He heard the sound of footsteps, and moments later the deaf-mute girl was kneeling at his side in the little room, digging him out of his tarp, brushing the hair from his forehead with worry in her eyes.

NEWYORKER: The Tiger��s Wife

Mr. Tuttle was among the masters who preferred their servants to be mute, deaf, and blind except when his convenience required the matter otherwise.

NEWYORKER: The Limner

On July 19th, after being handed a note by a group of deaf and mute Mexicans, the police freed 45 adults and 12 children from two apartments in Queens, New York.

ECONOMIST: Modern slavery

If his dream was to live in the woods, with a fireplace and a typewriter and sheaves of notes hooked on the wall, almost like a deaf-mute in his dealings with the world, that was his affair.

ECONOMIST: J.D. Salinger

The deaf-mute helped my grandfather to his feet and led him to the door, where he could see the dark field swimming with shadows: the villagers, the snowdrifts, the fence.

NEWYORKER: The Tiger��s Wife

China Central Television and The Beijing News say police have arrested 360 suspects in a nationwide operation to rescue 70 deaf-mute people abducted by criminal gangs to work as burglars and pickpockets.

BBC: China media: Political models