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Abstract：
BACKGROUND: Vision and hearing impairments are highly prevalent and have a significant impact on physical, psychological and social wellbeing. There is a need for accurate, contemporary national data on the prevalence, risk factors and impacts of vision and hearing loss in Australian adults.
OBJECTIVE: The Australian Eye and Ear Health Survey (AEEHS) aims to determine the prevalence, risk factors and impacts of vision and hearing loss in both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous older adults.
METHODS: The AEEHS is a population-based cross-sectional survey which will include 5,000 participants (3250 non-Indigenous aged 50 years or older and 1750 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 40 years or older) from 30 sites covering urban and rural/regional geographic areas, selected using a multi-stage, random cluster sampling strategy. Questionnaires will be administered to collect data on socio-demographic, medical, ocular and ontological history. The testing battery includes assessment of blood pressure, blood sugar, anthropometry, visual acuity (presenting, unaided, pinhole and best-corrected), refraction, tonometry, slit lamp and dilated eye examination, ocular imaging including optical coherence tomography (OCT), OCT-angiography and retinal photography, and automated visual fields. Audiometry, tympanometry and video otoscopy will also be performed. The primary outcomes are age-standardised prevalence of cause-specific vision and hearing impairment. Secondary outcomes are prevalence of non-blinding eye diseases (including dry eye disease), patterns in health service utilisation, universal health coverage metrics, risk factors for vision and hearing impairment, and impact on quality of life.
OBJECTIVE: The Australian Eye and Ear Health Survey (AEEHS) aims to determine the prevalence, risk factors and impacts of vision and hearing loss in both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous older adults.
METHODS: The AEEHS is a population-based cross-sectional survey which will include 5,000 participants (3250 non-Indigenous aged 50 years or older and 1750 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 40 years or older) from 30 sites covering urban and rural/regional geographic areas, selected using a multi-stage, random cluster sampling strategy. Questionnaires will be administered to collect data on socio-demographic, medical, ocular and ontological history. The testing battery includes assessment of blood pressure, blood sugar, anthropometry, visual acuity (presenting, unaided, pinhole and best-corrected), refraction, tonometry, slit lamp and dilated eye examination, ocular imaging including optical coherence tomography (OCT), OCT-angiography and retinal photography, and automated visual fields. Audiometry, tympanometry and video otoscopy will also be performed. The primary outcomes are age-standardised prevalence of cause-specific vision and hearing impairment. Secondary outcomes are prevalence of non-blinding eye diseases (including dry eye disease), patterns in health service utilisation, universal health coverage metrics, risk factors for vision and hearing impairment, and impact on quality of life.
摘要：
背景：视力和听力障碍非常普遍，对身体，心理和社会福祉。需要准确的，关于患病率的当代国家数据，澳大利亚成年人视力和听力损失的危险因素和影响。
目的：澳大利亚眼睛和耳朵健康调查（AEEHS）旨在确定患病率，土著和托雷斯海峡岛民以及非土著老年人的视力和听力损失的风险因素和影响。
方法：AEEHS是一项基于人口的横断面调查，将包括5,000名参与者（3250名50岁或以上的非土著人口和1750名40岁或以上的土著和托雷斯海峡岛民），来自覆盖城市和农村/区域地理区域的30个地点，使用多级选择，随机整群抽样策略。将进行问卷调查，以收集有关社会人口统计的数据，medical,眼和本体论史。测试电池包括血压的评估，血糖,人体测量学,视敏度(呈现，没有帮助,针孔和最佳校正)，折射,眼压测定,裂隙灯和扩张眼检查，包括光学相干断层扫描（OCT）的眼部成像，OCT血管造影和视网膜摄影,和自动视野。测听法,还将进行鼓室测量和视频耳镜检查。主要结果是特定原因的视力和听力损害的年龄标准化患病率。次要结局是非致盲眼病（包括干眼病）的患病率，卫生服务利用模式，全民健康覆盖指标，视力和听力障碍的危险因素，以及对生活质量的影响。
目的：澳大利亚眼睛和耳朵健康调查（AEEHS）旨在确定患病率，土著和托雷斯海峡岛民以及非土著老年人的视力和听力损失的风险因素和影响。
方法：AEEHS是一项基于人口的横断面调查，将包括5,000名参与者（3250名50岁或以上的非土著人口和1750名40岁或以上的土著和托雷斯海峡岛民），来自覆盖城市和农村/区域地理区域的30个地点，使用多级选择，随机整群抽样策略。将进行问卷调查，以收集有关社会人口统计的数据，medical,眼和本体论史。测试电池包括血压的评估，血糖,人体测量学,视敏度(呈现，没有帮助,针孔和最佳校正)，折射,眼压测定,裂隙灯和扩张眼检查，包括光学相干断层扫描（OCT）的眼部成像，OCT血管造影和视网膜摄影,和自动视野。测听法,还将进行鼓室测量和视频耳镜检查。主要结果是特定原因的视力和听力损害的年龄标准化患病率。次要结局是非致盲眼病（包括干眼病）的患病率，卫生服务利用模式，全民健康覆盖指标，视力和听力障碍的危险因素，以及对生活质量的影响。
