Study shows mild auditory and vestibular dysfunctions in type 2 diabetes patients

Navid Nourizadeh, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, and colleagues, therefore, aimed to evaluate the auditory and vestibular function of diabetic patients and compare the results with those of a healthy adult control group. 

For the study, the patients were asked to complete a demographic characteristics form. The researchers also performed fasting blood sugar and hemoglobin A1C tests. Both the patients and control group were evaluated using several auditory and vestibular tests including, the video Head Impulse Test (v-HIT), Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA), ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (o-VEMP), and cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (c-VEMP). 

"The results of the present study suggest that there is an association between diabetes and auditory and vestibular dysfunctions," the authors wrote. "Patients with type two diabetes mellitus were suffering from mild auditory and vestibular dysfunctions compared to those in the healthy control group."

Reference:

Nourizadeh N, Jahani M, Jafarzadeh S. Auditory and Vestibular Assessment of Patients with Type Two Diabetes Mellitus: A Case-Control Study. Iran J Otorhinolaryngol. 2021;33(118):263-269. doi:10.22038/ijorl.2021.55334.2899