Auditory and somatosensory far-field evoked potentials in diabetes mellitus.

The effects of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) on brainstem auditory evoked potentials and early components of somatosensory evoked potentials were evaluated in 10 young IDDM patients and 10 control subjects. The IDDM group showed significantly longer intervals between major components of both types of evoked potentials. The results indicated that IDDM patients are at risk for central as well as peripheral neuropathy.