Deaf-mute:

Deaf-mute:
It is an historical term used by hearing people to identify a person who was deaf and could not speak. Its first appearance was in the code of Hammurabi, where this is an ancient set of laws during the 1700 BCE in the area of the near east. It also appears in the ancient Greek writing of the 7th century BCE. Generally it is said to be as linked to the deaf people, mainly within a historical context, to indicate deaf people who cannot speak, or have some degree of speaking ability, but choose not to speak because of the negative or unwanted attention atypical voices sometimes attract. Some times it also refers in chideing some people or to the people who is unreal able. The other reference to them is "semi-deaf" and "semi-mute". There are connotations of insensitivity to deaf people concerning these terms of reference and for this reason the prevailing terms are generally looked upon as insulting, inaccurate or socially and politically incorrect