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by Ryan UK
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Try and answer this one:

If someone is born deaf; what language is the voice in their head?
  • Profile picture of the author waterotter
    Originally Posted by Ryan UK View Post

    Try and answer this one:

    If someone is born deaf; what language is the voice in their head?
    The language they lip read, or the sign language they learn to read.
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    • Profile picture of the author AjaTrinidad
      The voices in our heads aren't really voices, so it's nothing audible. They're just thoughts that we have in our language. So we're not different from they are in that aspect.
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  • Profile picture of the author NatureElf
    hmmmm, good one there. Great responses....not sure which one I agree with. I do tend to think it would be what ever language they learn to sign. But would the self dialog be in the form of sign language also?
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by NatureElf View Post

      hmmmm, good one there. Great responses....not sure which one I agree with. I do tend to think it would be what ever language they learn to sign. But would the self dialog be in the form of sign language also?
      Language is an instinct, so another sense would pick up the auditory storage and response. In the case of the deaf it would most likely be imagry attached to the word symbol. They probably see at least a portion of the hand signing in their heads when they think - either that or a static symbol. You can't actually perform cogitation consciously without some sort of sensual data linked to the symbol (word) to retrieve the memory into the workstation where it is combined with new input from the conscious mind.
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  • Profile picture of the author JustinDupre
    Hmm good question and answer.. Beside the country that the person was born, sign language, or language they learn to read. I would agree with Ajatrinidad most about images running through their heads. Mann.. I think being blind is probably a little worst.
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  • Profile picture of the author artwebster
    People only think in words when they are faced with a written question - like this one.

    Most thinking is done on a basic sensory matrix and the thought processes do not require the use of words. This is why we immediately stop pushing a locked door. Our senses tell us it is locked - our brains catch up a little later to tell us that it is locked and will use impulses that the analy retentive will translate into words before 'getting' the idea.
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    • Profile picture of the author waterotter
      Originally Posted by artwebster View Post

      People only think in words when they are faced with a written question - like this one.

      Most thinking is done on a basic sensory matrix and the thought processes do not require the use of words. This is why we immediately stop pushing a locked door. Our senses tell us it is locked - our brains catch up a little later to tell us that it is locked and will use impulses that the analy retentive will translate into words before 'getting' the idea.
      Hi artwebster,

      You are correct. When I responded, I wasn't thinking with the right part of my brain lol. I, myself am deaf in one ear, with some hearing loss in my good ear. I worked with the Canadian Hearing Society for years and just loved it. To this day, I have to consciously remind myself when I am speaking to someone to look them in the eyes, as I grew up reading lips without realizing it! It was a way of communicating. I was not making eye contact. For years, watching tv etc, I was reading their lips, not realizing I did so until I watched a show where the lips didn't match what I was reading, everything was not in sync. I about went crazy....was hearing/reading Hi hi, how how are are you you??
      Had to flip to a different channel. Best part is, my friends that don't have a hearing problem never clue into this!!! :rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author sarahberra
    Interesting. I never really thought about this before. I guess a deaf person's perception would be so different, but they wouldn't really know the difference though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    I don't know but I have spent decades pondering the question "what is the sound of one hand clapping".

    I suppose it has to be 'silence' - the sound of silence.

    (don't ask why it took me so long to figure out something so simple)

    (I expected the answer to be something extremely profound but have finally settled on that because there just can't be any other answer).
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