Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Diabetic Patients Among Kashmiri Population

Bilal Ahmed, Owais Makhdoomi, Ihsan Ahmad Bhat, Rauf Ahmad, Akhtar Amin

Abstract: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the patients of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus for Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SNHL) and find the incidence of SNHL in the diabetic population as compared to the non-diabetic control population in Kashmir. The age and gender of the Diabetic population and control group were factors that were taken under consideration.

Keywords: Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Diabetes Mellitus, Glycosylated HB HBA1C, Diabetic Retinopathy, Microangiopathy