How Do People Who Have Been Deaf From Birth Think?

[Morg]

Were you born deaf?

Yes, did had some hearing in one ear but lost most of it later

 

[Mr. Credible]

i'd think it's all about translation... same as spanish to english, french to japanese, etc...

they see words written, or in sign-language, or read lips, and translate it into how they know that particular word or phrase in their head, then translate it back to how they know to say it to you.

 

[Morg]

i'd think it's all about translation... same as spanish to english, french to japanese, etc...

they see words written, or in sign-language, or read lips, and translate it into how they know that particular word or phrase in their head, then translate it back to how they know to say it to you.

Yes and no, some stuff in sign language is so part of me I don't need to think when I sign it I already doing it before I'm thinking of it

 

[Captain Planet!]

Don't question deaf people.

 

[Eddie Brock]

I'd rather know how blind people dream.

I hold by my statement.

 

[bullets]

I'd rather know how blind people dream.

All the Time !

 

[Eddie Brock]

All the Time !

It's hard to dream when you have no precedents to refer to for images. If you're blind from birth, you have no clue what anything looks like.

 

[bullets]

It's hard to dream when you have no precedents to refer to for images. If you're blind from birth, you have no clue what anything looks like.

i thought blind people could see small traces of light . not sure what they see exactly but they do feel around so they may have developed the idea of certain shapes .

 

[knowsbleed]

I think Morg likes Jay-Z... which goes to show that deaf people like crap music.

 

[rizzo51]

wow, i never thought of that.... damn it, now i'm going to be thinking about that all night with my mentally developed vocabulary...

 

[Morg]

I think Morg likes Jay-Z... which goes to show that deaf people like crap music.

You don't know crap, I don't even know who the hell is Jay-Z,

 

[JayCaz]

Don't know if anyone's mentioned this, but I often wondered what people who were born blind dreamt of, until I found an article in a book about dreams.

Basically it spoke of a woman who was born blind, and she had the same dreams as everyone else, just without the sight aspect.

For instance, she once dreamt she was being wined & dined by a movie star in a very high-class restaurant. She knew it was a high-class retaurant because of the arrangement of the cutlery infront of her, the feel of the silk tablecloth, the smell of the food, and the strings playing in the background. She could also recoginse said movie stars voice, and that he smelled good too!

Interesting stuff.

 

[chamber-music]

You don't know crap, I don't even know who the hell is Jay-Z,

His a Rapper who looks like a camel

I though most people knew deaf people listened to music by feeling the vibrations

Its well known Beethoven did!

 

[knowsbleed]

You don't know crap, I don't even know who the hell is Jay-Z,

Calm down... we all hate Jay-Z.

 

[Morg]

His a Rapper who looks like a camel

I though most people knew deaf people listened to music by feeling the vibrations

Its well known Beethoven did!

actually feeling the vibrations, Beethoven used to lay on the floor to feel the notes he plays on the piano

 

[chamber-music]

actually feeling the vibrations, Beethoven used to lay on the floor to feel the notes he plays on the piano

I meant feel the vibrations sorry. Beethoven had a special rod attached to the soundboard on a piano that he could bite—the vibrations would then transfer from the piano to his jaw to increase his perception of the sound.

Theres a large collection of his hearing aids such as special ear horns can be viewed at the Beethoven House Museum in Bonn in Germany.

 

[LazloSpeeker]

Okay I know this is bizarre, but how does deaf peoples consciousness work, because I think it's true for most people, my consciousness tends to involve me using words in my head I.E me thinking "I wanna go make a sandwich", but someone who has been deaf from birth will never have developed the same language skills so how do they have the same thoughts or does their physical disability give them a mental disability keeping them in an almost infant state for their entire life?

My guess is that the probably think more like an animal than a human, relying primarily on instincts.

 

[LazloSpeeker]

His a Rapper who looks like a camel

I though most people knew deaf people listened to music by feeling the vibrations

Its well known Beethoven did!

Yes, but did he?:

 

[JayCaz]

I find it amusing that when a French person is speaking to you in English, they're thinking in French.




I don't get out much.

 

[kane9321]

Where's Speedball? I thought he mentioned his boyfriend being deaf. But I have a Sign Language teacher who is deaf. I could try asking her this?

WAIT..SPEEDBALL IS GAY?....WHERE HAVE I BEEN

 

[pyromaniac]

Speedball sounds like me, but in reverse. I am deaf, whereas my boyfriend is not.

So. Being deaf. Yeah I actually pondered about the blind peoples' dreams, and I had an inkling that they don't have to dream visually, just any point of reference would do, since what they do and experience in real life translates to the subconsciousness.

Same with me. I'm not sure if I've actually had dreams of sounds, if I do, I pay little attention to them.

I was born deaf but I think the same thoughts as everyone else, except that to be blind, deaf, etc gives you a unique outlook on the world. It's part of who you are, I find.

And the other difference is that I may have some words I haven't pronounced properly, until someone corrects me and I do so. For instance, unfamiliar or unknown words or names.

 

[jaguarr]

Speedball sounds like me, but in reverse. I am deaf, whereas my boyfriend is not.

So. Being deaf. Yeah I actually pondered about the blind peoples' dreams, and I had an inkling that they don't have to dream visually, just any point of reference would do, since what they do and experience in real life translates to the subconsciousness.

Same with me. I'm not sure if I've actually had dreams of sounds, if I do, I pay little attention to them.

I was born deaf but I think the same thoughts as everyone else, except that to be blind, deaf, etc gives you a unique outlook on the world. It's part of who you are, I find.

And the other difference is that I may have some words I haven't pronounced properly, until someone corrects me and I do so. For instance, unfamiliar or unknown words or names.

Whoa! You are Bizarro Speedball?

jag

 

[Alex The Great]

I'm deaf too

That Explains Alot












I Kid, I Kid

 

[kainedamo]

oddly enough deaf people do dream in sounds, I do so we do have some concept for sounds and we can feel the sounds with our hands/fingers

I've always wondered about that. It's pretty fascinating.

I also find it cool that you can feel the music when you stand beside a speaker. I'm sure you can get a good feel of the song that way.

 

[Star]

I really like this thread. I've often wondered this same question, but I just assumed they thought in pictures. Its nice to actually hear a response from a few people who are deaf to get their actual perspective.