (p = 0.009). Among patients with moderate to severe neuropathy 
      (group III), 33.3% had clinically significant HL (CSHL) (p = 0.015). Age, gender, 
      presence of neuropathy, and severity of neuropathy were associated with an 
      increased risk of developing HL. CONCLUSION: Among patients with diabetes, age, 
      nephropathy, and neuropathy were associated with HL. The severity of HL worsened 
      with the worsening severity of neuropathy and increase in glycated hemoglobin 
      (Hba1c) levels. Patients with moderate to severe neuropathy might benefit from 
      screening for HL.
CI  - (c) Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 2011.
FAU - Abraham, Abin M
AU  - Abraham AM
AD  - Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine; Corresponding Author.
FAU - Jacob, Jubbin Jagan
AU  - Jacob JJ
AD  - Professor, Department of Endocrinology.
FAU - Varghese, Ashish
AU  - Varghese A
AD  - Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Christian Medical College and 
      Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - J Assoc Physicians India
JT  - The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
JID - 7505585
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Adult
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/epidemiology
MH  - *Diabetic Neuropathies/diagnosis/epidemiology/complications
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Glycemic Control/adverse effects
MH  - *Hearing Loss/diagnosis/epidemiology/etiology
EDAT- 2023/06/25 06:42
MHDA- 2023/06/26 06:41
CRDT- 2023/06/25 04:01
PHST- 2023/06/26 06:41 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/25 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/25 04:01 [entrez]
AID - 10.5005/japi-11001-0270 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Assoc Physicians India. 2023 Jun;71(6):11-12. doi: 10.5005/japi-11001-0270.