Data from population-based studies has shown that diabetes mellitus is associated with hearing loss but the mechanisms that contribute to this impairment are unknown. Bainbridge and colleagues ...

Limited clinical and epidemiologic evidence suggests that diabetes mellitus might be associated with an increased prevalence of hearing loss. Bainbridge and colleagues have now tested this ...

These and other lines of evidence were used to divide diabetes mellitus into five distinct types (IDDM, NIDDM, gestational diabetes mellitus [GDM], malnutrition-related diabetes, and other types).

Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes is ...