The most common cause of deafblindness is simply age. Our sight and hearing naturally deteriorates as we age. Though, congenital deafblindness means a person is born with the condition.

White canes with red stripes indicate a person is deafblind. Also, sometimes assistance dogs will have a red and white harness to indicate that the owner is deafblind.

A small percentage of the deafblind population actually use Braille. Audio and larger print publications are used greatly.

If a baby is born deafblind, it will very often be picked up during the newborn screening process.

A lot of people use the term "dual-sensory impairment" or "multi-sensory impairment" instead of "deafblindness". Some prefer the latter, because it might be more about how the brain handles the information, rather than how the eyes and ears function.

Common signs of hearing loss are: not hearing a person if they speak to you from behind, turning up the volume on the TV or the radio or a delay in responding to people talking to you. Common signs of sight loss include: Relying on touch to find and identify items more than usual, finding it harder to see clearly in low/bright light, having to hold books or newspapers close to your face or sitting close to the TV.