Assessment of hearing in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To evaluate auditory function in a group of Egyptian type 1 diabetic children.

Methods: This was a cross sectional observational study, which included 40 patients with type 1 diabetes and 40 controls. HbA1, urinary albumin/creatinine ratio, and auditory assessments (including dizziness questionnaire, pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry, tympanometry, and auto-acoustic cochlear emission) were completed for all patients and controls.