Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being both deaf and blind.
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- adjective Being unable to
see andhear .
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Examples
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Less than 1 percent of Americans - about 70,000 - have been identified as deafblind, so this is a disability impossible for most to imagine.
Homepage 2010
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She lives in the world of the "deafblind," in medical parlance one word used to describe the inability to both see and hear.
Homepage 2010
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He showed a slide of a sign for deafblind literacy that demonstrated concepts of best practices such as high contrast lettering, the angle of the plate that the braille was on, the raised lettering on the words.
Web Teacher › Report from WDN 09: Educating the Next Generation of Web Professionals, IV 2009
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I emphasize the world "all" because an important power of the convention is its recognition of the broad community of individuals with disabilities - including those with physical, mental, sensory (such as individuals who are deaf, blind or deafblind) and intellectual disabilities, regardless of whether they live in rich countries or poorer countries, or are members of indigenous groups and other minorities.
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I emphasize the world "all" because an important power of the convention is its recognition of the broad community of individuals with disabilities - including those with physical, mental, sensory (such as individuals who are deaf, blind or deafblind) and intellectual disabilities, regardless of whether they live in rich countries or poorer countries, or are members of indigenous groups and other minorities.
Shantha Rau Barriga: Voices to be Heard, In Harmony Shantha Rau Barriga 2010
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She is reportedly the first deafblind person to earn a college degree.
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The increase in the use of video on Web 2.0 is cited by Liz Ball who is deafblind, and uses Braille output, as causing one of the greatest problems.
Web 2.0 Accessibility and Disability Christina Madden 2008
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It would be a tragedy if the increased use of video led to deafblind people becoming less and less able to access the web.
Archive 2008-02-01 Chihiro Ikegami 2008
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The increase in the use of video on Web 2.0 is cited by Liz Ball who is deafblind, and uses Braille output, as causing one of the greatest problems.
Archive 2008-02-01 Chihiro Ikegami 2008
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It would be a tragedy if the increased use of video led to deafblind people becoming less and less able to access the web.
Web 2.0 Accessibility and Disability Christina Madden 2008
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