Deafness

Darts

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I know deaf people can't hear but can they at least hear their own voice when they speak?
 
WHAT???
 
To paraphrase from Amadeus: One reads such questions, and what can one say but....darts.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: One hears such sounds, and what can one say but... 'Salieri.'

He may delete this thread.
 
I am going to answer this seriously.

It depends on the level of their hearing impairment.

If they are totally deaf, they can not hear their own voice so much as they can feel it. They can feel the vibration in their chest and their head, thus allowing them to feel the difference in vibration frequency when their voice obtains different pitches and tones. So deaf people do have a vague idea of what their voice is like, and roughly how they are using it.
 
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I am going to answer this seriously.

It depends on the level of their hearing impairment.

If they are totally deaf, they can not hear their own voice so much as they can feel it. They can feel the vibration in their chest and their head, thus allowing them to feel the difference in vibration frequency when their voice obtains different pitches and tones. So deaf people do have a vague idea of what their voice is like, and roughly how they are using it.
Thanks. Intelligent, rational and civil posters like you more than make up for others.
 
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I saw a trailer (teaser?) for "Sound of Metal". It's a movie about a man who becomes deaf. However, he still talked normally, albeit rather loudly (but then Al Pacino also talks loudly).
Sound of Metal - Wikipedia