Keywords Dual sensory impairment Hearing impairment Vision impairment Population-based survey Prevalence Risk factors Indigenous Evidence before this study We surveyed PubMed and government reports in 2020 and identified that only one population-based study has examined the prevalence of objectively measured dual sensory impairment (DSI), that is, coexisting vision impairment (VI) and hearing impairment (HI) in older Australians to date, and none provided data on DSI in Indigenous adults.