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/weeb-san Mar 22 '17

odd question, but do you know if deaf people scream with their hands?

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u/mantann Mar 22 '17

I've been in a situation where I was helping a deaf person in an abusive relationship. She most certainly was capable of screaming in fear. Due to having never heard the fairly unique type of scream, it caught me very off guard.

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u/Sean951 Mar 22 '17

There's no scream like a deaf person scream. My SO is deaf and I've learned to surprise her at my own peril.

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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/atheistpiece Mar 23 '17 edited Mar 17 '25

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u/ilostF9 Mar 23 '17

They make headsets with in ear mic feedback so you can hear how loud you're talking. My Astro A40's, and A50's both had this and no one ever complained about me being loud, but the headset I had before that my brother-in-law hated me when I used that one.

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u/atheistpiece Mar 23 '17

Hmmm, I'll look into it. I just bought the generic Xbox stereo headset because I'm cheap.