Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-dlnhk Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-26T14:02:15.270Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Sudden deafness as the sole presenting symptom of diabetes mellitus – a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

K. V. Ravi  and
A. Henderson
K. V. Ravi*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5DA, UK
A. Henderson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5DA, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr K. V. Ravi, M.S., F.R.C.S., Registrar in ENT, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset TA1 5DA.
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

This paper reports an undiagnosed diabetic presenting to an otolaryngologist with sudden deafness of six days duration as the only symptom. Appropriate investigative and treatment measures resulted in recovery of hearing.

Keywords

Hearing losssudden sensorineuralDiabetes mellitus
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 59 - 61
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Albegger, K., Oberascher, G. (1992) Der Horsturz - Diagnose und Therapie. Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 142: 254–258.Google Scholar
Axellson, A., Fagerburg, S. E. (1968) Auditory function in diabetes. Acta Otolaryngologica 66: 49–64.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Crawford, J. M., Cotran, R. S. (1994) The pancreas. In Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th Edition. Ch. 19. (Cotran, R. S., Kumar, V., Robbins, S. L., eds.), W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, pp 915–919.Google Scholar
Cullen, J. R., Cinnamond, M. J. (1993) Hearing loss in diabetics. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 107: 179–182.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Friedmann, S. A. (1975) Hearing and diabetic neuropathy. Archives of Internal Medicine 135: 573–576.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jones, N. S., Davis, A. (1992) Hyperlipidemia and hearing loss: a true association? Clinical Otolaryngology 17: 463.Google Scholar
Jorgensen, M. B. (1961) The inner ear in diabetes mellitus. Archives of Otolaryngology 74: 373–381.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ludman, H. (1988) Acquired sensorineural deafness. In Mawson's Diseases of the Ear. 5th Edition. Ch. 25, Edward Arnold, London, pp 605–609.Google Scholar
Pickup, J. C., Williams, G. (1991) The determinants of microvascular complications in diabetes: an overview. In Textbook of Diabetes. 1st Edition, (Pickup, J. C., Williams, G., eds.), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, pp 519–540.Google Scholar
Tay, H. L., Ray, N., Ohri, R., Frootko, N. J. (1995) Diabetes mellitus and hearing loss. Clinical Otolaryngology 20: 130–134.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wackym, P. A., Linthicum, F. H. (1986) Diabetes mellites and hearing loss: clinical histopathological relationship. American Journal of Otolaryngology 7: 176–182.Google Scholar
Wagenvoort, C. A., Mooi, W. J. (1992) The pulmonary vasculature. In Oxford Textbook of Pathology. 1st Edition, Ch.13, (McGee, J., Isaacson, P. G. and Wright, N. A., eds.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 1009.Google Scholar
Wilson, W. R., Laird, N., Soeldner, J. S., Moo-Young, G., Kaveshi, D. A., MacMeel, J. W. (1982) The relationship of idiopathic sudden hearing loss to diabetes mellitus. Laryngoscope 92: 155–160.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed