title: Could hearing loss be the link between diabetes and depression?
abstract: Hearing loss is isolating and embarrassing and can cause or exacerbate depression. This article advocates that diabetes educators receive training from an audiologist so that they can screen for hearing loss in people with diabetes and refer individuals with suspected hearing loss to audiologists for treatment.
authors.affiliation: Hearing Solution Center, 6201 Fairview Rd, Ste 200, Charlotte, NC 28210, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Dowd
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D015995:Prevalence