Dr Mehwish Nisar from the University of Queensland's Centre for Hearing Research (CHEAR) and CHEAR director Professor Piers Dawes. Images: Mehwish Nisar and Piers Dawes. Researchers are calling for routine hearing tests to become part of standard diabetes care after a major review found about one in four adults with diabetes is living with clinically significant hearing loss....
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Audiologists should be aware of the growing evidence linking diabetes to hearing loss, but guideline-level adoption of routine audiological screening in diabetes care requires formal clinical guideline endorsement — monitor for updated diabetes management guidelines before changing referral protocols.
Positioning hearing screening as a standard component of diabetes management could dramatically expand the audiology referral pipeline and improve health outcomes for one of the world's largest chronic disease populations.
- 01Australian and Pakistani researchers, led by UQ's CHEAR, conducted a major review linking hearing loss to diabetes.
- 02People with diabetes are described as facing a 'hidden epidemic' of hearing loss.
- 03The team recommends routine hearing tests be integrated into standard diabetes care protocols.
- 04The call to action targets both endocrinology and audiology clinical communities.
- 05This is a blog-reported trade summary of the research — the underlying review methodology and journal source are not specified in the article.
Hearing loss is a 'hidden epidemic' among people with diabetes.
studypartially supportedRoutine hearing tests should be incorporated into standard diabetes care.
opinionpartially supportedA major review links hearing loss to diabetes.
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