Title |
Type 2 Diabetes and Hearing Impairment
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Published in |
Current Diabetes Reports, December 2015
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DOI | 10.1007/s11892-015-0696-0 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Elizabeth Purchase Helzner, Kevin J. Contrera |
Abstract |
Hearing impairment (HI) and type 2 diabetes are both highly prevalent disabling conditions. Type 2 diabetes has been modestly associated with a higher likelihood of HI in many, but not all, population-based studies, with stronger associations found in studies that included younger age groups. Pathophysiologic studies suggest that persons with diabetes are predisposed to HI in the higher frequencies. Proposed mechanisms underlying the association between diabetes and HI include the combined contributions of hyperglycemia and oxidative stress to cochlear microangiopathy and auditory neuropathy. In this review, we highlight recent population-based studies of type 2 diabetes and HI and examine evidence for diabetes-induced pathophysiologic changes that may result in damage to the auditory system. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
India | 1 | 1% |
Sweden | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 77 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Bachelor | 10 | 13% |
Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 10% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 9% |
Student > Master | 7 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 9% |
Other | 18 | 23% |
Unknown | 22 | 28% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 43% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 9% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 5% |
Engineering | 2 | 3% |
Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
Other | 5 | 6% |
Unknown | 25 | 32% |