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Diabetes and Hearing Loss

carnabychick

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Location
Leicestershire
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Insulin
HI i have been for a hearing test at my doctors and have to go for more indepth one as my hearing is terrible, i struggle to hear people talking in groups or anywhere if theres background noise and its been like this for years

Anyways my question is, is this common with diabetics, does anyone else have similar problems with their hearing and if so what treatment /advice where they given

Thx
 
Deafness is a very common feature (75%) of the weird form of diabetes that I have - maternally inherited diabetes and deafness syndrome http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/maternally-inherited-diabetes-and-deafness. It might be worth asking your GP/consultant to test for it. But of course deafness is a problem whether or not it's related to your diabetes, so it's a good thing you're getting it checked out. You can get excellent nearly-invisible hearing aids on the NHS these days if you need one.

Good luck with the tests.
Kate
 

Hi Kate thx for replying, ive got my test at 3 today so will update later and will have a look into the link you have sent

Thx

Shirl
 
arubansurf said:
I have poor hearing but only found out I am at risk or prediabetic. This seems to be connected.
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well the good news is don't need a hearing aid, however my test did show i cant hear high pitches but apparently it may be just age related (i'm only 45!!) so have to go back now every 3 years
 
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