Hearing Loss Raises Depression Risk in Elderly

Older adults with age-related hearing loss are more likely to have the greater risk of depressive symptoms, finds a study. The researchers,  found that older adults with mild hearing loss were almost twice as likely to have clinically significant symptoms of depression than those with normal hearing. Individuals with severe hearing loss had over four times the odds of having depressive symptoms. It is because “people with hearing loss have trouble communicating and tend to become more socially isolated, and social isolation can lead to depression”, explained lead author. The findings suggest that treatment of age-related hearing loss, which is under-recognized and under-treated among all elderly, could be one way to head off late-life depression.

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