A Comparative Study of Brainstem Evoked Response in Patients with Diabetic and Nondiabetic Subjects
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) causes pathophysiological changes at multiple organ system. With evoked potential techniques, the brain stem auditory response represents a simple procedure to detect both acoustic nerve and central nervous system pathway damage. Aim: This study was undertaken to evaluate auditory function and incidence of hearing impairment in patients with diabetes. Material and Methods: The study was carried out on 28 diabetic patients both insulin requiring and oral hypoglycemic agents and 20 age matched controls. Parameters such as, absolute latencies of wave I, II, III, IV, and V, interpeak latencies I-III, I-V and III-V, were assessed separately for both the ears Results: The amplitude of the BAER wave I of both ears showed a significant reduction in the diabetic groups. Except in wave I in NIDDM group absolute latency was significantly prolonged in both the diabetic groups. Interpeak latencies of I-III (31) and I-V (11) were found to be prolonged in both groups and I-III (11), I-V (31) in NIDDM was also prolonged. In diabetic patients with elevated glycosylated hemoglobin there was a decrease in amplitude in wave I (11). Conclusion: BERA is a simple, non-invasive procedure to detect early impairment of acoustic nerve, and CNS pathways, even in the absence of specific symptoms. This study suggests that if BERA is carried out in diabetic patients; involvement of central neuronal axis can be detected earlier.
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M. Vijayalakshmi, Heber Anandan
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