very young, maybe two or three...
Helen Keller was 1 year old when she got a fever that made her blind and deaf.
2ish or younger.
Helen Keller became blind and deaf because she started to get very high fevers and headaches. One day her fever became so high when she was a little girl and then the next day she woke up deaf and blind because the fever got do high it damaged the brain.
.blind .deaf .couldnt speak .first deaf person to graduate college .became blind deaf and more because of a bad fever First word wah-wah (water) That all I got
When she was nineteen months old she contracted an illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain," which could possibly have been scarlet fever or meningitis. The disease was short lived, but the result was that she was left deaf and blind.
Helen Keller was not born blind and deaf. When she was 19 months old she contracted an illness speculated to be either scarlet fever or meningitis. This left her blind and deaf. Source: wikipedia
Helen Keller was 19 months old when she lost her sight and hearing due to an illness, believed to be scarlet fever or meningitis.
Helen Keller was both blind and deaf, which greatly impacted her ability to communicate and interact with the world. Despite these challenges, she overcame them with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan and went on to become a well-known author, political activist, and lecturer.
When Helen Keller was 19 months, she got a fever and that left her blind and deaf.
Community Answer 1At the age of 19 months, Helen suffered from a fever that left her deaf, blind and unable to speak.Helen Keller got blind and deaf by a disease know as scarlet fever it didn't last long but left Helen Keller blind and deaf.______________________________________Community Answer 2Ms. Keller contracted a disease at the age of 19 months that left her blind and deaf. Today there is only speculation as to what the disease was, since, in 1882, physicians had little means of naming it or even describing it accurately.
Helen Keller was not born blind and deaf; it was not until she was nineteen months old that she contracted an illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain," which could possibly have been scarlet fever or meningitis.
When she was 19 months old that she contracted an illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain", which might have been scarlet fever or meningitis.