Which is worse blindness or deafness?

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

Can being deaf be cured?

While there is no cure currently for this type of hearing loss to regenerate the damaged parts of the inner ear your hearing loss can be treated rather effectively with hearing aids.

Can being blind be cured?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1 million people in the United States over the age of 40 years are blind. Although there is currently no cure for blindness, a new implantable device may one day become a useful way to increase the independence of blind people.

What happens if you go deaf and blind?

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.

Why can’t we cure deafness?

Why Isn’t There a Hearing Loss Cure? Since there are many different causes and kinds of hearing loss, it is difficult to come up with a single cure. A common cause of hearing loss is damage to the hearing nerves, called hair cells, which do not regrow or repair themselves.

Is there a cure for deafness and blindness?

Yes! Deafness and blindness can both be caused by many different things, some of which can be cured and some can’t. For example, cataracts are a cause of blindness that can be cured by surgery (if you think of the stereotypical blind person with white pupils, that’s what cataracts are like).

Is total deafness curable today?

Total deafness is curable today in early childhood with cochlear implants (an electronic chip that has a microphone and usually 12 electrodes that are directly implanted into the cochlear nerve -8th cranial nerve- and is actually an artificial ear) which are widely available all over the world today.

What is congenital deafblindness?

Congenital deafblindness: It refers to children who are born with both vision and hearing loss. Congenital deafness is caused as a result of genetic conditions, infections, premature birth, birth trauma and genetic syndromes. As these children are born deaf and blind, they take time to learn and develop.

Can deaf-blindness occur later in life?

Deaf-blindness may also occur later in childhood or during adulthood due to causes such as meningitis, brain injury, or inherited conditions. It is not uncommon for the same conditions that cause deaf-blindness to also lead to additional cognitive, physical, or other disabilities and health care needs.