title: Auditory function in children with diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Fifty-one insulin-dependent diabetics and 13 nondiabetics between the ages of 8 and 21 years, without a history of exposure to noise, ototoxic drugs or ear disease, were evaluated to examine the relation between auditory function and diabetes, diabetic control and diabetic complications. Audiologic assessment included pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, impedance measures and brainstem evoked response audiometry. No statistically significant differences in auditory function were noted between insulin-dependent diabetics and normal controls, between the diabetics in good or poor control or between diabetics with or without neurologic or vascular complications.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications; D006309:Hearing; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin