Do the deaf have an inner voice as we know it? how does one who has never heard the spoken word then "speak" in their own head? in sign language?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I have a granddaugther who was born totally deaf. She learned to sign and was quite good. They put cochlear implants in both her ears at about age 2 years. We referred to the day they went to start the implants we jokingly called it, Lacey,
Plugged in. When she heard the first sound, she cried. It scared her.
AntaresRose
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Jan 27, 2018
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The potential in evolution is that sign language preceded spoken language.
Jack-of-scythes
Level 6
Jan 26, 2018
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I learned sign language years ago, but let it slip. I began practicing it a few years ago as something to do while commuting for hours each way to a Thailand/Malaysia border town where I was teaching. I had to give it up, though, as I rapidly began to think in ASL and suffered constant frustration from having to squelch my urge to sign instead of talking.
Plus, ASL can say a lot with the minimum of signs..so more efficient than most languages.
birdingnut
Level 8
Jan 26, 2018
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Really, I've always assumed it was less efficient, just because interpreters seem to have trouble keeping up. Cool to learn!
@PaulRecomStop It's not the keeping up, but translating spoken words into ASL, which has an entirely different way of thinking. Thai is similar..if you try to use "Google translate" on a Thai paragraph, it won't make sense in the slightest. There are many things that just don't translate.
@birdingnut that honestly makes so much more sense
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