Conditions/Syndromes
The following provides a list of conditions, syndromes and diseases that can be the cause of deafblindness. This list is by no means exhaustive; there may also be other neurological, physical and/or medical complications associated with a number of these conditions.
A-Z list of causes
Aicardi Syndrome
Alport Syndrome
Alström Syndrome
Apert Syndrome
Asphyxia
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
Batten Disease
CHARGE Syndrome
Chromosome 18
Cockayne Syndrome
Cogan’s Syndrome
Cohen Syndrome
Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS)
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Congenital Syphilis
Congenital Toxoplasmosis
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
Cri du Chat Syndrome
Crouzon Syndrome
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Dandy-Walker Syndrome
Deafness-Dystonia-Optic Neuronopathy Syndrome
(Mohr-Tranebjaerg Syndrome)
Deletion Syndrome
Direct Trauma to the eye and ear
Donnai-Barrow Syndrome (FOAR)
Down Syndrome
Duane Syndrome
Edwards Syndrome (Trisomy 18)
Encephalitis
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Flynn Aird Syndrome
Friedreich’s Ataxia
Goldenhar Syndrome
Hand-Schüller-Christian Disease
Hurler Syndrome
Hydrocephaly / Hydrocephalus
Infectious diseases
Kearns-Sayre Syndrome
Klippel Feil/Wildervanck Syndrome
Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome
Kniest dysplasia
Leigh’s Disease
Marfan Syndrome
Marshall Syndrome
Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS VI)
Maternal Drug Use
Meningitis
Microcephaly
Moebius Syndrome
Monosomy 10p
Morquio Syndrome (MPS IV-B)
Neonatal Herpes Simplex (HSV)
Neurofibromatosis
Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
Norrie disease
Optico-Cochleo-Dentate Degeneration
Pallister Killian Mosaic Syndrome
Patau Syndrome (Trisomy 13)
Pfieffer Syndrome
Pierre-Robin Syndrome
Prader-Willi
Refsum Syndrome
Rubella
Scheie Syndrome
Severe Head/Brain Injury
Smith-Lemli-Opitz (SLO) Syndrome or SLOS
Stickler Syndrome
Stroke
Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Treacher Collins Syndrome
Turner syndrome
Usher’s syndrome Type I, II, III
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome
Waardenburg Syndrome
Wolf-Hirschholm Syndrome
Wolfram Syndrome (DIDMOAD)
To download a list of the conditions and syndromes, please click on the link below.
