Does dyslipidemia worsen the hearing level in diabetics?

J Otol

Dept of Medicine, KSHEMA, Nitte University, Mangalore 575018, India.

Published: December 2017

Objective: To identify the effect of dyslipidemia on auditory function detected by Pure Tone Audiometry. To check if dyslipidemia worsens the hearing level in diabetics.

Design: This was a comparative study where 120 subjects between the age group of 20 and 50 years underwent pure tone audiometry, lipid profile and blood sugars. Group 1 consisted of 30 subjects with type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia; Group 2 had 30 subjects with isolated diabetes; Group 3 had 30 with isolated dyslipidemia and Group 4 included 30 normal subjects as control.

Results: Significant hearing loss was seen only in the group with isolated diabetes (63%). The most common type of hearing loss was high frequency sensorineural hearing loss. When comparison was made between the combinations of different lipid profiles, no association was found to the level of hearing.

Conclusions: Diabetics are more prone to high frequency hearing loss. Altered lipid profile has no role in causing hearing loss.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6002627PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joto.2017.07.003DOI Listing

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