Role of Arterial Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Hemodialysis Patients with Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Cases of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have increased significantly in the past few years. The main causes of chronic kidney disease are arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study is to identify arterial hypertension as one of the causes of neurosensorial hearing loss in patients under hemodialysis treatment. Methodology: This is a transversal study. The study population is 65 patients who are undergoing hemodialysis treatment at the American Hospital during the years 2015-2016. All collected data were calculated with SPSS program. Pearson R correlation, ² test, and ANOVA test were used to analyze the sample. Results: In this study were included 65 patients where 27 are from 2015 and 38 from 2016. 32.3% of patients were female and 67.7% male. Age min 32 years and max 83 years, mean = 62.69 years, DEV Std ± 11.32 years. In our study 81.5% of patients had problems with sensorineural hearing loss of varying degrees, ranging from mild sensorineural hearing loss 15.4%, moderate sensorineural hearing loss 50.8%, severe sensorineural hearing loss 9.2% and profound sensorineural hearing loss 6.2%. Conclusion: Hemodialysis patients with arterial hypertension are more likely to have sensorineural hearing loss than hemodialysis patients without hypertension. The presence or absence of DM in patients undergoing dialysis does not affect hearing problems.