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Hearing loss strongly linked to diabetes
17 Jun 2008
People who suffer from diabetes are more likely to experience hearing loss than those who do not have the disease, a new study has found.
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health indicated that hearing loss is twice as common in adult diabetes patients as in non-diabetics.
According to the findings, hearing impairment of low or mid-frequency sound was around 21 per cent in 399 adults with diabetes compared to approximately nine per cent in 4,741 adults without the disease.
Mild or greater hearing impairment of high frequency sounds was 54 per cent in those with diabetes compared to 32 per cent in those who did not have diabetes.
Senior author of the report Dr Catherine Cowie, of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, said: "Hearing loss may be an under-recognised complication of diabetes. As diabetes becomes more common, the disease may become a more significant contributor to hearing loss.
"Our study found a strong and consistent link between hearing impairment and diabetes using a number of different outcomes."
In addition, the study revealed that adults with high blood glucose levels, high enough to be considered as pre-diabetes demonstrated a 30 per cent higher rate of hearing loss compared to those with normal blood sugar results.
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