This really does lead to many questions. For example, are Deaf people really capable of understanding and feeling the true meaning of music? Or is it like trying to teach a fish how to walk? (ergo: it's impossible?)
Another question to consider is how can we prove that Deaf people will experience the same sensations as a Hearing person might while listening to music? Or is it synthetic like in the example of cochlear implants... We already know it is not the same as a Hearing person.
Overall, this seems like an interesting experiment, as the creator states, to allow the Deaf community to experience a "different sense".
Deaf aren't capable of enjoying music as an whole experience. I suppose it depends at what point you were deaf. Acquired deaf are too disappointed with half the music to bother, whilst the born deaf look on that half or less as more than they had. Near all deaf experiences of music are via percussion, so no, they will not understand or appreciate different melodies, sounds, or singing at all, to me that would render music totally pointless. I would always be trying to regain what is missing and it is too stressful to do that, I could not settle for drums and bass. All or nothing at all. If you are not hearing or experiencing the whole thing, is there a point ? I could probably play from memory a few tunes on an instrument even now, but I think whatever for ?
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