{"id":1600,"date":"2023-05-02T15:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T21:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2023-05-02T15:28:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T21:28:24","slug":"the-link-between-diabetes-hearing-and-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/the-link-between-diabetes-hearing-and-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Link Between Diabetes, Hearing and Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1603\" src=\"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/diabetes-hearing-balance-768x768.jpg\" alt=\"a close up image of an older man touching his ear\" class=\"wp-image-1603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/diabetes-hearing-balance-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/diabetes-hearing-balance-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/diabetes-hearing-balance.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know diabetes can impact hearing and balance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetes can damage small blood vessels in the ears and vestibular system, causing hearing loss and balance disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hearing loss is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/%20hearing-loss-common-people-diabetes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">twice as common<\/a> in adults with diabetes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You are at a greater <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/diabetes\/library\/factsheets\/healthy-ears.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">risk of falling<\/a> if you have diabetes because of damage to your vestibular system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Those with prediabetes blood glucose levels have a rate of hearing loss that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearingreview.com\/inside-hearing\/research\/diabetes-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30% higher<\/a> than in those with normal blood glucose levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nerve damage is also a factor\u2014diabetes can damage auditory nerves, which may lead to hearing loss. Diabetic patients often take ototoxic medications to manage their disease, which also affects hearing and vestibular function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you or a loved one is prediabetic or diagnosed with diabetes, regular audiological evaluations are recommended. Contact Silver Audiology to schedule an appointment or learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know diabetes can impact hearing and balance? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetes can damage small blood vessels in the ears and vestibular system, causing hearing loss and balance disorders. In addition: Nerve damage is also a factor\u2014diabetes can damage auditory nerves, which may lead to hearing loss. Diabetic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hearing-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silveraudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}