Project name: Development of a Core Set for Deafblindness using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health – Phases 2 & 3

Principal Investigator: Walter Wittich, PhD

Paramasivam, A., Jaiswal, A., Budhiraja, S., Holzhey, P., Santhakumaran, P., Ogedengbe, O. T., Martin, J., Das, S., Côté, S., Hassid, R., James, T. G., Kennedy, B., Tang, D., Tran, Y., Colson-Osbourne, H., Che, M. L. C., Minhas, R., Granberg, S., & Wittich, W. (2023). The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Set for deafblindness, Part I: A systematic review of outcome measures identified in deafblindness research. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 59(5), 615–627. Learn More

Wittich, W., Dumassais, S., Jaiswal, A., Paramasivam, A., Budhiraja, S., Lopez, R., & Granberg, S. (2024). Development of Core Sets for deafblindness: An international expert survey on functioning and disability of individuals living with deafblindness using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 60(2), 382–390. Learn More

Jaiswal, A., Paramasivam, A., Budhiraja, S., Holzhey, P., Santhakumaran, P., Gravel, C., Martin, J., Ogedengbe, T., James, T. G., Kennedy, B., Tang, D., Tran, Y., Colson-Osborne, H., Minhas, R., Granberg, S., & Wittich, W. (2024). The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Sets for deafblindness, Part II of the systematic review: Linking data to the ICF categories. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 60(5), 893–902. Learn More

Wittich, W., Dumassais, S., Prain, M., Ogedengbe, T. O., Gravel, C., Jaiswal, A., Minhas, R., Lopez, R., & Granberg, S. (2024). Development of Core Sets for deafblindness using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health: The perspectives of individuals with lived experience. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 60(6), 1060–1069. Learn More

Ogedengbe, T. O., Jaiswal, A., Dumassais, S., Lopez, R., Prain, M., & Wittich, W. (2025). Development of Core Sets for deafblindness using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: An empirical multi-center study. Otorhinolaryngology, 75(1), 1–10. Learn More

Wittich, W., Dumassais, S., Li, X., Saini, M., & Granberg, S. (2026). Comparing perspectives from experts and individuals with lived experience in the Global North versus the Global South: ICF Core Sets for deafblindness. Population Health Metrics, 24, Article 11. Learn More

Wittich, W., & Dumassais, S. (2026). The WHO ICF Core Sets for deafblindness: An overview of the development process. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 44(2), 445–461. Learn More