title: Increased prevalence of impaired hearing in patients with type 2 diabetes in western India.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040, India.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kashyap
mesh_terms: 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