Protect Your Ears: Diabetes & Hearing Loss Connection 🎧🩺

6 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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This content was created by Hope Lanter. This content was uploaded by Hope Lanter. This is a YouTube video titled "Protect Your Ears: Diabetes & Hearing Loss Connection 🎧🩺" (created 2024-12-06T14:00:53Z). The excerpt is a health/educational segment from a single speaker explaining that people with diabetes are about twice as likely to have hearing loss because elevated blood sugar can damage blood vessels in the inner ear, and that untreated hearing loss can impair a patient's ability to follow medical guidance to manage diabetes and prevent further hearing loss. Thumbnail: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1mQCAuV9X6Q/maxresdefault.jpg.

Individuals with diabetes are twice as likely to have hearing loss. This is because the blood vessels in the inner ear can be damaged by elevated blood sugar levels. The reverse of this is that if you don't manage your hearing loss, you actually aren't able to necessarily follow the instruction or guidance of your physician to best manage your diabetes to prevent further hearing loss from developing.