Scary, Very Scary

[E-NICE]

Genetic Mutation Links Diabetes and Hearing Loss (http://www.drf.org/hearing_health/archive/2005/winter05_geneticmutation.htm)

[E-NICE]

Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the United States. Although estimates vary from study to study, it appears that about 40 percent of people with diabetes have hearing loss. It usually occurs in both ears and is most severe in the high frequencies. However, Meniere's syndrome may also be caused by diabetes, and sudden deafness can occur.

[princesslinda]

Articles like this cause a lot of fear....seems like nearly everything is or can be linked to diabetes.

On the other hand....I only know one person who is deaf and he doesn't have diabetes.....and I know lots who are diabetic and aren't deaf.

Do many of my fellow forum family suffer from hearing loss? If so, at what age did you notice this?

[Who?]

Let us not lose sight of the fact that the press (and other media) are not happy if they haven't given us at least one new thing to worry about, or be frightened of, every day.

[dgrilli]

I wear hearing aides one for each ear.

I always thought it was some form of neuropathy. Who knows.

[Keezheekoni]

I have otosclerosis, which is the degenerative disease that the character, Gil Grissom, on CSI has. I will eventually have a stapedectomy, but for now I can still hear higher frequencies, so my children's voices are all I really care about...lol.

I often cannot hear Troy talking to me, and through my life I've learned to lip read. I will often tell people to look directly at me when they are talking and they wonder why...lol.

[palefacegirl03]

I have a 20% to 30 % hearing loss in both ears, I dont know if it is from diabetes or what.
I often dont hear all of conversations and have to look at people so I can "see" what they are saying.

[volleyball]

Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the United States. Although estimates vary from study to study, it appears that about 40 percent of people with diabetes have hearing loss. It usually occurs in both ears and is most severe in the high frequencies. However, Meniere's syndrome may also be caused by diabetes, and sudden deafness can occur.

Thats whats wrong with studies. It like saying people ove 6' are mostly male so if you're over 6' you a man.

Hearing loss occurs as we age. Too much loud noises. Plus everything tends to go downhill as we age. It natural. Maybe diabetics are real party people who spent too much time in clubs.
I ran a hearing test off a computer program years ago and it was obvious that as you got older, you had trouble hearing as many frequencies. Nobody had diabetes.