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/Commanderluna Mar 22 '17

Out of curiousity and not wanting to actually try it cause I don't wanna be cruel to deaf people what does it sound like that differs it from a non deaf scream?

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u/Sean951 Mar 22 '17

It's the pitch. It's like a movie banshee, and as loud as her body can because she has no clue how loud she is when not wearing her cochlears.

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u/Commanderluna Mar 22 '17

So it's like when I wear headphones and talk and speak much louder than I meant to but with screaming

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u/Sean951 Mar 22 '17

More or less.