Is Diabetes Associated With Poorer Hearing?
A systematic review of the literature on diabetes, its potential impacts on hearing loss, and a...
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Diabetes, The Audiology Project, Hearing Screenings, and More: An Interview with Kathy Dowd, AuD
Kathy Dowd, AuD, provides an update on what we know about diabetes and hearing loss, as well as her and colleagues’ advocacy efforts to inform consumers, hearing care professionals, and medical professionals about this important topic.
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Diabetes and Hearing Loss
Researchers examining the link between hearing loss and lifestyle factors believe that hearing healthcare has an important role in diabetes care and management. And now the American Diabetes Association, the CDC, and others are starting to agree…
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Hearing Loss, Diabetes Linked to Poorer Cognitive Ability
Diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias. More recently, hearing loss has also been linked to increased risk for AD.
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Hearing Loss Recognized in American Diabetes Association’s Standards of Medical Care
The American Diabetes Association has recognized hearing loss as being more common in people with diabetes, and added audiology to its table on referrals for initial diabetes care management in its recent updated “Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2021” published in the January 2021 edition of Diabetes Care, the organization’s professional magazine.
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Research Shows Link Between Type 2 Diabetes, Alzheimer’s Disease
“A diet that is rich in fat and sugar, ie, the typical Western diet, is known to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, and this way, it possibly also contributes to the development of AD,” said Professor Heikki Tanila from the A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland.
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Diabetes and Hearing Loss
Researchers examining the link between hearing loss and lifestyle factors believe that hearing healthcare can play an important role in diabetes management.
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Solera Launches Diabetes Prevention Program in ASL
Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE), located within the Kansas City metropolitan region, is offering the DPP lifestyle change program in ASL to bridge the language gap that can traditionally hamper efforts to provide health-related services to the hearing-impaired community.
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New Evidence Confirms Diabetes Can Damage Hearing
A review of studies by researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center into possible links between diabetes and hearing loss concludes there is evidence that diabetes can damage hearing, and that clinicians should include hearing testing in managing type 2 diabetes.
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Annual Audiological Evaluations Should Be Mandatory for Patients with Diabetes
Early diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss or listening related problems could help in providing better quality of life for individuals with diabetes mellitus. Annual audiological evaluations—which include testing of the peripheral as well as central auditory system—should be added to the list of routine or “standard of care” medical exams.
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November Is American Diabetes Month
For American Diabetes Month and World Diabetes Day on November 14, BHI is raising awareness of the link between diabetes and hearing loss, and urging healthcare professionals and people with diabetes to include hearing tests as part of an annual care regimen. To help spread the word, BHI has created a press release that can be adapted and shared by hearing care practitioners.
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Diabetes Affects Hearing, Blood Flow to Ears
This November 3, 2015 guest blog post originally appeared on audiologist Molly Wigall’s “Let’s Talk About Hearing!” blog, which reminds us that November is National Diabetes Month, and highlights the connection between diabetes and hearing loss.
Read MoreFive Sneaky Symptoms Could be Normal Signs of Aging—or Diabetes
But before you write off certain symptoms, like hearing loss as a normal part of getting older, be forewarned that they actually might be indicators of Diabetes.
Read MoreGet Your Hearing Checked for American Diabetes Association Alert Day, BHI Urges
Hearing loss is about twice as common in people with diabetes, so the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging people with diabetes to get their hearing checked and to make it a routine part of the their diabetes care and management.
Read MoreSonus Launches PSA Campaign with American Diabetes Association
In conjunction with Better Speech and Hearing Month, Sonus and the American Diabetes Association (ADA), have launched a video public services announcement (PSA) to inform individuals about the link between hearing loss and diabetes.
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