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  "textContent": "A nationally representative Australian study published in The Lancet Global Health has found that vision impairment remains almost three times more prevalent among Indigenous Australians ages 50 and older than non-Indigenous Australians, while younger Indigenous adults experience substantially higher rates of moderate or worse hearing impairment.",
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