How many deaf-blind people are in the United States?
A study commissioned by the Department of Education in 1980 estimated that between 42,000 and 700,000 individuals have some level of both vision and hearing loss. See Turkington, Carol, and Allen E. Sussman, eds. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Deafness and Hearing Disorders, second edition. New York: Facts on File, Inc., p.62., cited at http://library.gallaudet.edu/Library/Deaf_Research_Help/Frequently_Asked_Questions_(FAQs)/Statistics_on_Deafness/Deaf-Blind_in_the_US.html. The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissions (NARUC) estimates that 70,000-100,000 people living in the United States are deaf-blind. (http://www.naruc.org/Resolutions/People%20with%20Disabilities%20Resolution1.pdf).
