Short report
Increased prevalence of impaired hearing in patients with type 2 diabetes in western India
A S Kashyapa, S Kashyapb
a Department
of Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040, India, b Cardiothoracic Centre, Goliban Maidan,
Pune 411040, India
Submitted 1 June 1999;
Accepted 14 June
1999
In an out-patient study of 1344 general medical patients over
50 years old in India, the prevalence of hearing aid use was found to
be significantly greater in type 2 diabetics.
Keywords: diabetes; deafness; India
© 2000 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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