 An ASL term exists and is roughly equivalent to the English term

Various terms once used to refer to the deaf are no longer used and may be viewed either as out-of-date, or an insult, such as deaf-mute, or deaf and dumb.Formerly these terms were neutral, or at least, accepted, as can be seen by nicknames such as baseball player Dummy Hoy, or the former names of educational institutions, since renamed, such as Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (formerly Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb), Gallaudet University (formerly National Deaf-Mute College).Deaf-mute is a literal translation of the French "sourd-muet" which was already in use in France in the 19th century, in the works of the founder of the deaf school in Paris, as well as in the name of the school, the "Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets à Paris".