Causes
Causes
Causes of deafblindness are defined under two categories:
Congenital deafblindness can stem from:
Acquired deafblindness can stem from:
Causes of deafblindness are defined under two categories:
- Congenital deafblindness (from birth)
- Acquired deafblindness (developed after birth)
Congenital deafblindness can stem from:
- Pre and post-natal trauma such as asphyxia, prematurity or cerebral palsy
- Maternal alcohol and drug addiction
- Maternal Rubella
- Cytomegalovirus
- Toxoplasmosis
- Usher syndrome
- CHARGE syndrome
Acquired deafblindness can stem from:
- Illness such as meningitis
- Infections such as encephalitis
- Brain tumour
- Head injury
- Ageing
- Disease