{"id":2323,"date":"2014-05-08T21:51:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T03:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.fm1.dev\/hearing-loss-and-diabetes\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T09:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:53:13","slug":"hearing-loss-and-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.com\/hearing-loss-and-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Loss and Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a strong link between high blood sugar and hearing loss. &nbsp;The cochlea, or end organ of hearing, is extremely sensitive to changes in our blood chemistry. &nbsp;Any disease which affects the heart or kidneys (the main filter for our blood) will also affect the inner ear. &nbsp;Diabetes, which can affect both heart and kidneys is a big risk factor for hearing loss, but many don&#8217;t make that connection. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5315ee07e4b0d7a9a7225d72\/531696f5e4b0e91cea12ea70\/536bf996e4b00b5a4b67f3d1\/1399585365317\/medical+alert+diabetes.jpg\" alt=\"  image via  \"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">image via<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"yui_3_10_1_1_1399584520029_33629\">Diabetes is something personal for me, as I am a type 1 (auto-immune based, insulin dependent) diabetic myself. &nbsp;I know first hand how difficult it is to keep blood sugar stable. &nbsp;Let me give you one more reason to do your best&#8230;you will also protect your hearing. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/img-2.png\" alt=\"  image via  \"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">image via<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s Mini-Cassia Voice, &nbsp;I wrote an article about diabetes and hearing loss. &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/magicvalley.com\/thevoice\/voices\/diabetes-and-hearing-loss\/article_8697d3f8-d34d-11e3-99f1-0019bb2963f4.html\">Take a look<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Think of family members you know that may be at risk. &nbsp;Encourage them in maintaining their diet, exercise and medication, and encourage them to get their hearing tested. &nbsp;Diabetes is a tough fight, but it is do-able. &nbsp;Especially with the support of family members. &nbsp;Communicating with our loved ones is too valuable to not protect. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, you can read these sources:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diabetes.org\/living-with-diabetes\/treatment-and-care\/seniors\/diabetes-and-hearing-loss.html\">Diabetes and Hearing Loss, ADA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asha.org\/aud\/articles\/diabetes-hearing-impairment\/\">Diabetes and Hearing Loss, ASHA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-news\/news\/articles\/2012\/11\/16\/hearing-loss-tied-to-diabetes-in-study\">Diabetes and Hearing Loss, US News and World Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-news\/news\/articles\/2012\/11\/16\/hearing-loss-tied-to-diabetes-in-study\">Hearing Loss is Common in Diabetics, NIH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a strong link between high blood sugar and hearing loss. &nbsp;The cochlea, or end organ of hearing, is extremely sensitive to changes in our blood chemistry. &nbsp;Any disease which affects the heart or kidneys (the main filter for our blood) will also affect the inner ear. &nbsp;Diabetes, which can affect both heart and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtharrisonaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}