Diseases

Deaf-Blind Disorders

The absence of both hearing and vision.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The absence of both hearing and vision.

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42 entry terms
  • Blind-Deaf Disorders
  • Blindness-Deafness
  • Deaf-Blindness Disorders
  • Deafness-Blindness
  • Hearing and Vision Loss
  • Vision and Hearing Loss
  • Blind Deaf Disorders
  • Blind-Deaf Disorder
  • Blindness Deafness
  • Deaf Blind Disorders
  • Deaf Blindness Disorders
  • Deaf-Blind Disorder
  • Deaf-Blindness Disorder
  • Deafness Blindness
  • Disorder, Blind-Deaf
  • Disorder, Deaf-Blind
  • Disorder, Deaf-Blindness
  • Disorders, Blind-Deaf
  • Disorders, Deaf-Blind
  • Disorders, Deaf-Blindness
  • Deaf-Blind Syndromes
  • Deaf-Mutism-Blind Disorders
  • Prelingual Deaf-Blind Disorders
  • Prelingual Deafness-Blindness
  • Deaf Blind Syndromes
  • Deaf Mutism Blind Disorders
  • Deaf-Blind Disorder, Prelingual
  • Deaf-Blind Disorders, Prelingual
  • Deaf-Blind Syndrome
  • Deaf-Mutism-Blind Disorder
  • Deafness-Blindness, Prelingual
  • Deafness-Blindnesses, Prelingual
  • Disorder, Deaf-Mutism-Blind
  • Disorder, Prelingual Deaf-Blind
  • Disorders, Deaf-Mutism-Blind
  • Disorders, Prelingual Deaf-Blind
  • Prelingual Deaf Blind Disorders
  • Prelingual Deaf-Blind Disorder
  • Prelingual Deafness Blindness
  • Prelingual Deafness-Blindnesses
  • Syndrome, Deaf-Blind
  • Syndromes, Deaf-Blind

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2008

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WV 270

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Deaf-Blind Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054062. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054062
  2. Deaf-Blind Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deafblindness
  3. Deaf-Blind Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q843356