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Type 2 Diabetes Quadruples Risk of Hearing Loss — Meta-analysis Finds Predominant High-Frequency Impairment and Links to Duration and HbA1c

MedXY Editorial Team•Nov 4, 2025•Diabetes & Endocrinology
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• A pooled analysis of 17 studies (2019–2024) found that individuals with type 2 diabetes have 4.19 times the odds of hearing loss compared with controls (95% CI 1.22–14.37).

• Diabetic participants had higher mean pure-tone thresholds overall (mean difference 3.19 dB), with a larger effect at high frequencies (2.3 dB) than low frequencies (1.11 dB).

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