Deaf-mute
Person who is both unable to hear and speak / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For "deafness", see Hearing loss.
For "deaf" as a cultural term, see Deaf culture.
For "inability to speak", see muteness.
Deaf-mute is a term which was used historically to identify a person who was either deaf and used sign language or both deaf and could not speak. The term continues to be used to refer to deaf people who cannot speak an oral language or have some degree of speaking ability, but choose not to speak because of the negative or unwanted attention atypical voices sometimes attract. Such people communicate using sign language.[1] Some consider it to be a derogatory term if used outside its historical context; the preferred term today is simply deaf.[2]