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Hearing loss and diabetes: chronic high blood sugar can also damage hearing

Because hearing loss and diabetes are associated with their chronically high blood sugar levels, people with diabetes should have regular hearing exams. Hearing loss often causes people to withdraw and become less active in their social lives, thus becoming more physically inactive. In turn, this can lead to obesity, which is a trigger for diabetes. If a hearing is already impaired, hearing aids or hearing aids will help you break out of the vicious cycle of withdrawal and inactivity.