简介：Objective:ToidentifytheeffectofdyslipidemiaonauditoryfunctiondetectedbyPureToneAudiometry.Tocheckifdyslipidemiaworsensthehearinglevelindiabetics.Design:Thiswasacomparativestudywhere120subjectsbetweentheagegroupof20and50yearsunderwentpuretoneaudiometry,lipidprofileandbloodsugars.Group1consistedof30subjectswithtype2diabetesanddyslipidemia;Group2had30subjectswithisolateddiabetes;Group3had30withisolateddyslipidemiaandGroup4included30normalsubjectsascontrol.Results:Significanthearinglosswasseenonlyinthegroupwithisolateddiabetes(63%).Themostcommontypeofhearinglosswashighfrequencysensorineuralhearingloss.Whencomparisonwasmadebetweenthecombinationsofdifferentlipidprofiles,noassociationwasfoundtothelevelofhearing.Conclusions:Diabeticsaremorepronetohighfrequencyhearingloss.Alteredlipidprofilehasnoroleincausinghearingloss.

简介：Olderadultsoftenfinditdifficulttoperceivespeech,especiallyinnoisyconditions.Thoughhearingaidisoneoftherehabilitativedevicesavailabletoolderadultstoalleviatehearingloss,someofthemmayexperienceannoyancethroughhearingaidandhencerejectit.maybeduetocircuitrynoiseand/orbackgroundnoise.Acceptablenoiselevelisadirectbehaviouralmeasuretoestimatetheextentofhowmuchapersonisabletoputupwithnoisewhilesimultaneouslylisteningtospeech.Acceptablenoiselevelisacentralauditorymeasureanditisnotinfluencedbyage.gender,presentationlevelorspeaker.Usingthismeasure,wecanquantifytheannoyancelevelexperiencedbyanindividual.Thisinformationisofutmostimportanceandcautionshouldbepaidbeforesettingtheparametersinhearingaid,especiallyforthosewhoareunabletoacceptnoise.Inthisreviewarticle,anattempthasbeenmadetodocumenthowtooptimizethehearingaidprogrambysettingparameterssuchasnoisereductioncircuit,microphonesensitivityandgain.Theseadjustmentsofparametersmighthelptoreducerejectionrateofhearingaids,especiallyinthoseindividualswhoareannoyedbybackgroundnoise.