objectives: to evaluate if there is
variability in subjective perception of
vertigo in diabetic patients in comparison
to non-diabetic subjects.
Methods:
28 patients with diabetes
type
2 and 28 normal volunteers
participated
in the present study.
Monothermal
cool caloric test used
to
induce vertigo and visual analog
scale
(VAS) used to quantify the intensity
the perceived caloric induced
vertigo.
Results: there was no significant
difference between both groups
in
all study variables. There was a
significant
difference in VAS scores
between
both ears in diabetic group < br />patients.
Conclusion: there is abnormal
vestibular performance in diabetic
patients even in the presence of normal vestibular laboratory functions.