A Controlled Study on the Effect of Hearing Therapy on Antidepressant Therapy in Elderly Patients with Depression

SHI Lei; YAN Lina; WANG Weibing; LIN Duoduo

doi:10.13919/j.issn.2095-6274.J202403040

Abstract：Objective To investigate the correlation between hearing therapy and the efficacy of antidepressant therapy in elderly patients with depression,and to explore the importance of hearing therapy in improving the quality of life of elderly patients with depression.Methods Sixty elderly depression patients with hearing defects admitted to our hospital and cooperative elderly care institutions were selected as the research subjects.After collecting general information of the patients,their depression and anxiety levels were measured using HAMD and HAMA scales.According to a computer-generated randomization plan,the patients were divided into the hearing aid treatment group and the non-hearing aid treatment group.Paired sample t-tests were performed on the relevant data of the two groups of patients and further conducted analysis of variance on groups with different degrees of hearing impairment.Based on the analysis results,we determined the relationship between the efficacy of hearing therapy and antidepressant therapy.Results There was no statistically significant difference in HAMD and HAMA scores between the two groups of patients before treatment(P＞0.05);After treatment,the HAMD and HAMA scores of both groups of patients were significantly lower than before treatment(P＜0.01);The HAMD and HAMA scores of the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group(P＜0.05);Among them,patients with mild to moderate hearing impairment had better benefits from hearing therapy than those with moderate to severe hearing impairment(P＜0.05).Conclusion Hearing therapy has a synergistic effect on antidepressant treatment in elderly depressed patients with hearing defects,and has significant clinical prospects.