[Hypoacusis and diabetes type II]

The relation between diabetes mellitus and hypoacusis is discussed since Jordao, who firstly pointed out to this association in 1854. The disparity of results according several studies are due, after other AA., to the heterogeneous of groups considered. Our study was done resorting to a patients selection and their classification in 2 homogeneous groups following different parameters: age; sex; years of course; verified angiopathic complications: peripheric vasculopathy, microalbuminuria, altered creatinine clearance; malady control: glycosylated hemoglobin. The task consisted in the study of audiometric tracings in 40 patients in order to verify statistic differences of auditive thresholds between the established groups. These courses corresponding to a sensorineural hearing loss with a deep in high tones. But no significatively worse thresholds in patients suffering other angiopathic disorders were detected.