How do deaf people think?

[Spoken Word]

well because it's hard for them to heaqr thier own voice, so to put the proper accents and intonations into every syllable that they cant quite hear is considerably difficult. I'm sure though that the internalizing thoughts would take the form of a voice that the person fabricated as an idea of what thier own voice would sound like

i hope that's my answer because it's simple and it makes perfect sense..lol

how would that affect their reading?

[Nation_1ne]

When we think to ourselves it's almost as if we are narrating the situation and it's options to ourselves. But since a deaf person cannot hear then the question is, how do they narrate the situation to themselves or talk to themselves? Is that what you're saying OP?

As Slip stated, the prime example would be a blind and deaf person, how would they communicate with them self? Since they have will most probably not have any understanding of language.

[Spoken Word]

When we think to ourselves it's almost as if we are narrating the situation and it's options to ourselves. But since a deaf person cannot hear then the question is, how do they narrate the situation to themselves or talk to themselves? Is that what you're saying OP?

yes. thanks for clearing it up

[ghosty]

theres gotta be a deaf person on this site who can give input?.... anyone? im only slightly hard of hearing so i cant give the full perspective

[Nation_1ne]

yes. thanks for clearing it up

Ha, I'm glad I did. I was making sure that's what you meant. It's something I've thought about before. It's so hard to comprehend.

[ghosty]

i say thatd it would take the form of a fabricated voice, because if you think about, it babies are unable to speak, and at very young age dont quite register every sound that they hear, however hey are still able to put thoughts together (although not as complex) and react accordingly... i imagine it works something like that, plus as the person would grow and gain more intelligence the ability to internalize would increase, and they would be able to put thoughts together in a simillar intelligent way... also i imagine through attempts at speaking throughout the years, and the registration of the vibrations through hier bodies of the voice, would give a rough idea as to the qualities of the person's own voice, which i imagine would help them fabricae the internalized voice... hope that helps

[slipknotpsycho]

thinking about it in the OP's view or ghosty's still is a 'mind-fuck' for me...

either way i think it's far beyond my comprehension power

[Spoken Word]

^I hear ya. lol that's why I asked. I knew someone here would get a trip out of that question.

[ghosty]

hmm this thread reminded me of another mind fuck question that me and some freinds sat stumped about for a good while after smoking once, returned to it when sober and still cant answer... i'll post it in a new thread

[40oz]

theres gotta be a deaf person on this site who can give input?.... anyone? im only slightly hard of hearing so i cant give the full perspective

That would be like asking a colorblind person to tell you what blue looks like to them. Its blue, but not the blue we all know, so all they could tell you is that they see 'blue'

All a deaf person will be able to say is that they can think, i imagine it would be hard for them to get into much more detail than that.