Thursday, January 3, 2019

Hearing Loss Tied to Depressive Symptoms in Elderly

A new study suggests that treating age-related hearing loss — an often underrecognized and undertreated condition among the elderly — may help lower the risk of late-life depression.

The findings, published online in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, show that elderly people with age-related hearing loss exhibit more symptoms of depression.

In fact, the greater the hearing loss, the greater the risk of having depressive symptoms. Compared to normal-hearing participants, those...


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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2019/01/03/hearing-loss-tied-to-depressive-symptoms-in-elderly/141666.html

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