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Where did the term "deaf" derive from?

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Why do people call the hearing impaired deaf?

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  1. They don't, they call people who cannot hear a thing deaf, those who lost some of their hearing are called hard-of-hearing. Basically the term hearing impaired is insulting.  


  2. Look at a dictionary. It'll give you the etymology.
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