My Health everyday: Diabetes may be linked to hearing loss

samedi 8 octobre 2011

Diabetes may be linked to hearing loss

According to the analysis of 13 studies in Tsukuba University Hospital, Japan disease of diabetes may be linked to hearing loss, it was shown that hearing loss is more common in people with diabetes more than twice, but the study did not prove cause or effect.
Previous studies have linked diabetes with hearing loss, but no one knows how high the risk.
The researchers say it's a good idea for people with diabetes do routine checks of hearing just as checking the eyes and kidneys.
The researchers collected results of 13 studies involving about 8,800 people, hearing disability, and 23 839 without a hearing disability. The new study says that people with diabetes are more likely to have mild hearing loss by 2.3 times (a problem not heard the words and talk a normal voice for a distance of more than 3 feet). The researchers believe that damage to blood vessels is the main culprit for the link between hearing loss, diabetes, high Levels of sugar in the blood, which is characterized by patients with diabetes over time may damage the small blood vessels in the inner ear, making it difficult hearing. 

 

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