deafblindness
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Deafblindness is a condition of little or no useful hearing and little or no useful sight. Different degrees of vision loss and auditory loss occur within each individual. Because of this, deafblind people require varied management plans in order to improve their outcomes in areas such as communication, education, work, and general life satisfaction.
Research
617 papers- Interventions for children with deafblindness-An integrative review.Child: care, health and development · 2023
- Deafblindness: a review of the literature.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2014
- Interventions for adults with deafblindness - an integrative review.BMC health services research · 2022
- Device abandonment in deafblindness: a scoping review of the intersection of functionality and usability through the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health lens.BMJ open · 2021
- Psychological and social consequences of deafblindness for siblings: a systematic literature review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024
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Deafblindness is a condition of little or no useful hearing and little or no useful sight. Different degrees of vision loss and auditory loss occur within each individual. Because of this, deafblind people require varied management plans in order to improve their outcomes in areas such as communication, education, work, and general life satisfaction.
According to the Nordic Leadership Forum on Deafblindness, it is a distinct disability, as the impairment of one organ makes it difficult to compensate for the impairment of the other.