For `deafness`, see hearing impairment. 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 using a sign language or both deaf and could not speak. The term continues to be used to refer to deaf people, mainly within ...
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• (n.) A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it.
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An individual with deafmutism. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(def-mūt) former term for a person unable to hear or speak; now considered offensive.
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Deaf'-mute` noun A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it. [ See Illust. of
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Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods, they have been tau...
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