Golub JS, et al. - Using 2008-2011 Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos data collected in Miami, Florida, San Diego, California, Chicago, Illinois, or the Bronx, New York, from 5328 Hispanic adults 50 years or older, researchers estimated the relationship between objective audiometric hearing loss and depressive symptoms. They observed 1.81 times the odds of having clinically significant depressive symptoms as high in individuals with mild hearing loss, 2.38 times as high in individuals with moderate hearing loss, and 4.30 times as high in individuals with severe hearing loss as compared to those for individuals with normal hearing.