What is deafblindness?

What is deafblindness?

 
Deafblindness is a condition where an individual is both hearing and vision impaired – also referred to as ‘dual sensory loss’. People living with deafblindness can have varying degrees of combined hearing and vision impairment.
 
For example, a person may be:

Ø       Hard of hearing and partially sighted

Ø       Hard of hearing and totally blind

Ø       Profoundly deaf and partially sighted

Ø       Have complete loss of both senses