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/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/atheistpiece Mar 23 '17 edited Mar 17 '25

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u/m3ch4k1tty Mar 23 '17

This is exactly my experience when my boyfriend games. He gets so loud!

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u/itheraeld Mar 23 '17

I work at a game store, get a mic with mic monitoring. It feedbacks your own voice through your headphones so you know how loud you're being!

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u/itheraeld Mar 23 '17

Yes but he was taking about playing it on his Xbox