After waking up, I began to wonder:
- How do Deaf people process language in their mind?
- When Deaf people read a book, do they see people signing? Do they see pictures? Do they "hear" it?
- In their dreams, do Deaf people hear everything? Do they sign? Feel?
I googled it up and I found only two common answers...
- "Research suggests deaf people who have some ability to phonologically encode letters and words are the best readers." In other words, they hear it in their Deaf minds.
- Deaf people visualize and feel the words.
- i.e. "A beautiful woman is crying for Help". Some Deaf people would visualize a beautiful woman and she is signing "Help."
I'll tell you how I process language.
I combine both sounds and pictures in my head. This kind of thinking is called, "Rebus." This kind of thinking seems not to be too common among people. Go figure.
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Tell me.... How do you process Langauge in your head? Do you sign in your dream? Do you hear when you're reading a book?
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Tell me.... How do you process Langauge in your head? Do you sign in your dream? Do you hear when you're reading a book?
In my dream, I do not hear.. I telepath with each other.
ReplyDeleteHaha. Awesome! Very Sci-Fi of you!!!!
ReplyDeleteI always dream in ASL. I don't recall ever dreaming that I could "hear."
ReplyDeleteOn another topic, in 16 years of teaching English to Deaf students, I find no truth to the statement that Deaf people that can hear some or "hear phonetically" are better readers. In fact, in my personal experience, I've found it to be the opposite.