I'm going to make a somewhat educated guess that you can only hear the notes if you have a less disabling deafness that keeps the conversion intact (if there's such a thing). What we percieve as sound is a conversion from kinetic energy (air vibrations) to nerve impulses...
Sitting here listening to my stereo and feeling the bass notes vibrating through my couch I’m wondering what it’s like to hear music as a def person. I can play my unplugged bass and “hear” the notes through vibration if I snuggled the base against my chest. Is it like that?
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Fair. I don’t know anyone who is hearing impaired. I know I’ve seen them at concerts so I know there’s something. That experience is really interesting to me. So much of what I understand is a combination of sensory inputs. I would like to know what it feels like for them.
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I knew this def girl who would dance perfectly and your guess was exactly her answer - she felt the bass through her heart
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That’s awesome! That makes me happy.
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