1. A STUDY OF AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSE PATTERNS IN PATIENTS OF DIABETES MELLITUS WITH NORMAL HEARING IN NORTH INDIA.
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Takkar, Jaspreet, Bansal, Babita, Manchanda, K. C., Gupta, Mridu, Grover, Gagandeep Singh, and Kumar, Deepak
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AUDITORY evoked response , *DIABETES complications - Abstract
The present study was needed considering the high prevalence of diabetes in Indian population. The aim of the study was to assess the changes in neuronal conduction along the auditory pathway using brainstem auditory evoked potentials(BAEP). For this, Type 2 diabetic patients with normal hearing taken from Medicine OPD of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar were divided into three groups based upon the duration of disease and subjected to BAEP using RMS EMG EP Mark II version: 7.5.7,2 channel(PC based)machine in the department of Physiology, Govt. Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab during 2007-2008. The parameters recorded were absolute latencies of waves I,III and V & Inter-peak latencies(IPL)I-III,I-V, IIIV. The results showed no statistically significant changes in any of the above parameters. This could be attributed to fairly good glycemic control of the patients included in the study. Thus, it can be concluded that there is no delay in conduction along the auditory pathway in patients with good glycemic control, irrespective of the duration of disease. However this study has its own limitations and further research is required to substantiate these results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015