Hearing is a backup sense.
That might vary by person, but for me it’s not. If I had to pick between being able to see and being able to hear, it’d be hearing, hands down. Being able to see is amazing and I’d miss it, but hearing is just a whole other dimension.
Being able to know how someone is feeling, just by hearing their voice. Listening to music and hearing all the shapes, colors, and feelings that come with it. The colors aren’t always ones you can see, like blue or yellow. It’s hard to describe. I’ll close my eyes and just listen at a concert (not the whole time) and same with TV, a lot of times. I usually remember it better that way.
If I have to find something in a backpack, I’ll often do it by feel. I probably look like a raccoon washing its food, but it just works for me. You can tell things apart by feel and sound.
executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I have heard that the incidence of suicide is higher in deaf people then in blind people, which would suggest that, while our senses are sight dominated, losing our hearing has a bigger impact in some way. That said I can’t find a citation for that, so make of it what you will.
Klear@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Or maybe the blind people just miss more.
stray@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
This is the best I could find on the specific topic: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7888369/
executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Guess I was misinformed. Thanks for doing the legwork.