There are significant differences between those who are deaf from birth and those who subsequently lose their hearing. That’s why people with congenital hearing impairment are also called deaf.
Although this word is strange to the society, this term is used to better understand the difference between being deaf and hearing impaired. A disabled person we consulted also stated that the use of this word is not a problem.
Those who have lost their hearing later experience much less difficulty than those who are congenitally deaf, with variations depending on the age of loss.
People who are congenitally deaf are also unable to speak. Because speaking is an acquisition by hearing, they never learn to speak.
That’s why these people are called “deaf and dumb” by society, but it’s not because they can’t speak because they have a problem with their mouth or tongue. In addition, these people cannot learn to read and write. Because they never heard the sounds represented by all the letters.
There is no language created by sound in the inner voices and thoughts of congenitally deaf people.
It is not possible for them to think in spoken language. Just as a person who does not know sign language cannot think in sign language, hearing impaired individuals cannot think in spoken language. If they do not know the language of hearing, they cannot think in that language either. It is possible for them to think in their mother tongue, if the disability occurs later.
So how is the situation in your dreams?
There is no sound in their dreams. Instead, they only dream of vision and sign language. Someone who does not have an auditory experience in their memory cannot have this experience in their dreams either.
Giordon Stark, a born deaf professor of physics at the University of Chicago, confirms this. He states that thoughts and dreams are completely visual.
Sources: Yakup Gençtürk, Ergo Therapy, gdh digital
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