Do deaf people think in sign?

[her209]

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[UglyCasanova]

No clue... 😕

..The more I think about it, this is a good question. I think that people dream/think more in concepts and abstractions rather than actual words or sounds or pictures, and these are just a means to express these ideas. I'm sure French people think in French, and cats think in cat. You think the same way as a deaf person, you just use different methods to conceptualize your ideas. This is just my opinion, though. That said, I think it would be extremely interesting to see what constructs a person who was born deaf/blind has developed for their thinking process.

 

[AFB]

😕

 

[djheater]

I know that blind people dream in sound, no clue on this one though.. I don't really think in sounds.. I think in words, I would imagine it's the same for them.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Actually it's a damn good question. Most of us think in words. What happens with someone who has always been deaf? What symbolism or metaphor takes the place of human speech?

 

[Pathogen03]

uh.. I would think Deaf Dreams are just quiet... You cant read in dreams, or analyze anything, so i dont know if you can understand sign...

 

[dds14u]

interesting question...i guess if a deaf person has been deaf for all of his/her life...they would think a lot more visually...but then do u really hear sounds when ur dreaming, or do u just seem to somehow know what's going on.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: djheater
I know that blind people dream in sound, no clue on this one though.. I don't really think in sounds.. I think in words, I would imagine it's the same for them.

How do you know this? Are you blind?

 

[KnickNut3]

Well, do deaf people learn phonics? If so, they probably can "sound" out words in their head, making them able to "hear" words as they think.

But that's totally unqualified speculation.

 

[MikePanic]

my ex was deaf - well... she could hear about 20% of what we do - menengeitis (spelling?) at the age of 2 caused her to go deaf, but she already knew how to talk... so she talked nearly 100% normal, and read lips... as for people who are born deaf, got me

 

[screw3d]

Blind people usually have increased perception for sound.. but does the deaf have increased perception for sight? 😕

 

[TerryMathews]

Originally posted by: screw3d
Blind people usually have increased perception for sound.. but does the deaf have increased perception for sight? 😕

Yes. The brain has a pattern-matching algorithm for both sight and sound (As well as touch, taste, and smell to a lesser degree). When one sense is disabled, more processing power is allocated to matching for the other sense. It's very computer-istic in that regard.

Note that the brain is adaptive as well. You don't have to be deaf/blind or be born deaf/blind for this to work. If you covered your eyes for a week straight, you'd notice you could hear more.

*I don't recommend trying this. After a week of being exposed to minimal oxygen, arteries and veins would begin to form inside the eye for oxygen supply.

 

[Wahsapa]

i dont think theres any language for 'thought'.

no matter what language u were taught to express yourself in, ideas are all the same.

for example. say telepathy was real, and we can think something and somebody can understand it, without needing to physically express it. does that mean we have to know what language they know to telepathically understand them? i dont think so, thinking involves no language. so if a japanese telepathic man trys and reads the mind of an english telepathic man, theres no hold ups, the japanese man understands even tho the japanese man doesnt know english. same with the english man comunicating telepathically with the japanese man.

so no, i dont think anybody 'thinks' in a certain language. when trying to express the idea however, thats fully up to what language you were taught.

 

[Twista]

;( the mod just locked all the threads even though it says hes offline. Is it Roger???