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Deaf-mute – This term refers a person who don’t hear and speak. Deaf-dumb – This term refers a person who cannot speak and who is intellectually inferior. Hearing-Impaired - This term often is used by the media and society in general to refer to people with a hearing loss. Hearing-impaired means “ears are broken or defective.”
deaf (lower case “d”) – This term refers to a person whose hearing in non-functional for the ordinary purposes of life. Focus is on medical condition as deafness. Hard of Hearing – which refers to people who are not totally deaf but have residual hearing in one or both ears, enough to hear sounds, listen to music and speak over the telephone that an auditory device (cochlear implant and hearing aids). Mostly they communicate orally with hearing people but the people who describe themselves as "hard of hearing" or "deafened" do not see themselves as members of the Deaf culture. Deaf – This term refers to members of the Deaf community who share common values, norms, traditions, language, and behaviors even if they can’t hear.
Many Deaf people will use a sign language interpreter. You should speak directly to the Deaf person, not to the interpreter, and maintain eye contact with the Deaf person. This will feel awkward because the Deaf person will be looking at the interpreter, not you, but it will be noticed and appreciated by the Deaf person.