Increased prevalence of impaired hearing in patients with type 2 diabetes in western India.
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.
Kashyap
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Department of Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040, India.
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D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D003638:Deafness / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence