Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging people with diabetes to take the Across America Hearing Check Challenge and is encouraging others to find out if they're at risk for developing type 2 diabetes by taking the Diabetes Risk Test. BHI's efforts are part of the nationwide effort to promote American Diabetes Association Alert Day? on March 27.
Hearing loss is about twice as common in adults with diabetes compared to those who do not have the disease, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Yet hearing screenings oftentimes are not part of the regular regimen of care that people with diabetes receive. And the vast majority of people with hearing loss can benefit from hearing aids.
http://www.healthcareglobal.com/pre...hi-in-recognition-of-american-diabetes-associ
Hearing loss is about twice as common in adults with diabetes compared to those who do not have the disease, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Yet hearing screenings oftentimes are not part of the regular regimen of care that people with diabetes receive. And the vast majority of people with hearing loss can benefit from hearing aids.
http://www.healthcareglobal.com/pre...hi-in-recognition-of-american-diabetes-associ