Alteration of auditory function in type 2 diabetic and pre-diabetic patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Diabetes is associated with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, especially at high frequencies. While pre-diabetes is not necessarily associated with significant hearing loss, there may be cochlear malfunction, as indicated by DPOAEs. Thus, patients with pre-diabetes who have tinnitus may benefit from DPOAEs and PTA tests.
PMID: 29347860 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Li J, Zhang Y, Fu X, Bi J, Li Y, Liu B, Zhang L Tags: Acta Otolaryngol Source Type: research
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