Objective: To identify the effect of dyslipidemia on auditory function detected by Pure Tone Audiometry. To check if dyslipidemia worsens the hearing level in diabetics.Design: This was a comparative study where 120 s...Objective: To identify the effect of dyslipidemia on auditory function detected by Pure Tone Audiometry. To check if dyslipidemia worsens the hearing level in diabetics.Design: This was a comparative study where 120 subjects between the age group of 20 and 50 years underwent pure tone audiometry, lipid profile and blood sugars. Group 1 consisted of 30 subjects with type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia; Group 2 had 30 subjects with isolated diabetes;Group 3 had 30 with isolated dyslipidemia and Group 4 included 30 normal subjects as control.Results: Significant hearing loss was seen only in the group with isolated diabetes(63%). The most common type of hearing loss was high frequency sensorineural hearing loss. When comparison was made between the combinations of different lipid profiles, no association was found to the level of hearing.Conclusions: Diabetics are more prone to high frequency hearing loss. Altered lipid profile has no role in causing hearing loss.展开更多
According to a modem understanding of acupuncture mechanisms, acupuncture may elicit vegetative reflexes, presumably influencing the systemwide vegetative dysregulation associated with the heart failure syndrome, a fe...According to a modem understanding of acupuncture mechanisms, acupuncture may elicit vegetative reflexes, presumably influencing the systemwide vegetative dysregulation associated with the heart failure syndrome, a feature of which is low performance in the 6 min walk test. The author performed a preliminary prospective, randomized, single-blinded clinical trial （n=21） in a cross-over design comparing acupuncture treatment, which was either compatible with individual Chinese diagnosis according to the Heidelberg Model of TCM （i-ACU） or a standardized treatment on acupoints with no specific relation to TCM diagnosis （u-ACU）. The repeated measures analysis revealed a significant effect for i-ACU vs. u-ACU （F =7.2, df=1.37, P=-0.011）. The study revealed first evidence that acupuncture may prolong 6 min walk distance as a key parameter of heart failure.展开更多
文摘Objective: To identify the effect of dyslipidemia on auditory function detected by Pure Tone Audiometry. To check if dyslipidemia worsens the hearing level in diabetics.Design: This was a comparative study where 120 subjects between the age group of 20 and 50 years underwent pure tone audiometry, lipid profile and blood sugars. Group 1 consisted of 30 subjects with type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia; Group 2 had 30 subjects with isolated diabetes;Group 3 had 30 with isolated dyslipidemia and Group 4 included 30 normal subjects as control.Results: Significant hearing loss was seen only in the group with isolated diabetes(63%). The most common type of hearing loss was high frequency sensorineural hearing loss. When comparison was made between the combinations of different lipid profiles, no association was found to the level of hearing.Conclusions: Diabetics are more prone to high frequency hearing loss. Altered lipid profile has no role in causing hearing loss.
文摘According to a modem understanding of acupuncture mechanisms, acupuncture may elicit vegetative reflexes, presumably influencing the systemwide vegetative dysregulation associated with the heart failure syndrome, a feature of which is low performance in the 6 min walk test. The author performed a preliminary prospective, randomized, single-blinded clinical trial （n=21） in a cross-over design comparing acupuncture treatment, which was either compatible with individual Chinese diagnosis according to the Heidelberg Model of TCM （i-ACU） or a standardized treatment on acupoints with no specific relation to TCM diagnosis （u-ACU）. The repeated measures analysis revealed a significant effect for i-ACU vs. u-ACU （F =7.2, df=1.37, P=-0.011）. The study revealed first evidence that acupuncture may prolong 6 min walk distance as a key parameter of heart failure.
