“AUDIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF HEARING LOSS IN PATIENTS HAVING TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS & ITS CORRELATION WITH DURATION OF DISEASE.”
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Aim: To study the influence of duration of NIDDM on hearing loss and its association with HBA1c levels.
Materials and Methods: 50 patients including Male and Female from 25 – 75 years attending ENT OPD, at Index Medical College with complain of hearing loss and were diagnosed cases of type-2 diabetes mellitus (NIDDM, Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus) (with or without treatment) were evaluated audiologically. These patients will undergo ENT
examination, Further the patients were advised Pure Tone Audiometry & HbA1c.
Results: The results of the present study showed that patients having longer duration and higher levels of HbA1c had more degree of hearing loss.
Conclusion: Hearing loss was significantly higher in diabetic patients who had long history of diabetes and is also more common in patients with uncontrolled blood sugar levels
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Dr. Navin Agrawal
Professor & HOD, Department of ENT, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Indore (MP)
Dr. Sanjay K. Gupta
Professor, Department of ENT, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Indore (MP)Dr. Harsh Dudhat
PG Resident 3, Department of ENT, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Indore (MP)Dr. Akshita Bhargava
PG Resident 3, Department of ENT, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Indore (MP)Dr. Stuti Saraswat
PG Resident 3, Department of ENT, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Indore (MP)
Dr. Rishi Mahor
PG Resident 3, Department of ENT, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Indore (MP)
Dr. Arsh Jodhawat
PG Resident 2, Department of ENT, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Indore (MP)Dr. Vidyanand Shukla
PG Resident 2, Department of ENT, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Indore (MP)Dr. Isha Shriwastav
PG Resident 2, Department of ENT, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Indore (MP)