Objectives : Diabetes is a significant risk factor for hearing loss, highlighting the need for evidence-informed hearing health monitoring. Undiagnosed and untreated hearing loss can impair communication, reduce participation in daily activities, and diminish quality of life....
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Discussion
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Audiologists and primary care teams should consider this scoping review when advocating for routine hearing screening as part of integrated diabetes care pathways, though formal clinical guidelines have not yet been issued.
With diabetes prevalence rising globally, establishing evidence-based hearing monitoring protocols within diabetes care could enable earlier detection and treatment of hearing loss in a large at-risk population.
- 01Scoping review maps evidence for hearing health monitoring in adults with diabetes.
- 02Diabetes is a recognized risk factor for hearing loss, likely through vascular and nerve damage mechanisms.
- 03Aims to inform integrated care pathways that link endocrinology and audiology services.
- 04Scoping review design maps the evidence landscape but does not produce pooled statistical estimates.
- 05Findings could support policy recommendations for routine audiological screening in diabetes management.
Diabetes is a known risk factor for hearing loss in adults.
studysupportedIntegrated care pathways linking diabetes and hearing health monitoring are warranted based on existing evidence.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42776776
- DOI
- 10.3390/audiolres16050134.
- Journal
- Audiology Research
- Publication type
- review
- Evidence level
- 2a
- Population
- Adults living with diabetes
- Intervention
- Hearing health monitoring protocols
Primary outcomes
Evidence mapping of hearing monitoring approaches in adults with diabetes; Identification of care pathway integration models
