deaf-blind

[ def-blahynd ]

/ ˈdɛfˈblaɪnd /

adjective

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

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Nearby words

deaf, deaf aid, deaf as a post, deaf without speech, deaf-and-dumb, deaf-blind, deaf-mute, deafblind, deafen, deafening, deafeningly

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Examples from the Web for deaf-blind

I often wonder how deaf-blind people walk as well as they do, when they can not hear their footfalls.
Five Lectures on Blindness|Kate M. Foley
Deaf-blind metaphors to correspond do not exist and are not necessary.
The World I Live In|Helen Keller
In 1824 at the school for the deaf at Hartford, Connecticut, the first deaf-blind pupil in America began to receive instruction.
The Deaf|Harry Best
I have a little volume of poems by a deaf-blind lady, Madame Bertha Galeron.
The World I Live In|Helen Keller

The deaf-blind, however, do not form a large class, and only in a small number of schools are they to be found.
The Deaf|Harry Best