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deaf-blindness

deaf-blindness is the alternative form of deafblindness.

Meaning of deafblindness

Noun

deafblindness (uncountable)

  1. The medical condition of being both deaf and blind.
    • Disability Discrimination Act 1995: Rights of access,facilities,services and premises (2002) p. 68.
      Account should also be taken of people with multiple communication disabilities, such as deafblindness or combined speech and hearing disabilities.

Questions about deaf-blindness

What is deaf-blindness the alternative form of?
Deaf-blindness is the alternative form of deafblindness.

Words near deaf-blindness in the dictionary

  1. deaf waddler
  2. deaf-adder
  3. deaf-adders
  4. deaf-and-dumb alphabet
  5. deaf-blind
  6. deaf-blindness
  7. deaf-mute
  8. deaf-muteness
  9. deaf-mutes
  10. deafaz
  11. deafazz

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