Diabetes & HEARING LOSS

A SURPRISING COMPLICATION

Ed Weinsberg wasn’t surprised when he developed burning sensations in his feet in 2006. His health care provider had told him he might experience this sign of peripheral neuropathy, a side effect of his recently diagnosed type 2. Medication helped reduce the sensations. But a few years ago, Ed, 67, a former rabbi and author, began to experience frustrating hearing problems. “Every sentence began with, ‘What did you say?’” he says. “My