Hearing Impairment in Type 2 Diabetics and Patients with Early Diabetic Nephropathy

Recently, the relationship between hearing impairment and diabetic nephropathy has aroused attention.Aim and methods.The study was to investigate the hearing function in subjects with non-diabetic nephropathy and diabetic nephropathy and analyze related clinical indexes of hearing impairment. We assessed the hearing function of 30 diabetics (DM group), 30 patients with early diabetic nephropathy (DN group) and 30 healthy subjects (NC group) using pure-tone audiometry, otoacoustic emissions, electronystagmography, caloric test and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP).
Source: Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Source Type: research