How do deaf people think?
 

How do people born deaf think? They do not know how words sound...how do they form complex thoughts and plans? By imagining text or sign language?

Trippy shit...

Do deaf girls moan during sex?

Probably by visualizing things. There are deaf Nobel scientists. Edison was at least partially deaf.

I mean you gotta form thoughts and while things like "cheese in the fridge" are visual, there are complex thoughts and plans that require you to use the "inner voice" if you will, for example when you are counting...do they visualize the numbers?...or when you want to say something to somebody that is complex, you plan your sentence first, or at least you think about what you are going to say...how the fuck do they do this?...they can not hear themselves think, so they have to probably visualize words?

trippy as fuck...

edit: I am guessing they have an "inner screen" in their thoughts...

Sign language?

its possible...like experienced musicians can "hear notes" when they read them....

Ask Noam Chomsky . . .

Funny.... lately I was wondering how deaf people visualize "tradedeals"... Beats me...:upsidedow

Are there any deaf and blind nobel winners from birth? That really would be trippy.

How do shell-shocked Serbs think?

I used to date a girl who was born deaf. They don't know sound but they can mimic sound by feeling the throat of another when they speak, they try to match the vibrations and mouth movements.

She told me (signed) she had a dream that I was cheating on her but I never asked if she had sound in her dream.
I would assume the dream would be silent with imagery that they understand. Like she said I was walking away holding another girls hand.

Naturally our brains use pictures. I think it's possible to form complex thought using imagery.

with your mothers lips tight around their penis :2 cents:

They learn to read by visuals. Show them an apple and teach them how say it ... app-el. Many deaf people can speak but they don’t hear their errors.

When you think of a word, such as pillow, you don’t hear yourself think it.

Put your fingers in your ears. No sound, right? Say pillow in your head. You can’t hear it but can think about pillows. You can picture them, too. Feel them and see them.

It is hard to learn but you remember what you’re taught.

Did you cheat on her?

I don't think so. The ones I know of were post verbal.

I knew that question was coming lol. I did not, I'm not the cheating type.
But she was very jealous.

did you know sign language before you met her? Or did you learn it after you met her? How did you meet a deaf woman?

I knew a little. That's what broke the ice. Picked up a lot more while dating her.

Good question. Shit I've thought about. And yes, they do moan when getting piped down.

I wonder what deaf people sound when they fuck :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

must be some scary ass shit :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

It is (or at least can be) Guy where I was at the studios was dating a deaf chick for a while. He new sign language and stuff but when they went to his room to fuck, it really sounded like he was beating the shit out of her and she was screaming for her life, but she'd be quite happy when she came out. He said that its just 'what she did' and because it was different it turned him on. Thats why he learnt sign language - It was his kink to screw the deaf.

When you think about something what language do you think in? English or Serbian?

How do you stop a fight between a group of deaf people?


Turn off the light!

I think in english...I lived abroad a lot as a kid and english followed me everywhere...even when I want to say something complex I think of it in english and some part of my brain translates it in to serbian when I begin to speak...

The moan can be a little bit harrowing . . .

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Thats a cool question! I never thought of it before. Google "how do deaf people think?" - there's a lot of cool stuff there especially this one: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/b...ar-inner-voice

Neither do babies. It's learned by growing up. The fuck.

Inquiring minds want to know.

search helen keller

Primarily though, most completely deaf people think in sign language. Similar to how an “inner voice” of a hearing person is experienced in one's own voice, a completely deaf person sees or, more aptly, feels themselves signing in their head as they “talk” in their heads

Do Deaf People Hear an Inner Voice?

A number of the Deaf respondents to the Quora question suggest that this is indeed the case. One participant states, 'I have a "voice" in my head, but it is not sound-based. I am a visual being, so in my head, I either see ASL [American Sign Language] signs, or pictures, or sometimes printed words.' For this respondent, sound is not a feature of the experience. Another respondent experiences a mix of modalities: '[M]y inner voice is figuratively speaking to me and I hear it as well as lipread it.' In this case, the experience has both auditory and visual properties

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl...ar-inner-voice

An interesting thread on Quora.com (registration required) asks 'Does someone who was born with a hearing loss "hear" an inner voice?' Several people who have experienced hearing loss have contributed to the discussion, and their responses make fascinating reading.
First, why is the question of interest? As I mentioned in my last post, researchers are approaching the phenomenon of inner speech, or the 'voice in the head', with renewed vigor. Inner speech seems to be a common phenomenon, and it has been associated with a number of important functions, from controlling one's own behavior to developing a sense of self.

What's more, one developmental view of inner speech sees it as emerging from social interactions that are mediated by spoken language. What's the story, then, for someone who doesn't use spoken language? Is there a kind of 'inner sign' that does all the things that spoken inner speech seems to do?

A number of the Deaf respondents to the Quora question suggest that this is indeed the case. One participant states, 'I have a "voice" in my head, but it is not sound-based. I am a visual being, so in my head, I either see ASL [American Sign Language] signs, or pictures, or sometimes printed words.' For this respondent, sound is not a feature of the experience. Another respondent experiences a mix of modalities: '[M]y inner voice is figuratively speaking to me and I hear it as well as lipread it.' In this case, the experience has both auditory and visual properties.

The age at which hearing loss happens is likely to be important in determining the modality of inner speech/sign. One participant who lost his hearing at age 2 says he thinks in words, but words without sound, while another individual with early hearing loss describes 'hearing' a voice in dreams in the absence of signs or lip movements.

What does it mean to hear a 'voice' when the experience doesn't seem to have any sound attending it? One way of thinking about this question is to ask about the properties of inner speech reported by hearing people. According to Vygotsky's theory, the process of internalization of linguistic exchanges results in many of the acoustic properties of language being stripped away, resulting in what I have termed 'condensed inner speech'. Arguably, condensed inner speech sounds like a voice, but a voice with nothing very 'speechy' about it.

Several studies have shed light on how individuals with hearing loss use inner sign. There is evidence that inner sign mediates short-term memory in signing individuals, just as inner speech mediates short-term remembering in hearing people. In a neuroimaging study, areas of the brain associated with inner speech were activated when signers thought to themselves in sign, suggesting a common neural pathway to thinking in language that is independent of the modality of that language.

Private and inner signing seem to be of potential benefit to hearing people as well. One (hearing) researcher on the Quora forum reports that private signing helps her sometimes to find English words, and that inner sign can even enter her dreams after she has been interacting with other signers.

This topic has been very much on my mind since a fascinating talk given to our Hearing the Voice project by Dr Joanna Atkinson of the Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre at University College London. Jo's work has looked at the experience of voice-hearing among those with hearing loss, and I'll be writing about it in a future post. If some voice-hearing experiences involve the misattribution of inner speech, can something similar happen with inner sign?

Very quietly...

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Thomas Edison
Who is he: Thomas Edison is considered the most famous American Inventor of all time. Born in 1847, Edison is best known for inventing the light bulb, phonograph and Motion Picture.

Thomas-edison

Deafness: Thomas Edison had hearing problems from childhood and was thought to be completely deaf by his early teenage years. The cause of his deafness is unknown; although it did run in Edison’s family. Edison saw advantages of being deaf and enjoyed that it helped him concentrate on his work.

Biggest achievements: One of Edison’s most remarkable achievements is the invention of the lightbulb, which he ensured would light a home for hours. Secondly, he designed and developed the system of electric power to generate electricity to homes, businesses and factories – a crucial advancement in the Modern Industrialised World. Edison also produced the phonograph, which was used to created motion pictures. Edison worked on it for 52 years and it’s said that this was his favourite invention.

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Who was he: Arguably, Beethoven is the most famous Deaf person on our list. He was a German pianist born in 1770, and is regarded as the Greatest Classical Composer ever.

Beethoven

Deafness: Beethoven started to lose his hearing at the age of 26, with a suspected disease called typhus (lead poisoning). And by the age of 52 he was presumed to be completely deaf. However this is when he produced some of his most important works. As his hearing got worse Beethoven struggled to communicate with people. The biggest challenge for him was conducting and performing in concerts as he couldn’t hear when the music stopped and the audience applauded.

Biggest achievements: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, composed after he’d lost his hearing, is considered one of the greatest classical pieces of all time. Other notable pieces include Fur Elise, the Fifth Symphony and the Moonlight Sonata.

I did think this was an interesting question...so I took it to my friends. I imagine now that deaf people think in sign language.

"Ok.. when I came to Italy back in 1999 I thought in English and translated it in Italian, it was pretty hard. However after being here for a few years, I thought and spoke in Italian .. coming back to the US in 2006 I ran into the same difficulty, I continued to think in Italian and had to translate it in English.. after again being there for a few years it went back to normal.. so it all depends what language you’re use to..and which one you constantly use"

I'm 60% Deaf, classification is "Profoundly Deaf".

No one told me this until I was 40 years old, cos I went and had a midlife full checkup, docs weren't sure if I was born like it or early childhood.

However because no one told me I was deaf I just adapted my life to suit my hearing, without even realizing I was doing it, family members still think I'm bull shitting them, basically I'd learnt to lip read before I could speak and I did that so good, neither my family or schooling was aware.

Music wise I was into German techno and back in the 80's I got that via shortwave radio then recorded to cassette, looking back knowing I was deaf... great beat, never gave a fuk what the words were couldn't understand anyways, deaf and in German. Doff Doff Doof Doof.. that's all I needed to get the blood stirring, and still like it. Lyrics of songs I have no idea what they are, I make out a few words, depends on the singers tone, I often get emotional watching traks on YouTube with lyrics.. cos I realise I never knew what was being said, Mobys a classic example.

Deaf porn would sell big