I cannot find the answer anywhere online. Does anyone know? Thanks!
That's what I wonder about, Tousi; but it seems to me that if a person is born deaf, it raises the possibility of other health problems. It seems logical to assume that the percentage of those being born deaf and mute is higher than those being born hearing and mute. I am surprised it is difficult to find official statistics. Hmmm, maybe no one knows?
Yes I do, jillio. I have known two people in my life who were truly mute, and they were hearing. Yet I do not see them called "hearing mutes" as opposed to the number of times I have seen "deaf mute" bandied around. I was just curious, oh well.
He didn't speak until he had something to say.Once I worked alongside with a deaf man in a factory, and he never made a sound in the entire time I worked there, about six months. People would remark that I was weird because I was almost as quiet as he was. My job required total focus so I couldn't often take the time to stop what I was doing to carry on a conversation with the other hearing workers. I asked why I was picked on, but not the other guy, and they said it was because he COULDN'T talk because he was "mute." Then one day he passed out during a shift, and when he came to, surrounded by worried workers bending over him etc., he started yelling "NO! PLEASE! NOOOO!" and the others were shocked. I wasn't. :P
That is interesting. Come to think of it, I have never heard the term "hearing mute" but have often heard the term "deaf mute." Curious that in one, we would imply a double disability, in sorts, while in the other, the term doesn't.
Once I worked alongside with a deaf man in a factory, and he never made a sound in the entire time I worked there, about six months. People would remark that I was weird because I was almost as quiet as he was. My job required total focus so I couldn't often take the time to stop what I was doing to carry on a conversation with the other hearing workers. I asked why I was picked on, but not the other guy, and they said it was because he COULDN'T talk because he was "mute." Then one day he passed out during a shift, and when he came to, surrounded by worried workers bending over him etc., he started yelling "NO! PLEASE! NOOOO!" and the others were shocked. I wasn't. :P
I know a man who is now a "hearing mute" due to surgery. He had to have throat surgery for the 3rd time due to throat cancer and now his vocal cords were damaged beyond repair. He is glad to have take ASL classes for the last 3 years through all of this. The last surgery just didn't go as planned.
Also many Deafies like me who can talk would rather not speak so that we can sign or write down papers for hearing people. Funny, I remembered when I was in Seattle Central Community College in Seattle, Washington, I just clam up and not speak for almost two years (1973 to 1975). I communicated with Deaf students and interpreters every day in class and in dormitory in ASL. One day I seem to strike up my voice to talk, of course in deaf accent, and some of the interpreters was floored and could not believe that I can talk with a voice, even not perfect. They thought I was mute. So it is common for Deafies when they don't want to use vocal voice to talk. As for born mute whether deaf or hearing, it is rare unless if there is problem with the vocal box that is not working very well. Almost pretty much use vocal to make noises or speak if not perfect.
Here's a reasonable attempt at giving you an answer.
Deaf Understanding - Facts About Deafness
"Approximately 2-3 of every 1,000 infants are born deaf or hard-of-hearing."
http://www.cpnlac.org/memoriasacade...y E. Kelley - Voice Disorders in Children.pdf
Is the closest I found to any information but it covers it broadly.
As for disorders that cause muteness such as but not limited to: larynx deficiency or development, physical deformity, anything not neurological seems to have no numbers out there. I am going to go a realstic route and assume that the percentage is less than that of people born deaf, I think like others have mentioned, we can be safe to assume there are more deafs than larynx-impaired mutes.
Modestly if assuming one for every 10,000 births = 0.01%
Combine the two together with probabilities and it looks like it will be 0.000025% chance of happening in 10,000.. or one deafmute per every 40,000 if my probability was done right.
Even if we bump it up and assume 1 mute per 4,000 births, it makes it only 0.0000625% chance of happening, or one deafmute per every 16,000 births.
Math is a nice way to give rough estimates.
I know a man who is now a "hearing mute" due to surgery. He had to have throat surgery for the 3rd time due to throat cancer and now his vocal cords were damaged beyond repair. He is glad to have take ASL classes for the last 3 years through all of this. The last surgery just didn't go as planned.
Also many Deafies like me who can talk would rather not speak so that we can sign or write down papers for hearing people. Funny, I remembered when I was in Seattle Central Community College in Seattle, Washington, I just clam up and not speak for almost two years (1973 to 1975). I communicated with Deaf students and interpreters every day in class and in dormitory in ASL. One day I seem to strike up my voice to talk, of course in deaf accent, and some of the interpreters was floored and could not believe that I can talk with a voice, even not perfect. They thought I was mute. So it is common for Deafies when they don't want to use vocal voice to talk. As for born mute whether deaf or hearing, it is rare unless if there is problem with the vocal box that is not working very well. Almost pretty much use vocal to make noises or speak if not perfect.