Question

a. How did Helen become deaf and blind?
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Answer 1

One of Helen's Swiss ancestors was the first teacher for the deaf in Zurich. ... At 19 months old, Keller contracted an unknown illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain", which might have been scarlet fever or meningitis. The illness left her both deaf and blind.

Answer 2

In 1882, Helen Keller was struck deaf and blind at age 19 months by a febrile illness that she said her doctors described as “acute congestion of the stomach and brain.” Historical accounts of Keller's life have speculated that the illness was rubella, scarlet fever, encephalitis or meningitis, but the exact cause of ...