dysfunction of the peripheral and central auditory pathway in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus外周及中枢听觉通路功能障碍的患者的1型糖尿病.pdfVIP

Vol.2, No.1, 76-81 (2012) Journal of Diabetes Mellitus /10.4236/jdm.2012.21012 Dysfunction of the peripheral and central auditory pathway in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus Luciene C. Fernandes1,2,3*, Luciana Casais-Silva1,2,3, Ana Marice Ladeia1 1Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Bahia, Brazil; *Corresponding Author: luenefernandes@ 2Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Bahía, Bahia, Brazil 3Department of Science of Life, State University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil Received 8 October 2011; revised 9 November 2011; accepted 28 November 2011 ABSTRACT The second—type 2—involves a combination of resis- tance to the action of insulin The third main type—type 3 Although auditory alterations are not a typical —is often referred to as gestational diabetes, when glu- symptom of diabetes mellitus (DM), they can cose intolerance is detected for the first time during occur in patients with type 1 DM. The findings of pregnancy. The fourth group entails the remaining varie- previous studies are controversial, because the ties as outlined by the etiology. frequency and degree of hearing loss varies, Despite the regular use of insulin, patients with type 1 and quite often alterations are still subclinical. DM frequently present instances of hyperglycemia as The typical test used to detect and manage well as hypoglycemia, which can cause a number of hearing loss is the audiogram, but this test complications. These include: retinopathy—alterations in alone