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Associations of hearing loss with social isolation, loneliness, and depressive symptoms among older adults in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study

2026-08-10

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Hearing loss (HL) may be a risk factor for poor psychosocial outcomes among older adults, but evidence remains mixed. We assessed associations of self-reported and objective HL with and without hearing aid use with social contact, loneliness, and depression pooled across 6 years of follow-up. <h4>Methods</h4> We studied 2049 Black and White adults from the Health, Aging, an...

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Literature Corpus work: 4ab36a8f-e7d2-53c4-b903-05092bc9c677
DOI: 10.64898/2026.08.06.26359904

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