Hearing loss in patients with diabetes mellitus Ranong hospital.

Abstract

This study aims to establish the hearing threshold and to determine the effects of other clinical aspects in diabetic patients on sensorineural hearing loss .The data were analyzed by means of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, compared t-test and the chi-square. Hospital based diabetic registry was
carried out in Diabetic Clinic at Ranong Hospital. Hearing thresholds of 105 diabetic patients and 105 healthy control with age and sex matched were compared. The patient’s age was not more than 60 years old in all cases. Data were collected from February 1 to March 31, 2018.
The study found that the diabetic patients had hearing threshold worse than normal patients at all frequencies (p value <=0.001). Hearing threshold was associated to age of the diabetic patients ( p value <= 0.05) but hearing threshold was not associated to gender, body mass index, blood sugar (FBS) , HbA1c , creatinine and glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). The Hearing Loss sholud be considered as one of the complications of diabetes mellitus. The diabetic pateints should get a hearing test at the beginning of the diagnosis and every period of 6 months . In addition, systematic surveillance with annually hearing evaluation in diabetic patients may prevent further disability.