i got this question from a test
2006-07-21 04:04:44 · 14 answers · asked by stasiunjuara 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
We learn how to speak by listening to others say the words.
2006-07-21 04:08:17 · answer #1 · answered by lunatic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on when the person went deaf. If they were born deaf they haven't heard language spoken; which is the primary way we acquire language. This is why a baby born in one country and raised in another can speak that language! Interracial/internationallly different parents can both speak to a child in their language of origin only and the child will be bilingual. Isn't it funny that animals (dogs) also learn the language that is spoken most to them to obey commands?
If the person became deaf in childhood, s/he may be self conscious about speaking because they cannot hear themselves. That is why many deaf people who speak enunciate with a flat kind of sound.
2006-07-21 11:11:16 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question is irrelevant and based on predjudices. My son is deaf. He is not mute. He does not hear his voice so the voice is not as important to him, but he can speak. Mute is the inability to use vocal chords. Many people in the deaf community do voiceless speaking while they sign, only because many deaf people talk mostly in sign. Nearly all deaf people vocalize however and use their voice when trying to communicate to the non-deaf community.
Hope this helps.
2006-07-21 11:11:07 · answer #3 · answered by scottjones61 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A baby learns to speak from hearing the person/s taking care of them. A person who can't hear from birth, doesn't get that. A person who goes deaf after learning, may still speak, but because they get no feedback, after a while, there speech quality may deteriorate. A person with partial deafness may speak, but depending on their loss, will determine the quality of their speech.
2006-07-21 11:11:18 · answer #4 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they have been deaf from birth, then they wouldn't have been able to develop their voices as could one who can hear - how to modulate, adjust volume, articulate, etc. However, I have known many who were able to move past this huge disability to actually speak fairly clearly. One of the more famous individuals to do this was Helen Keller.
2006-07-21 11:10:02 · answer #5 · answered by Finnegan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if there born deaf, it's because they don't know what there saying, because they haven't done it before, if there old and they become deaf, then they might, or they might choose to keep queit since they can't hear if there saying things right or how loud there talking
2006-07-21 11:09:31 · answer #6 · answered by Taku 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, they can't hear what they say or others say if they are totally deaf so they never learned to talk I'm guessing.
2006-07-21 11:07:43 · answer #7 · answered by macleod709 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have not heard words so they do not know how and what to pronounce. It is the same thing as blind people cannot draw or write!
2006-07-21 11:07:49 · answer #8 · answered by dude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think about it for a min u moron, if u cant hear do u honestly think ud be able to speak? if u cant hear then how are u supposed to know what **** sounds like....duh....stupid question its obvious
2006-07-21 11:08:45 · answer #9 · answered by MC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They never heard other people speaking, so they never learned to speak
2006-07-21 11:07:58 · answer #10 · answered by let the speakers blow your mind 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋