Speech-Evoked Auditory Brainstem Response in Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Abstract

RESULTS:The findings of the current study suggest that middle-aged individuals with diabetes have a significant deficiency in auditory processing at the brainstem level. Both transient (wave V (p=0.00), A (p=0.00), and O (p=0.00)) and sustained responses (wave D (p=0.001), E (p=0.00), and F (p=0.00)) of the S-ABR were found to be affected in diabetic individuals compared to age-matched non-diabetic individuals. CONCLUSION:Considering diabetes is a common metabolic disorder in the middle-aged Indian population, the findings of the present study can have significant clinical implication.

Auditory and Vestibular Functioning in Individuals with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review

“…16 With respect to how speech signals are processed at the subcortical level in DM2, Gupta et al 43 found that the latency and amplitude for both transient and sustained responses were significantly reduced in DM2 individuals compared with individuals without DM2. A similar trend with respect to latency was reported by Sanju et al 44 for the transient and sustained responses of the speech-evoked response Thus, these findings are ascribed to factors such as reduced outer hair cell activity, impaired neuronal conduction time, and degeneration at the level of the brainstem.…”

The Frequency Following Response: Evaluations in Different Age Groups

“…The need to develop research methods that are objective and accurately represent daily listening led to the development early this century of electrophysiological tests for measuring how speech sounds are perceived [1,2]. Subsequently, a number of research groups have focused their efforts on using complex stimuli such as speech for diagnostic purposes [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10].…”