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deaf-blind, a. and n.
Brit. |ˈdɛfˌblʌɪnd|, U.S. |ˈdɛfˌblaɪnd|
Forms: 18– deaf-blind, 19– deaf blind, 19– deafblind
[‹ deaf adj. + blind adj.
In a letter to the O.E.D. in 1997, R. Jarman of the National Deafblind and Rubella Association explained the forms deafblind and deafblindness thus: ‘The hyphen has now been dropped because this suggested that deafblindness was merely a mixture of deafness and blindness. ‘Deafblindness’ was seen as denoting the uniqueness of the disability.’]
A. adj. Having a severe impairment of both hearing and vision (as a congenital or acquired condition).
1841N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 479 Those who have seen Julia Brace, or any other deaf-blind person, could hardly fail to observe how quickly they apply every thing which they feel, to the nose. 1899H. Keller Let. 19 Feb. in Story of my Life (1903) ii. 251, I think when it comes to teaching a deaf-blind person to spell, the manual alphabet is much more convenient, and less conspicuous. 1963Guardian 11 Jan. 4/5 Mr A. Sculthorpe..signed to authorise the building of new homes for deaf blind people at Peterborough. 1999Disability Now Aug. 5/1 One hundred deaflbind people called for the right to one-to-one communication support at a protest organised by Sense and Deafblind UK.
B. n. With the: deaf-blind people as a class.
1870D. M. M. Craik Unkind Word 229 Mr. Levy, taking his hand, began to talk to him on it—the only way by which the blind can communicate with the deaf-blind. 1899H. Keller Let. 19 Feb. in Story of my Life (1903) ii. 251 It gives me great pleasure to hear how much is being done for the deaf-blind. 1928Minute Bk. National Deaf-Blind Helpers League (MS) 17 July (O.E.D. Archive) A letter was read from Miss Brookfield, in which she most urgently appealed to all who undertake personal work for the deaf-blind to first master the manual alphabet. 1980Christian Sci. Monitor (Midwestern ed.) 4 Dec. b18/1 The world of the deaf-blind is to a large degree a mental one, says Geraldine Lawhorn, a distinguished teacher and lecturer who is herself deaf and blind. 1998D. Herrmann Helen Keller (1999) Pref. p. xv, She is admired by the hearing-sighted, as well as the deaf-blind and blind. |