Of deaf blindness one speaks, if both the hearing and also that are so far reduced vision that the loss the one of sense cannot become balanced any more by the other one.

For interhuman communication deaf-blind avail themselves among other things the Lormens. This applies to the countries, in which teachers prevented that concerning themselves selected their communication form freely, e.g. Germany. In nearly all countries in the world by deaf-blind in contrast to this the "led gesture" is used, a bearing language adapted on the fact that it is sensed by the "hearing" at the hands of the "speaking". With small can to reading determined aids (large screens, read magnifying glasses) be used. At small audition can be worked with hearing aids. A small number of deaf-blind children is supplied also with a Cochleaimplantat, i.e. with a hearing prosthesis. There is operational) method to today however no safe realizations over the use this (.

The historically most well-known deaf-blind person was with their successful fate accomplishment Helen cellar. It lost its eyesight and its aural acuity at the age today exactly illness not identified by 19 months by one to. Up to this time a language acquisition beginning had instead of was found, however only more the than four years later, after the arrival of a private teacher, again taken up.

In principle one can differentiate between:

• Deafness with birth
• Ertaubung before language acquisition
• Ertaubung after language acquisition

as well as

• Blindness with birth
• Going blind in the infancy
• and going blind at the higher age.

It is easily conceivable that into first two situation blind-specific aids a larger role play, into which both for situation specified then an affiliation to the one (culture) community is possible, in latter situation of it completely different (substantially needy) a life one leads.

Related links

• http://www.taubblinde.de/ - promotion community for deaf-blind
• http://www.taubblindenwerk.de/ - deaf blind work Hanover
• http://www.szb.ch/ - assistance for deaf-blind humans (Switzerland)

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