Thank you again for all that you do to make the Fondren's Zippity Doo DahÂ® Weekend a success for the sick and injured children of Mississippi through the Batson Children's Hospital AND beyond, via membership in the Children's Miracle Network!
Hearing loss, also known as hearing impairment, is a partial or total inability to hear. A deaf person has little to no hearing. Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. In children hearing problems can affect the ability to learn spoken language and in adults it can cause work related difficulties. In some people, particularly older people, hearing loss can result in loneliness.
Deaf-blindness refers to a child with both hearing and visual disabilities. According to National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (abbreviated as NICHCY), deaf-blindness does not necessarily mean complete losses. NICHCYâs fact sheet on this disability category states, âthe word âdeaf-blindnessâ may seem as if a person cannot hear or see at all. The term actually describes a person who has some degree of loss in both vision and hearing. The amount of loss in either vision or hearing will vary from person to person.â.