ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022
The impact of untreated hearing loss on depression, anxiety, stress, and loneliness in tonal language-speaking older adults in China.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Suicidality in Individuals With Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Bidirectional associations between sensorineural hearing loss and depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Access and Attrition Across Audiology and Cochlear Implant Care Among Older Adults with Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss.Otology & neurotology open · 2026Article
- Auditory Perception and Psychosocial Well-Being in Long-Term Cochlear Implant Users.Audiology research · 2026Article
- Investigating Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implantation Disparities Through the County Health Rankings System.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- The association between hearing loss and depression in the China health and retirement longitudinal study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Relationship between sleep duration and hearing loss among adults aged 20-69: exploration of the U-shaped curve pattern.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Joint association of sleep duration and depression with new-onset hearing loss: a national cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The Benefit of Air Conduction Pure-Tone Audiometry as a Screening Method for Hearing Loss over the VAS Score.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Age-related hearing loss, mental health conditions, and loneliness commonly affect older adults. This study aimed to determine whether untreated hearing loss is independently associated with depression, anxiety, stress, and loneliness in tonal language-speaking older adults in China. Study design: Observational, cross-sectional study. Methods: 293 older adults (111 males, Results: Multiple stepwise regression analyses revealed that the emotional loneliness ( Conclusion: This study revealed that loneliness has a significant relationship both with hearing loss and aspects of mental health in an older adult Mandarin-speaking population. However, mental health was not significantly associated with hearing loss in this population.
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