Diabetes mellitus is usually accompanied by complications. Is auditory impairment one of them? Auditory impairment is associated with several factors, such as genetics, infectious diseases, noise exposure or exposure to ototoxic drugs. Can diabetes mellitus be also one of the reasons? This article reviews some of the studies to understand the association of auditory impairment in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with many complications, such as neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy, cardiovascular complications etc. But there are only a few kinds of literature available which associate hearing problems with diabetes. There is also a debate on the frequencies involved in hearing impairment. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) reported that there is higher prevalence of hearing impairment with high-frequency as compared to…
