News Some Deafblind Residents Lose Services -- And Socialization -- During Pandemic By James Brown Published July 22, 2020 at 4:59 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Woody Livingston has very limited vision and uses a cochlear implant to help him hear. He says it's been challenging during the coronavirus pandemic to lose time with support service providers, or SSPs. CREDIT MAX SCHULTE / WXXI NEWS ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - Virtually everybody has made sacrifices during the coronavirus pandemic. But, for some people who are deafblind, it meant almost entirely losing their connections to the outside world.