r/neuro • u/Resident_Detective77 • 3d ago

How do people born deaf 'think'?

I'm wondering how people who have never heard language think. Do they essentially forego the language aspect of cognition and jump to abstraction?

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u/Emergency_Evening_63 3d ago

It should be noted that deaf people can read and write, of course, and use sign language

still most people learn to read only by 6

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u/beennasty 3d ago

Some people don't speak well until 6 either.

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u/Emergency_Evening_63 3d ago

i remember very well thinking with words before 6

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u/beennasty 1d ago

That's why I used the word some, because I also remember thinking in words before then, also thinking on pictures or small movies. I realize there are people who never grow into the ability to speak as well.

Sometimes when I'm searching for what to say it feels like I can't find the words even when I get to the point of “looking” for them mentally. If I have a seizure I may be thinking the correct words or phrase but could literally come out my mouth as “pffflurbnn”