Visit http://21b5ful3z3uaul40q2r23bk2gx.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=D/ for more info

1. Diabetes and hearing loss are two of America's most
widespread (and largely untreated) health issues. Nearly
26 million people in the US. have diabetes and an
estimated 34 million have some degree of hearing loss.
The numbers are so similar, you might wonder if there is a
link between the two. The National Institutes of Health
has found that hearing loss is twice as common in people
with diabetes as it is in those who don't have the disease.
Also, of the 79 million adults thought to have pre-
diabetes, the rate of hearing loss is 30% higher than in
those with normal blood sugar.

2. What is Diabetes?

3. Diabetes is a disease that occurs when the body is unable
to metabolize glucose. Inside the pancreas, beta cells
make insulin, the hormone required for glucose to be
processed by the body. With each meal, beta cells release
insulin to help the body use or store the blood glucose it
gets from food. In people with type 1 diabetes, the
pancreas doesn't make insulin. The beta cells have been
destroyed or never developed. People with type 1
diabetes generally have a family history of diabetes and
the signs of diabetes surface by adolescence. They will
need insulin shots to use glucose that enters the body
from digesting meals. People with type 2 diabetes make
insulin but their bodies don't respond well to it. Some
people with type 2 diabetes need diabetes pills or insulin
shots to help their bodies use glucose for energy. Type 2

4. How are Diabetes and Hearing Loss Connected?

5. Diabetes leads to high glucose levels in the blood, which in
turn causes severe long-term effects on the body's ability
to function normally, such as kidney failure, cognitive
degeneration and vision changes. Diabetes can also affect
the delicate hair cells of the inner ear, which can
ultimately cause sensorineural hearing loss. It is believed
that the hearing loss caused by diabetes stems from the
effect high glucose levels in the blood stream has on the
blood supply to the inner ear. Research indicates that
diabetes can cause hearing loss of any configuration and
severity. In other words, two people with similar body
types, family history, environmental factors and lifestyle
can have very different hearing losses. And, some people
with diabetes will never have trouble with their hearing.
Researchers are unsure of what causes this difference.

6. Treatment

7. Controlling your diabetes with the proper medication as
well as with lifestyle changes can decrease or alleviate the
effects diabetes has on the body long term. To keep
hearing loss from increasing unnecessarily, follow your
doctor's advice for best controlling your diabetes.

8. If a hearing loss does develop, a hearing aid can help
compensate for the difficulty you may have with hearing,
especially in the presence of background noise. Hearing
aids have come a long way in the past several years and
there are more choices in size, technology and even color
than ever before. Working with an audiologist, you'll be
able to find the hearing aid that's right for you and one
that fits your budget.

9. So, what's my first step?

10. Once you have realized that you're not hearing like you
used to, a diagnostic hearing evaluation by an audiologist
is the best first step toward better hearing. Several tests
are necessary to determine the extent of the hearing loss
and its effects on communication. All of the necessary
tests will be conducted during a one hour appointment
and you will leave the office with a greater understanding
of how the hearing system works, how your hearing
compares to someone with normal hearing and how and
why your hearing loss affects your ability to communicate.

11. If you are finding it more difficult to hear and understand
and you have diabetes or "pre-diabetes," it's in your best
interest to have a hearing test to establish a baseline in
order to watch for any sort of progression in the hearing
loss over time. And, once you have determined the extent
of the hearing loss you can then work to find a solution.
Call our office today and we'll get you on the road toward
better hearing today.

12. http://21b5ful3z3uaul40q2r23bk2gx.hop.clickbank.net/?ti
d=D/