Talk:deaf-mute
Add topicLatest comment: 6 months ago by JMGN in topic Usage note: hearing-and-speech-impaired
If this is offensive, what is a non-offensive word? Kolmiel (talk) 21:50, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
- This is a good question. Does anyone know? I would go with "deaf and without speech" or something like that, just to be safe. Tharthan (talk) 17:28, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- The non-offensive word seems to simply be "deaf", since the "mute" part is related to the difficulty in learning speech (or lack of desire to speak), rather than actual muteness. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 20:58, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, nearly all deaf people are physically capable of speech. If they don't speak, it is nearly always because they don't know how to speak or they choose not to speak rather than them being physically incapable of speech. 2600:1006:B193:A9D9:0:3D:2E6E:4C01 23:31, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
- The non-offensive word seems to simply be "deaf", since the "mute" part is related to the difficulty in learning speech (or lack of desire to speak), rather than actual muteness. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 20:58, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Usage note: hearing-and-speech-impaired
[edit]Inoffensive substitute hearing-and-speech-impaired JMGN (talk) 10:36, 24 July 2024 (UTC)