Deaf People Question.... AHH!!!?!


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Deaf People Question.... AHH!!!?

You know how when you think, its like a voice in your head well deaf people cant speak properly so what does it (its voice) sound like or do they have a voice!!!
AHHH!!


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This would depend upon whether or not the person was deaf from birth. There is a school of psychology that says that memory cannot exist without language (that's why you don't remember being a baby). That said, there are two part to hearing: nerve conduction and bone conduction.

Some profoundly deaf people who learn to speak get "feedback" from the bone conduction aspect of speech (bone conduction is what makes your speaking voice while you are speaking sound so different to you than your recorded voice)

While I have never asked a deaf client this particular question, I think there must be some mental representation of speech in those who learn to speak. As for those who only learn ASL, I haven't a clue what the mental representatin of language would be like.




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