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	Interveners for Students with Deafblindness in Texas
		The term "deafblind" refers to a combination of a vision impairment with a hearing impairment that affects the way a student is able to access information and function in the educational environment.
		Additionally, if a student with deafblindness requires extensive and novel modifications to the existing educational model, the services of an intervener can be used to simplify the process for the other members of the educational team.
		Because a student who is deafblind misses significant environmental information, he or she may not have as complete a conceptual understanding of topics being discussed as someone who has complete use of one or both distance senses.
	www.tsbvi.edu /Outreach/deafblind/intervener.htm (6387 words)

	Deafblindness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Deafblindness is a unique condition that prohibits an individual from fully utilizing both their sense of sight and their sense of hearing; therefore inhibiting educational, vocational, avocational, recreational, and social goals.
		Deafblindness may be classified into two different categories: congenital, in which the loss of vision and hearing occurs before or at birth (early adventitious); or acquired, in which the loss of the two senses occurs after birth (adventitious).
		With regards to persons who are deafblind, Intervention is the process which allows an individual who is deafblind to receive non-distorted information such that he or she can interact with his or her environment.
	www.cdbraontario.ca /about_deafblindness.htm (231 words)

	Deafblindness
		Deafblindness (or deaf-blindness) is the condition of having little or no useful sight and hearing.
		Deafblind people have an experience quite distinct from people who are only deaf or blind and not both.
		Deafblind people communicate in many different ways, determined by the nature of their condition, the age of onset, and what resources are available to them.
	www.mrsci.com /Disability/Deafblindness.php (682 words)

	Nevada Dual Sensory Impairment Project--Does this Child See/Hear?
		Deafblindness is a loss in both the vision and hearing senses*.
		Deafblindness has over 70 known causes; however, regardless of the cause, the challenges of deafblindness are life long.
		Children who are deafblind may exhibit a wide range of behaviors during interactions with family, friends, and their environment as a result of the sensory losses.
	www.unr.edu /educ/ndsip/seehear.html (637 words)

	What is deafblindness?
		Someone is called deafblind when neither their sight nor hearing can compensate for the impairment of the other sense - in other words, they cannot function as a deaf person or a blind person.
		A person can be born deafblind (called congenital deafblindness) or acquire deafblindness later in life, and the needs and problems of these two groups are very different.
		Deafblindness creates special needs that cannot be met by services for people who are only deaf or only blind.
	www.sense.org.uk /publications/allpubs/deafblindness/D01.htm (1359 words)

	DEAFBLINDNESS: Contact a Family - for families with disabled children: information on rare syndromes and disorders
		Deafblindness - sometimes known as dual sensory impairment or multi-sensory impairment - is a combination of sight (see entry, Visual Impairment) and hearing difficulties (see entry, Deafness).
		Today, deafblindness is caused by a wide range of factors including premature birth, plus a range of syndromes and conditions such as CHARGE syndrome.
		Deafblindness may also be acquired as a result of infection after birth, for example, meningitis.
	www.cafamily.org.uk /Direct/d15.html (674 words)

	DeafBlindInfo.org \| Publications \| FAQ
		Deafblindness is a combination of vision loss and hearing loss that prevents access to communication, the environment, and people.
		DeafBlind children and adults thrive in a variety of work and family settings when their needs are supported.
		A Deafblind Census of children aged birth to 21 who have dual sensory impairment is taken annually by each state's federally-funded DeafBlind Project.
	www.deafblindinfo.org /FAQ.asp (1728 words)

	Etiologies of Deafblindness
		Deafblind babies are less awake because they are less stimulated by visual input, they cry less and move their limbs less.
		Deafblind children are at risk of developing intellectual disabilities because of the deprivation of learning opportunities.
		The role of the care giver is to facilitate the deafblind persons discoveries of the world on all levels, from basic reflex behaviour through to the most advanced communication with the environment.
	home.internex.net.au /~dba/etiol.htm (2755 words)

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		This increase in numbers of older people who are deafblind, means that service providers need a greater understanding of the complex issues and effects which a dual sensory impairment has on all aspects of an individual's life, as well as strategies and methods for working with them.
		The person who is deafblind may not have adequate hearing to receive a complete spoken message auditorily, and may not have enough residual vision to detect sound patterns formed by the mouth or facial expression.
		Those people who have acquired deafblindness and have learnt an alternative non oral/aural code such as tactile fingerspelling (a manual representation of each letter of the alphabet formed on the person who is deafblind's hand) appear to experience fewer communication breakdowns.
	home.connexus.net.au /~dba/prain.txt (2820 words)

	DISH Basic Course
		The child who is deafblind does not have enough vision to compensate for his lack of hearing or enough hearing to compensate for his lack of vision.
		Deafblindness means concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which creates such severe communication and other developmental and educational problems that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness
		It is an excellent summary of the characteristics of deafblindness, functional sensory losses, the basic strategies to use and the importance of experiential learning.
	www.dblink.org /lib/dish/basic.htm (529 words)

	BBC - Health - Awareness campaigns - Deafblind Awareness Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Deafblind Awareness Week is a health and social campaign that aims to highlight and raise awareness of this little-known disability.
		Deafblindness is a combination of the loss of hearing and sight due to various medical conditions.
		Deafblind UK is the association of deafblind and dual sensory impaired people.
	www.bbc.co.uk /health/awareness_campaigns/jun_deafblind.shtml (482 words)

	What is Deafblindness - text-only version
		Most of the children who qualify as deafblind have some useful vision and/or hearing, which is very important to their daily functioning.
		As many as 80% of the children identified as deafblind are reported to have additional disabling conditions.
		Because deafblindness is a combination of vision and hearing losses, there are as many possible combinations as there are individuals.
	www.azdb.net /what_is_deafblindness_tx.htm (751 words)

	The Intervener In Early Intervention and Educational Settings
		Deafblindness is defined by IDEA as, “concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which creates such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness”; (Federal Register, 1999).
		Individuals with deafblindness are a diverse group with a continuum of needs, which vary depending upon the age of onset of deafblindness, degree of sensory loss, presence of concurrent disabilities, and environmental conditions.
		Deafblindness results in varying degrees of isolation and disconnection, which are incomprehensible for those with vision and hearing.
	www.tr.wou.edu /ntac/documents/spotlight/intervener.htm (6918 words)

	APASCIDE - Deafblindness. What is?. DB types. What's to be done about DB?
		The group of total deafblind people is small, it approximately accounts for 5 to 10 % of the total of deafblind people, so that most of the deafblind have some auditive and/or visual residua.
		We believe that the deafblindness is not the deafness and blindness sum or inversely, but constitutes a unique category that requires specific services.
		To change, to improve the life conditions of the deafblind persons, offering them the opportunities that need to learn communication methods and to developed abilities in their environment; in a word, to obtain the maximum development of all their intellectual potential, human and social: this an enterprise in which the community agents must be implicated:
	www.apascide.org /Aadocs.htm (903 words)

	Deafblindness
		Deafblindness is described as a unique and isolating sensory disability resulting from the combination of both a hearing and vision loss or impairment which significantly affects communication, socialization, mobility and daily living.
		The implications and impact that deafblindness has upon an individual will vary considerably, particularly between those born deafblind and those with acquired deafblindness.
		The impact of deafblindness on the child or adult and their family is greatly influenced by communication and connection to family and friends, appropriate developmental, educational opportunities and employment opportunities, recreation and leisure activities and family support.
	www.dbiconference2007.asn.au /deafblindness.htm (146 words)

	Indiana State University : Blumberg Center : Indiana Deafblind Services Project: Online Modules: Introduction to ...
		How the learner with deafblindness learns about the events occurring in his or her world is through the use of; (a) distance and near senses, and (b) foreground and background senses.
		Other learners who are deafblind will use nonsymbolic behaviors (e.g., reaching for an object, pushing an object away, etc.), some object cues, and a switch with voice output to greet their classmates as they enter the classroom.
		Even though the interpreter may have to voice for the learner who is deafblind, it is important that facial and body orientation is directed toward the learner who is deafblind and that questions or answers are directed to the learner with deafblindness; not the interpreter.
	web.indstate.edu /soe/blumberg/dbtrainingmodDBIntro5.html (1234 words)

	Information About Deafblindness
		Deafblindness is sometimes known as dual sensory impairment or multi-sensory impairment and is more than a combination of visual and hearing impairments.
		This is a simple method based upon the standard alphabet and many deafblind people around the world use this form of writing and reading, especially elderly people who have lost their sight and hearing in later life, and find it easier to learn moon than braille.
		A deafblind person can use a speech synthesizer as well There is equipment that can boost the synthesizers volume to a higher level which then will allow a deafblind person to be able to hear the synthesizer a little.
	www.deafblind.com /info-db.html (2896 words)

	What is Deafblindness? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Many have to rely on intervenors (who act as the eyes and ears for the deafblind individual) to rely information from individuals whom they are speaking with or interpret conversations at a workshop.
		Intervenors have extra tasks that an interpreter doesn't have, they also have to guide the deafblind person, rely any extra information the deafblind person would need, such as visual or auditory cues that he/she may miss and use the method of communication the individual uses to communicate.
		Deafblind people have different ways to communicate with the public, print on palm (using block letters on the palm of the person's hand), two hand manual alphabet, ASL (American Sign Language), Braille, or just plain old pen and paper method depeneding on the person's vision acuity.
	www.geocities.com /jyyne_2000/deafblindness.htm (263 words)

	Deafblindness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Deafblindness is the condition of having little or no useful sight and hearing.
		The best-known deafblind person is the author, activist and lecturer Helen Keller.
		For example, someone who grew up deaf and experienced vision loss later in life is likely to use a tactile mode of a sign language; others who grew up blind and later acquired deafness are more likely to use a tactile mode of their spoken/written language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deafblindness (775 words)

	AIDB - Information about Deafblindness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Other children who are deafblind may have enough vision to be able to read large print, recognize familiar people, see sign language and move around in their environment.
		Learning language without hearing is the most difficult challenge people who are deafblind will face, but it is also their greatest opportunity: language will open the world to them.
		Finally, these happy, involved persons who are deafblind live in families, communities, or social groups that have an attitude of welcoming acceptance.
	www.aidb.org /helenkeller/deafblind-info.asp (2805 words)

	Deafblindness
		A deafblind child cannot be thought of as blind and also deaf, nor as deaf and also blind.
		Deafblindness is a unique disability; it has its own concepts and terminology, its own methods of assessment and education, and its own modes of communication which distinguish it from blindness and deafness understood separately.
		National Deafblind and Rubella Association of the United Kingdom, the world's largest organization working with and campaigning for deafblind people and those who share their lives.
	home.pacifier.com /~mstephe/irddb.htm (3187 words)

	Deafblind UK - deafblindness
		Deafblind fingerspelling is used by some deafblind people for conversation.
		Deafblind people have a combined sight and hearing loss, which leads to difficulties in communicating, mobility, and accessing information.
		About 24,000 people in the UK are deafblind, but these figures do not take into account the large number of elderly people who are losing both their sight and hearing.
	www.deafblind.org.uk /deafblindness/index.html (176 words)

	MN DeafBlind Technical Assistance Project - Overview
		It is estimated that this number could be as high as 11,000 and that deafblindness may occur in 3 of 100,000 births.
		DeafBlindness means concomitant hearing and vision impairments, the combination of which creates such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they cannot be accomodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness.
		Please note that the definition for DeafBlind requires that the student meet the criteria for both DHH and BVI or the At Risk Criteria.
	www.dbproject.mn.org /overview.html (1546 words)

	Definition of Deafblindness
		Deafblindness is a combination of vision and hearing loss, not necessarily complete deafness and complete blindness.
		Deafblindness creates additional problems in the areas of mobility and communication, as well.
		Individuals who are deafblind need early intervention and personal attention to stimulate their understanding and interest in the world around them.
	www.azdb.net /definition_db.htm (339 words)

	Definition of Deafblindness
		Deafblindness means concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness and children with blindness.
		Note: Deafblind DOES NOT mean totally deaf and/or totally blind.
		Most individuals who are deafblind have some usable hearing and vision.
	www.ssco.esu.k12.oh.us /ocdbe/deafblind.html (163 words)

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