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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- People with diabetes are twice as likely to have hearing loss as those who do not have diabetes, a U.S. audiologist says.
Dr. Cindy Beyer, an audiologist and senior vice president of HearUSA, a hearing care and hearing aids company, says the National Institutes of Health landmark study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, recommended that all men and women with diabetes have their hearing tested.
"Based on the findings of the NIH study, 5 million Americans living with diabetes also have hearing loss that, in many cases, remains undetected and untreated," Beyer says in a statement.
Untreated hearing loss is serious. Studies have linked untreated hearing loss to fatigue, stress and depression, avoidance of social situations, reduced job performance and earning power, and diminished health, Breyer says.
All HearUSA company-owned hearing care centers in New York state will be offering free hearing-loss screenings, along with a free 80-minute "Living With Diabetes" video produced by the American Diabetes Association, to anyone with diabetes during the month of March.
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