Complex sentence: Being mute is often associated with deafness as people who have been unable to hear from birth may not be able to articulate words correctly (see deaf-mute), but muteness describes people who can hear but cannot talk.
Split into simpler sentences: Being mute is often associated with deafness as people who have been unable to hear from birth may not be able to articulate words correctly (see Deaf-mute). But muteness describes people who can hear but cannot talk.