Frequency Of Sensory Neural Hearing Loss In Type 2 Diabetic Patients: An Experience From A Tertiary Level Hospital In Kashmir

Dr Raj Tajamul Hussain; Dr Kiran Bala; Dr Roopakshi Pathania; Dr Mariya Ali; Prof. Rauf Ahmad

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Frequency Of Sensory Neural Hearing Loss In Type 2 Diabetic Patients: An Experience From A Tertiary Level Hospital In Kashmir

Dr Raj Tajamul Hussain, Dr Kiran Bala, Dr Roopakshi Pathania, Dr Mariya Ali, Prof. Rauf Ahmad

Abstract :

AIM: The association between diabetes and sensorineural heå loos has been contentious and arguable since a long time. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of heå loss in type 2 diabetics and to establish a relationship between gender, duration and glycaemic control.STUDY TYPE: Descriptive Cross sectional. MATERIAL AND METHOD: This study was done at Govt. Medical College, Srinagar for duration of 6 months. This study involved 136 patients, who were subjected to pure tone audiometry and evaluation of fasting blood sugar and glycosylated haemoglobin. The prevalence of sensorineural heå loss with relation to gender, duration and glycaemic control was analysed .RESULTS: A prevalence of sensorineural heå loss was found in 63.23% of type 2 diabetic patients. Duration of diabetes and long term glycaemic control had a telling effect on the heå threshold of the subjects. CONCLUSION: The heå threshold is increased in type 2 diabetics mainly in the higher frequencies. The glycaemic status and duration of diabetes had significant correlation with heå loss. This study emphasized to do audiometry test for all diabetics in order to recognize this complication.