Type1 & Hearing loss

[E-NICE]

I have type one diabetes & hearing loss. Are there any others out there with diabetes & hearing issues?

[christie]

i woke up last spring with a feeling in my left ear like there was a cotton ball type feeling in my ear not pain just a clogged feeling. well i went to the dr and i was told i had a bad infection although no pain at all. well the severity of the infection i had made me lose part of the hearing in that ear.

[Scarlett]

Yes....good thing I can read!
Hubby says it's selective...... but, seriously I can hear some things quite clearly. I can hear the tick, tick, tick of the dishwasher timer from the living room (OPEN THAT THING before I LOSE it!) I can hear my stepson clicking the keyboard in the office down the hall...etc.
Forget it if someone (he) is talking away from me, though! Or my co-worker that speaks VERY softly and asks me questions through 2 wall dividers and 20 ft. away., and my daughter that speaks like the INDY 500!!!
And I thought that was because I danced too close to the giant speakers in Studio 54 (New York City, NY) and all the other clubs when I was a teenager.

[Keezheekoni]

I have a complete loss in one ear and a 30% loss in the other. I have a genetic condition that causes the hearing loss. It started when I was a teenager.

[Injecto]

I have tinnitus, but that's independent from the diabetes. I've had the ringing for about 11 years now. Sucks to be in my head, but otherwise my "hearing" is fine.

[dgrilli]

Yes I do, I have a hearing aide for each ear. I figured it was because of The Big "D".

I also lost my vision for about 45 days then that returned.

My BG was so high for so long and they brought me down the Vision went. Luckily it returned.

[E-NICE]

Diabetes and Hearing Loss, Exploring Connections (http://www.drf.org/hearing_health/archive/2003/fall03_diabetesandhearingloss.htm)

[Mich]

Yes, I have long-standing type one and a hearing loss in my left year. Interesting article, Mr. E, thanks.

I have been blaming it on 3rd row seats at a great but very loud Jethro Tull concert all these years.

;) Mich

[andypoo]

Yes,I am hard of hearing,but,I started having trouble with my right ear as far back as I can remember,since kindergarten,and then had a bad infection when I was about 13. It's been off and on since. I just got over another infection recently.I do need to have them checked out as far as how much hearing loss. Like you, I can hear certain things,when no one else can,but I think that;s definetly something going awry with my hearing,almost like for a second it'll be amplified.And it always feels as if there is cotton packed in it.Or I'll have a crackling sound,or a tickle,something constantly.

[LancetChick]

Yeah, that was an interesting article, and it makes a lot of sense. I have hearing loss in both ears due to a massive infection when I was a child, but that was before the big D, so I assume it isn't related. I'm trying to think back now to the days when I had diabetes related complications, and I wonder if my hearing worsened during that time. I can't remember, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did, even though I've never had neuropathy, since my hearing has always been an achilles heel for me.