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‘I keep away from people’ - combined vision and hearing loss is isolating more and more older Australians
Moira Dunsmore, University of Sydney; Annmaree Watharow, University of Sydney, and Emily Kecman, University of Sydney Our ageing population brings a growing crisis: people over 65 are at greater risk of dual sensory impairment (also known as “deafblindness” or combined vision and hearing loss). Some 66% of people over 60 have hearing loss and 33% of older Australians have low vision. Estimates suggest more than a quarter of Australians over 80 are living with dual sensory impairment.
'I keep away from people'-combined vision and hearing loss is isolating more and more older Australians
Our aging population brings a growing crisis: people over 65 are at greater risk of dual sensory impairment (also known as "deafblindness" or combined vision and hearing loss). Some 66% of people over 60 have hearing loss and 33% of older Australians have low vision. Estimates suggest more than a quarter of Australians over 80 are living with dual sensory impairment. Combined vision and hearing loss describes any degree of sight and hearing loss, so neither sense can compensate for the other.
‘I keep away from people’ - combined vision and hearing loss is isolating more and more older Australians
Our ageing population brings a growing crisis: people over 65 are at greater risk of dual sensory impairment (also known as “deafblindness” or combined vision and hearing loss). Some 66% of people over 60 have hearing loss and 33% of older Australians have low vision. Estimates suggest more than a quarter of Australians over 80 are living with dual sensory impairment. Combined vision and hearing loss describes any degree of sight and hearing loss, so neither sense can compensate for the other.
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