Educationally, individuals are considered to be deaf-blind when the combination of their hearing and sight loss causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they require significant and unique adaptations in their educational programs.
The world record for holding your breath after inhaling pure oxygen is now Blaine's â 17 minutes and 4 seconds. The record without the pure oxygen, which Blaine failed to break during an attempt last year in Manhattan's Lincoln Center, is 8 minutes and 58 seconds.
Freediver Tom Sietas, 35, from Germany is nearly 15 minutes in to his world record attempts which was all captured on Chinese TV. He also beat a previous record held by American magician David Blaine, who in 2008 managed to hold his breath for 17 minutes and four seconds on Oprah Winfreyâs talk show.