ArticleMaedica2020
Prevalence of Hearing Disorders among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with and without Vitamin D Deficiency.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hearing Loss: A Prisma Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Association between Vitamin D Level and Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Serum homocysteine is a biomarker for hearing loss associated with or without cardiovascular risk: a cross-sectional study in men.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamins DFrontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Sensorineural Hearing Impairment Among Patients with T2DM in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022: A Multi-Centered Cross-Sectional Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024Article
- Diabetes mellitus and hearing loss.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Review
- Management evaluation of patients with chronic suppurative otitis media: A retrospective study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Most of the previous studies have marked hearing loss as another complication of diabetes mellitus, while some other authors had different ideas. The relation between diabetes mellitus and sensorineural hearing loss has been under investigation for a century. However, it has remained controversial. Changing in the metabolism of glucose alters inner ear function and leads to hearing and vestibular disorders. We performed a study on type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D insufficiency and with normal levels of vitamin D in an attempt to find out the prevalence of hearing loss among them. Prevalence of hearing loss was significantly higher in the group with vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency based on X2 test. Results showed that diabetic patients with abnormal levels of vitamin D had a higher risk to develop hearing loss compared to those with normal levels. There was a significant difference between subjects with normal and abnormal levels of vitamin D in terms of hearing loss degree based on the X2 test. In general, hearing loss was more prevalent in patients with abnormal levels of vitamin D, the severity of the loss mostly including slight and mild degrees. The results of the present study suggest that abnormal levels of vitamin D may be associated with a higher risk of hearing loss.
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