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Association between age-related hearing loss and depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of cochlear implantation on quality of life in patients with age-related hearing loss: a systematic review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- A Moderated Mediation Model Linking Speech-in-Noise Exposure, Speech Perception in Noise Ability, Loneliness, and Depression.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2026Article
- Association between lifetime noise exposure and audiometric thresholds using the noise exposure structured interview.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Cardiovascular and sociodemographic factors associated with self-reported hearing loss: a cross-sectional analysis from the Polish PURE cohort.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Associations of combined hearing loss and depression with cognitive impairment among older adults: a sex difference analysis based on evidence from CHARLS.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Affective Temperaments and Anger in Patients with Tinnitus and High-Frequency Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Abnormal Hearing Phenotypes in "Ignorome" Knockout Mice as Predictors of Cognitive Dysfunction.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations between cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome and sensory impairments in Chinese middle-aged and older adults: a weighted marginal structural model analysis.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Sensory impairment and risk of incident depression in older adults: a harmonized longitudinal analysis of 72,177 individuals across six international cohorts.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Consistent Determinants Across Two Community-Based Cohorts in Southern China.Journal of aging research · 2026Article
- Hearing Loss Is Associated With Depression and Dysthymia in the All of Us Research Program.The Laryngoscope · 2025Article
- Changes in Speech Intelligibility, Health-Related Quality of Life, Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety, Perceived Stress, and Tinnitus-Induced Distress, in a Cohort of 227 Adults One Year After Cochlear Implantation: A Decade of Experience from a Single Tertiary Center.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The association between hearing loss and depression in the China health and retirement longitudinal study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionThis meta-analysis examined the relationship between age-related hearing loss (ARHL) and depression in older adults, and further explored whether this relationship is moderated by age and gender.
methodsWe searched in 4 English databases: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library. Ultimately, we identified 9 studies, involving 3 cohort studies and 6 cross-sectional studies. We used Hedges' g as the effect size, and all pooled analyses were performed using random-effects models.
resultsARHL patients had higher depressive symptom scores than non-ARHL older adults (g = 0.52). When divided into subgroups based on study type, a large effect size was demonstrated in the cross-sectional study group (g = 0.68) and was not statistically different in the cohort study group (g = 0.06). Meta-regression results showed that the effect size of depression in older adults with ARHL was significantly associated with the percentage of females (t = 5.97, p = 0.000) and not significantly associated with age (t = 0.94, p = 0.364).
conclusionsPatients with ARHL are more likely to be depressed than older adults with normal hearing, and this relationship is influenced by the gender of the patients.
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