‘I keep away from people’ – combined vision and hearing loss is isolating more and more older Australians

By Moira Dunsmore, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Nursing School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, University of Sydney
Annmaree Watharow, Lived Experience Research Fellow, Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney
Emily Kecman, Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney

Dual sensory loss means loss of sight or hearing where one sense can’t compensate for the loss of the other. It can happen at any age but the risk increases with age.

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