Sight and sound…our two most precious senses. They color our world with majestic landscapes and children's laughter. These two senses connect us to the world and the people around us. Yet millions of Americans are legally blind and/or are profoundly deaf and live in a world devoid of these pleasures. And that's just part of the story, for visual and hearing loss are often partial, degenerative or intermittent, leaving millions with a diminishment of senses that impair their everyday functioning.

These conditions touch the lives of nearly all of us by association with a parent, a child, a loved one, a friend...

While the FSS stands for enhancing the quality of life for people facing vision and hearing challenges - regardless of their origin - it is important to note some of the main diseases and conditions that cause the loss of SIGHT & SOUND.

The Foundation for Sight & Sound is committed to helping the millions of Americans facing these and many other conditions too numerous to list:

Leading Visual Conditions:
Macular degeneration
Glaucoma
Retinitis pigmentosa
Diabetic retinopathy

Leading Causes of Hearing Loss:
Work-related accidents

Leading Causes of Deaf/Blindness:
Usher syndrome
Rubella

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