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Although some research has explored how disability extends beyond individuals to influence the mental health of their support networks, less population-based research has assessed the consequences of hearing impairment, a growing public health concern that affects 72.4% of people aged 65 and older. Moreover, although much research has examined the negative individual impact of hearing impairment, less population-based research has assessed its consequences on spouses. To fill this gap, the current study builds on gender, marriage, and stress proliferation research to examine (a) the association between own hearing impairment and spouses\u2019 depressive symptoms, and (b) whether this association varies by the gender of the spouse.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Fixed-effects regression models were conducted using data from 5,485 couples (10,970 individuals) from 10 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (1998\u20132016).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Wives\u2019 fair or poor hearing is significantly associated with an increase in husbands\u2019 depressive symptoms, net of controls. However, husbands\u2019 fair or poor hearing is not associated with an increase in wives\u2019 depressive symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>These findings suggest that hearing impairment can proliferate from one spouse to the other, but that this proliferation depends on gender. Health care providers need to be aware of the implications for husbands when treating women with hearing impairment.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/geronb\/gbaa023","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,11]],"date-time":"2020-02-11T04:24:15Z","timestamp":1581395055000},"page":"933-943","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Hearing Impairment and Mental Health Among Married Couples"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"76","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8320-8998","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jessica S","family":"West","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021042312542666600_CIT0001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.4135\/9781412993869","volume-title":"Fixed effects regression models","author":"Allison","year":"2009"},{"key":"2021042312542666600_CIT0002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"271","DOI":"10.1093\/eurpub\/ckp176","article-title":"Impact of hearing impairment on spousal mental health: The Nord-Tr\u00f8ndelag Health Study","volume":"20","author":"Ask","year":"2010","journal-title":"European Journal of Public Health,"},{"key":"2021042312542666600_CIT0003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"18","DOI":"10.1177\/0022146518813097","article-title":"Psychological distress transmission in same-sex and different-sex marriages","volume":"60","author":"Behler","year":"2019","journal-title":"Journal of Health and Social Behavior,"},{"key":"2021042312542666600_CIT0004","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"649","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(14)61464-1","article-title":"Macroeconomic implications of population ageing and selected policy responses","volume":"385","author":"Bloom","year":"2015","journal-title":"Lancet (London, England),"},{"key":"2021042312542666600_CIT0005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"252","DOI":"10.1016\/j.socscimed.2015.11.011","article-title":"Associations between parental hearing impairment and children\u2019s mental health: Results from the Nord-Tr\u00f8ndelag Health Study","volume":"147","author":"Borren","year":"2015","journal-title":"Social Science & Medicine (1982),"},{"key":"2021042312542666600_CIT0006","volume-title":"RAND HRS Data Documentation, Version P","author":"Bugliari","year":"2016"},{"key":"2021042312542666600_CIT0007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"387","DOI":"10.1177\/0022146517713551","article-title":"Disability and activity-related emotion in later life: Are effects buffered by intimate relationship support and strain?","volume":"58","author":"Carr","year":"2017","journal-title":"Journal of Health and Social Behavior,"},{"key":"2021042312542666600_CIT00008","article-title":"Table A-6a. 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