AU - Kiakojouri, Keivan AU - Monadi, Mohsen AU - Sheikhzadeh, Mahboobeh AU - Taghinejad Omran, Pouria AU - Bayani, Mohammad Ali AU - Khafri, Soraya TI - Investigation of auditory thresholds in type 2 diabetic patients compared to non-diabetic cases PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - babol-caspjim JN - babol-caspjim VO - 5 VI - 2 IP - 2 4099 - http://caspjim.com/article-1-262-en.html 4100 - http://caspjim.com/article-1-262-en.pdf SO - babol-caspjim 2 AB  - Background: Hearing loss is one of the common complaints of diabetics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the hearing status of diabetic patients in Babol, North of Iran. Methods: The hearing status of 50 type 2 diabetic patients (case group) and 50 healthy individuals (control group) were evaluated from October 2011 to September 2012. Audiometry was done with the frequencies of 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, 6000, 8000 HZ and speech tests like SRT (speech reception threshold), SDS (speech discrimination score) were performed. The data were collected and analyzed. Results: The mean age of case group was 50.1±3 and in control group was 49.9±3.2. Hearing thresholds were 10.55.6, 10.76.1, 15.27.1, 169.6, 21.213.5, 26.416.5, 28.32 db in the right ear of the case group and 11.25.3, 9.74.9, 127.1, 14.29.4, 20.913.3, 25.115.6, 27.620.2 db in control group with different frequencies (p CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - babol-caspjim PG - 99 PT - Short Communication YR - 2014