Early intervention is vitally important for deafblind children. In the past, the age at which deafblindness is confirmed has varied widely. The introduction of Newborn Hearing Screening (for all babies) makes it much more likely that deafblind children will be identified when they are still very young babies. More information is available in a booklet (pdf, 2mb) commissioned by the Department for Education and written by Sense for parents who have a child with multi-sensory-impairment.
