Deafblind Information

• Deafblindness is a condition where an individual is both hearing and vision impaired – also referred to as ‘dual sensory loss’
• People with deafblindness can have varying degrees of combined hearing and vision impairment. For example, a person may be:
• Hard of hearing and partially sighted
• Hard of hearing and totally blind
• Profoundly deaf and partially sighted
• Have complete loss of both senses