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Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults—Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS) (2019)
Journal Article
Shukla, A., Reed, N. S., Armstrong, N. M., Lin, F. R., Deal, J. A., & Goman, A. M. (2021). Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults—Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS). Journals of Gerontology, Series B, 76(3), 518-523. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz128

Objectives Investigate the cross-sectional association between hearing loss (HL), hearing aid use, and depressive symptoms in community-dwelling older adults. Method The analytic sample consisted of 3,188 participants (age range 71–94 years) in... Read More about Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults—Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS).

Long-term subjective loneliness in adults after hearing loss treatment (2019)
Journal Article
Applebaum, J., Hoyer, M., Betz, J., Lin, F. R., & Goman, A. M. (2019). Long-term subjective loneliness in adults after hearing loss treatment. International Journal of Audiology, 58(8), 464-467. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2019.1593523

Objective: While hearing loss is associated with loneliness, the long term impact of hearing loss interventions remains unknown. We investigated levels of loneliness in adults at baseline, 6-months, 1-year and 5-years after receiving a hearing aid (H... Read More about Long-term subjective loneliness in adults after hearing loss treatment.