Do people who use sign language see little hands in their head when they think about what somebody said,?

Question

or do they hear the words?

ive always wondered!
just like babies wouldnt think ' i want my dummy' because they havent leant english yet!

Answer 1

you see the object in your head, i was deaf for 3 months after a land mine went off near me in Iraq, and had to learn sign language, it has come in really useful, and i now have my hearing back thank the lord !

Answer 2

Well, I assume they either can see them talking but can't hear them or they just don't think about what someone says at all. I will ask my deaf friends if they can hear what people say in their mind or if they even think about what people say. And I know that if you are born deaf then you dream about regular things you just can't hear them. I asked my deaf friend today and he told me exactly that. But if you aren't born deaf than you can hear your dreams(at least some of them).

Answer 3

The sign language is interpreted as words. So it is therefore thought of in the brain as words.

When you see road signs, do you read what they say, or does the symbol stay in your head?

Same thing.

Answer 4

Most deaf people can read lips so i'd assume thy'd see the person 's liips moving when thinking about what someone said.

Answer 5

Well, I don't really think people envision words in their hand when they think about what people said. I assume they would envision the act of saying (or signing) instead.

Answer 6

they lip read to so no they don't see little hands in their heads we use sign language daily in our nursery school not only for singing nursery rhymes for everyone to join in but we also sign for children who are autistic who use signing as they find speaking hard so signing has many forms of use for many people for many different reasons

Answer 7

A challenging question! Discuss it with the deaf and those who speak with them. (I don't know any here) My dad was red green colorblind, and while He did see some shades of blue and yellow, much of the spectrum was in black and white to him.

Answer 8

thats an interesting concept.
maybe you should specify "people who have been deaf all their life"
seeing as people who had learned spoken english wouldnt have that issue...
um, i hypothesize that they probably just think in "concepts": they think about water or running or whatever as the thing or action that they perceive it as.

Answer 9

No!

It'slike saying you are thinking of moving lips or mouths when you think of what was said to you.

Answer 10

yes when they think about it they think about words not hands but interesting concept