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DeafBlind Definition and Eligibility for Special Education Services Deaf-blind is a "medically verified visual loss coupled with medically verified hearing loss that, together, interfere with acquiring information or interacting in the environment." Both hearing and vision loss need to be present at the same time for a child to be eligible for deafblind special education and services. Students are at a higher risk of being deafblind if they are either deaf or blind but have not done testing for the other sense, if they have Usher Syndrome or Optic Atrophy, and if they are blind or deaf and have had learning problems because of a verified disability in the other sense. MN Rule 3525.1327 Last Modified: 1/1/0001 Size: 0 Author: Categories: Education Department, Tags: Special Education,