No. They used to say that if someone couldn't talk they were "dumb". Not like stupid it was another way to say they coudn't talk. Later because it was offensive they referred to them as "mute". Now it's speech challenged.
Another word for mask with the same meaning
Another word could be shy, quiet, close-mouthed, and mute.
The word 'deaf' is a noun form as a word for people who are deaf considered as a group.example: I'm taking sign language lessons for communicating with the deaf.The noun form of the adjective deaf is deafness.
Dumb is the correct spelling.
Dumb is an adjective.
Another word for deaf mute is "deaf and speechless."
deaf and dumb are very sad things and i believe that there is a cure together we can find a cure ....
No, Alexander Graham Bell's wife was not dumb. However, she was deaf all of her life. She did graduate from the Columbia Institution of the Deaf and Dumb.
a deaf and dumb
hearing impaired
Hearing impaired.
A deaf and a dumb person can file a suit of his own in court. He however, needs to be assisted.
To catagorize all of humanity as being dumb deaf or blind is a stretch which is a sign of the person intelligence who says it. There are some who are blind to the way things are, and blind literally. There are some who are deaf to the words of true, and deaf literally. And there are some who are dumb to the truth and cant understand it or wont, and literally dumb. And, there are some who see things the way they are, hear it, and understand it. You cannot classify humanity one way or another.
IMPROVED: The post below is correct, but I MUST add that it has long been considered VERY INAPPROPRIATE to say deaf and dumb. Deaf is to not hear. Mute is to not speak. Deaf and dumb is considered extremely offensive. Also know that many deaf persons speak with their mouths just as hearing persons do.Sign language is the most common form of communication used. Basically, it is an additional language people learn so they can talk together in another way. Lip reading is also used, but it is better as an augmentation, rather than as a primary means of communication.
Helen Keller was deaf and blind but not dumb. While she did lose her ability to see and hear at a young age, Keller was able to learn to communicate effectively through tactile sign language and eventually became a prominent author and political activist.
NO they are not deaf if they were how could they sing they will sound bad.
The "Deaf Dumb and Blind Boy" was Tommy, from the rock opera of the same name by The Who.