What's the Difference Between Deafness and Blindness?

As adjectives the difference between blind and deaf
is that blind is (not comparable|of a person or animal) unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors while deaf is not having the faculty of hearing, or only partially able to hear.

What is difference between blind and deaf?

A deafblind person won't usually be totally deaf and totally blind, but both senses will be reduced enough to cause significant difficulties in everyday life. These problems can occur even if hearing loss and vision loss are mild, as the senses work together and one would usually help compensate for loss of the other.

Which is worse blindness or deafness?

Results: Almost 60% considered blindness worse than deafness while only about 6% considered deafness worse.

Elena Rostova

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