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DeprecatedCompatV2@programming.dev 1 month agoHow do people who have gained hearing feel about it? It seems like hearing would be important for a number of things besides communication, but maybe modern life doesn’t require much?
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s a variety of opinions. Born deaf often don’t like it. The later deafened you are the more you tend to want hearing back.
It’s not even about the communication per se, it’s also about the physical act of hearing which can be uncomfortable
DeprecatedCompatV2@programming.dev 1 month ago
That’s interesting. So if your brain isn’t developed to cope with hearing, it’s overwhelming similar to someone with autism?
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, you can build it up, but it’s unpleasant and slow and idk if it can get all the way.
Basically (from what I remember/understand) your body loves “use it or lose it” on anything resource intensive, and nothing uses resources like brain. So if you aren’t getting sound you let other stuff butt in on that area and you never build up auditory processing. Add in the fact that CIs don’t work the same as biological cochleas (seriously there’s videos with sound replicating various CIs) and you basically have to relearn how to hear.
Another connection is actually autistic people with issues with verbal communication often don’t have those issues with sign language. It’s processed differently but not in a way that makes it super hard to learn, it’s honestly easier to pick up than most languages.