<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>The word Deaf is used as both a noun and an adjective (which is never pluralized). But I think that your best guide is to ask yourself if you have ever seen the word "deafs" used. No one has. So the answer is that the plural is "deaf".</div><div><br></div><div>George Veronis</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Aug 20, 2011, at 4:43 AM, Ingvild Roald wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Tahoma } --></style> <div class="hmmessage"><div dir="ltr"> What is the English plural of 'Deaf'? Am working on a presentation of Deaf literacy, and need to be correct. Thanks,<br><br>Ingvild <br><br> </div></div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Geneva; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>George</div></span> </div><br></body></html>