2008 Deaf-Blind Child Count

Etiology (Alphabetical)

Count

Aicardi syndrome

30

Alport syndrome

7

Alstrom syndrome

28

Apert syndrome/Acrocephalosyndactyly, Type 1

12

Asphyxia

282

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (Laurence Moon-Biedl)

10

Batten disease

17

CHARGE association

735

Chemically Induced

20

Chromosome 18, Ring 18

26

Cockayne syndrome

16

Cogan Syndrome

3

Complication of Prematurity

1224

Congenital Rubella

115

Congenital Syphilis

7

Congenital Toxoplasmosis

25

Cornelia de Lange

75

Cri du chat syndrome (Chromosome 5p- synd)

15

Crigler-Najjar syndrome

1

Crouzon syndrome (Craniofacial Dysotosis)

16

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

332

Dandy Walker syndrome

87

Direct Trauma to the eye and/or ear

12

Down syndrome (Trisomy 21 syndrome)

241

Encephalitis

95

Fetal Alcohol syndrome

39

Goldenhar syndrome

96

Hallgren syndrome

5

Hand-Schuller-Christian (Histiocytosis X)

2

Herpes-Zoster (or Hunt)

3

Hunter Syndrome (MPS II)

7

Hurler syndrome (MPS I-H)

13

Hydrocephaly

278

Infections

37

Kearns-Sayre syndrome

3

Klippel-Feil sequence

4

Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome

2

Kniest Dysplasia

8

Leber congenital amaurosis

49

Leigh Disease

7

Marfan syndrome

5

Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome (MPS VI)

4

Marshall syndrome

14

Maternal Drug Use

104

Meningitis

248

Microcephaly

331

Moebius syndrome

29

Monosomy 10p

2

Morquio syndrome (MPS IV-B)

1

Neonatal Herpes Simplex (HSV)

8

NF1 - Neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen dis)

13

NF2 - Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis

8

No Determination of Etiology

1711

Norrie disease

34

Optico-Cochleo-Dentate Degeneration

2

OTHER: Hereditary Synd/ Disorders

1335

OTHER: Post-Natal/ Non-Congenital

397

OTHER: Pre-Natal/ Congenital Complications

543

Pfieffer syndrome

13

Pierre-Robin syndrome

42

Prader-Willi

7

Refsum syndrome

28

Scheie syndrome (MPS I-S)

2

Severe Head Injury

211

Smith-Lemli-Opitz (SLO) syndrome

7

Stickler syndrome

108

Stroke

69

Sturge-Weber syndrome

9

Treacher Collins syndrome

22

Trisomy 13 (Trisomy 13-15, Patau syndrome)

62

Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome)

26

Tumors

80

Turner syndrome

14

Usher I syndrome

190

Usher II syndrome

78

Usher III syndrome

9

Waardenburg syndrome

17

Wildervanck syndrome

1

Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (Trisomy 4p)

59

Grand Total

9827