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. 2023 May 8;35(2):e20210022.
doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20232021022. eCollection 2023.

Study of auditory pathways in type 1 diabetes mellitus through brainstem auditory evoked potentials and contralateral acoustic reflex

Luciene da Cruz Fernandes  1 , Caio Leônidas Oliveira de Andrade  2 , Luis Fernando Fernandes Adan  3 , Ana Marice Teixeira Ladeia  4
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Study of auditory pathways in type 1 diabetes mellitus through brainstem auditory evoked potentials and contralateral acoustic reflex

Luciene da Cruz Fernandes et al. Codas. .

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

Purpose: To investigate the functionalities of the neural pathways through the auditory evoked potentials of the brainstem and the contralateral stapedial acoustic reflexes in normal-hearing individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus, in order to detect possible alterations in the central auditory pathways.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a comparison group and a convenience sample, consisting of 32 individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus and 20 controls without the disease. All subjects had hearing thresholds within normal limits and type A tympanometric curves. The acoustic reflex arc and brainstem auditory potentials were investigated. Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS 17.0. The Chi-square test, Student´s t-test, and Multiple linear regression were used.

Results: The auditory thresholds of the acoustic reflex were statistically lower in the group with the disease at frequencies of 0.5 kHz and 1.0 kHz in the left ear (p=0.01 and p=0.01, respectively). The absolute latencies III and V of the auditory potentials of the brainstem in the right ear and V in the left ear were increased in subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus (p=0.03, p=0.02 and p=0.03, respectively).

Conclusion: The findings suggest that subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus are more likely to present alterations in the central auditory pathways, even with auditory thresholds within normal limits.

Objetivo: Investigar a funcionalidade das vias neurais por meio dos potenciais evocados auditivos de tronco encefálico e os reflexos acústicos estapedianos contralaterais em sujeitos com diabetes mellitus tipo 1 normo-ouvintes, a fim de detectar possíveis alterações nas vias auditivas centrais.

Método: Trata-se de um estudo transversal com grupo de comparação, e amostra de conveniência, composta por 32 sujeitos com diabetes mellitus tipo 1 e 20 controles sem a doença. Todos os sujeitos apresentavam limiares auditivos dentro dos padrões de normalidade e curva timpanométrica tipo A. Foram investigados o arco-reflexo acústico e os potenciais auditivos de tronco encefálico. As análises dos resultados foram realizadas no SPSS 17.0. Utilizou-se o Teste Qui Quadrado, Teste T de Studant e Regressão linear múltipla.

Resultados: Os limiares auditivos do reflexo acústico foram estatisticamente menores no grupo com a doença nas frequências de 0,5 kHz e 1,0 kHz na orelha esquerda (p=0,01 e p=0,01, respectivamente). As latências absolutas III e V dos potenciais auditivos de tronco encefálico da orelha direita e V da orelha esquerda estavam aumentadas em sujeitos com diabetes mellitus tipo 1 (p=0,03, p=0.02 e p=0,03, respectivamente).

Conclusão: Os achados sugerem que sujeitos com diabetes mellitus tipo 1 estão mais propensos a apresentar alterações nas vias auditivas centrais, mesmo com limiares auditivos dentro dos padrões de normalidade.

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