Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Mellitus
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Diabetes Mellitus
Reference:  Joshi, K. D., Galagali, J. R. & Singh, S. K. (2017). A study on effects of diabetes mellitus on auditory system. Romanian Journal of Diabetes Nutrition & Metabolic Diseases 24(1), 49-55. DOI: 10.1515/rjdnmd-2017-0006
Summary:  This article presents the results of a study to determine the link between diabetes and auditory dysfunction. In fact, it intended to evaluate the importance of audiological investigation and clinical examination as sensitive indicators of auditory dysfunction in persons with diabetes. The study was galvanized by the fact that although diabetics report auditory dysfunctions, identifying them is a problematic issue. The concern is that routine audiological tests and clinical tools are yet to facilitate early detection of auditory complications resultant from diabetes. To collect primary data, the study applied a descriptive approach that recruited 200 participants who included 100 non-diabetics and 100 diabetics. The participants were then subjected to clinical ontological exams that included pure tone and free-field hearing audiometry. The collected primary data was then subjected to statistical analysis that determined the correlation between age, diabetes and auditory dysfunction with a 10% error margin. The results determined that free field hearing progressively declined with age and duration of diabetes illness. In addition, age was a factor in pure tone thresholds…