Is type 1 diabetes mellitus a cause for subtle hearing loss in pediatric patients?

The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of IDDM on the function of the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the auditory cortex in child patients. Totally, 140 ears of 70 children with IDDM and 60 ears of 30 age and gender-matched healthy controls were included in the study. The ages of patients and controls ranged from 4 to 14 years.