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From what ilness will you go blind and deaf?
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Usher's syndrome: There are traumatic and infectious diseases that can cause deafness and blindness simultaneously. Usher's syndrome is an inherited condition with a combination of retinitis pigmentosa and deafness both of which develop over time.
Answered 1/26/2014
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