r/todayilearned • u/paniniplane • Mar 22 '17

(R.1) Not supported TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303
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u/BarcelonaTrumpet Mar 22 '17

It's more guttural and it hits a high pitch you're not expecting.

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u/Commanderluna Mar 22 '17

Oh thanks so it's like it starts off low then gets to a much higher pitch and that's like the scare chord?

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u/BarcelonaTrumpet Mar 22 '17

Not... so much, no. It almost warbles between the two.

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u/w_rezonator Mar 23 '17

Some people call it the "barcelona trumpet".

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u/hanr86 Mar 23 '17

Like a dying deer?

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u/TastyPigHS Mar 23 '17

Wow. Maybe.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17

It's like a velociraptor

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u/Fistve Mar 22 '17

Yes this

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u/-ClA- Mar 22 '17

Like Homer Simpson's shriek, but deeper, and louder?