Key result
T2DM is linked to more severe sensorineural hearing loss, progressing with age and disease duration.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to assess whether patients with NIDDM have a higher incidence of sensorineural hearing loss.
Does NIDDM increase the incidence of sensorineural hearing loss compared to healthy individuals?
Cross-Sectional (n=100)
No
Does NIDDM increase the incidence of sensorineural hearing loss compared to healthy individuals?
Patients with NIDDM have a significantly higher degree of hearing loss compared to healthy individuals, which worsens with increasing age.
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May warrant hearing screening in T2DM; leaves open causality pending longitudinal studies.
Aim: To assess whether patients of NIDDM have a higher incidence of sensorineural hearing loss.Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted included 100 participants such that 50 were diabetics and another werenondiabetics. Pure Tone Audiometry was performed on the patient, and the results were assessed by comparing them to the patient'sdiabetes duration. The IBM SPSS version 20 software was used for all data analysis. The tables were created using cross tabulation andfrequency distribution.Results: On comparing the degree of hearing loss between both the groups and the mean hearing threshold of both the ears with durationof diabetes it was found that distribution of degree of hearing loss between the cases and control was significantly different.Conclusion: The study concluded that age had the direct association with the pure tone threshold level which means by increasing theage of the diabetes patients, hearing loss also increases as revealed by the significant p value of <0. 005.
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Agrawal et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) (n=100). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus vs. Non-diabetic healthy individuals was evaluated on Degree of hearing loss (Left ear) (p=<0.001). Type 2 diabetes mellitus was associated with a significantly higher severity of sensorineural hearing loss compared to healthy controls, which worsened with increasing age and disease duration.
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