Deaf-mutes can stand as witnesses

Dear PAO,

I filed a complaint against my husband for violation of Republic Act 9262, or the “Anti-Violence against Women and their Children Act of 2004,” before the prosecutor’s office in Cainta, Rizal. Aside from myself, my only witness to the acts of violence committed by my husband was our daughter who was a minor and who happens to be deaf-mute. May our child qualify as a witness?