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deaf-blind

American  
[def-blahynd] / ˈdɛfˈblaɪnd /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a person who is both deaf and blind.


Example Sentences

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This deaf-blind Paralympian was told to navigate Tokyo alone.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2022

Suffragist Susan B Anthony and deaf-blind activist Helen Keller appeared on the silver dollar and Alabama quarter respectively.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2022

Kaiser Permanente Washington will pay more than $1 million to settle claims the health care giant repeatedly denied interpreters to patients who are deaf and deaf-blind, federal prosecutors in Washington state announced Tuesday.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2021

In a story that made headlines earlier this summer, deaf-blind swimmer Becca Meyers withdrew from the competition because the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2021

It was Dr. Howe who, by his work with Laura Bridgman, made Miss Sullivan's work possible: but it was Miss Sullivan who discovered the way to teach language to the deaf-blind.

From The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Macy, John Albert

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