Association of Audiometric Age-Related Hearing Loss With Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic Individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Age-related hearing loss is highly prevalent and has recently been associated with numerous morbid conditions of aging. Late-life depression is also prevalent and can be resistant to available treatments. Preliminary studies examining the association between hearing loss and late-life depression have been limited by subjective hearing measures, small sample sizes, and primarily white populations.

Objective

To assess whether a cross-sectional association exists between objective audiometric hearing loss and depressive symptoms in older Hispanic adults.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study uses 2008-2011 Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos data collected in Miami, Florida, San Diego, California, Chicago, Illinois, or the B

SUBMITTER: Golub JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6396846 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature