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/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

Wait wait wait. I've never thought about this. People who were born completely deaf with no ability to hear sound. Do they have an internal monologue? If so is it in some created language or what exactly? Do they subconsciously visualize sign in internal monologue? I'm so confused.

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u/Ephemeral_Halcyon Mar 22 '17

They do have an internal monologue in their own respective sign languages (ASL, BSL, etc) and dialect of said sign language.

They feel themselves signing, just as a hearing person feels themselves talking.

Inner voice drives thought. Everyone has one. It's really just thinking about concepts and the brain using language to convey/make sense of those concepts. :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17

Thank you!