[Blindtlk] Deafblindness's definition?

[Gerardo Corripio]

Hi listers: As a blind person with only light perception and with hearing 
aids due to a 70% hearing loss in both ears would I be considered as 
deafblind? I remember as a kid being able to hear crickets and all the night 
sounds, thus lost my hearing at around age five due to being born premature, 
thus I speak clearly and my voice sounds fine. However some people have 
considered me deafblind, but feel uncomfortable with this title because 
logic has it that a deafblind person is like Helen Keller not being able 
neither to see or hear and therefore not being able to communicate normally. 
All my life I've considered myself as blind, but deafblind? what's your take 
on the subject? Yes, I know there's a deafblind list within the NFB Net but 
would feel foreign joining, thus my question.
Gerardo