deaf-blind

[ def-blahynd ]

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

Words Nearby deaf-blind

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How to use deaf-blind in a sentence

  • The famous deaf-blind woman, Helen Keller, was appointed to serve on the state committee on the education of the blind.

  • I often wonder how deaf-blind people walk as well as they do, when they can not hear their footfalls.

  • I have a little volume of poems by a deaf-blind lady, Madame Bertha Galeron.

    The World I Live In | Helen Keller
  • A deaf-blind person ought to find special meaning in Platos Ideal World.

    Optimism | Helen Keller
  • He creates intelligence out of idiocy and proves to the law that the deaf-blind man is a responsible being.

    Optimism | Helen Keller

British Dictionary definitions for deafblind

deafblind

/ (ˈdɛfˈblaɪnd) /


adjective
    • unable to hear or see

    • (as collective noun; preceded by the): the deafblind

deafblind

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