ASSESSMENT OF HEARING FUNCTION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

Abstract

The problem of combating diabetes mellitus (DM) is becoming more and more relevant for modern medicine from year to year, due to the widespread increase in incidence throughout the world[6,7,8,9]. Features of the conditions and lifestyle of people in the 21st century associated with hypokinesia; consumption of foods high in carbohydrates, salt, fats, synthetic additives; frequent stressful situations caused by the accelerated pace of life; bad habits and many other factors underlie weight gain, the development of metabolic syndrome (MS) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) [1,2,3,4]. Multiple genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the spread of this pathology also have an important influence[16,17,18].