title: Audiometric configuration as a reflection of low plasma glucose and diabetes.
abstract: Forty-five subjects with a rising, progressively improving (RPI) audiometric pattern were considered for a 5-hour oral-glucose tolerance test. Results revealed that 2 nondiabetic subjects (4%) had a plasma glucose nadir of 49 mg/dl or lower and 7 nondiabetic subjects had a nadir between 50 and 57 mg/dl. A total of 21% of 42 subjects with data indicated abnormally low readings. An additional 7 subjects were found to be diabetic; 5 subjects had impaired glucose tolerance, and 9 other subjects had nondiagnostic glucose intolerance, totalling 47% of 45 subjects in the study with abnormally elevated plasma glucose levels. Therefore a total of approximately 68% of all subjects in our study indicated metabolic dysfunction based specifically on a RPI pattern.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Audiology and Speech Pathology Service, Sepulveda, California.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Carmen
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Svihovec
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Gocka
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: House
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001299:Audiometry; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose