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Hallucinations are much more commonly auditory in Scz, and often language based (deaf Schizophrenic people report hallucinating disembodied hands doing sign lan
by mennis16 7y ago
Hallucinations are much more commonly auditory in Scz, and often language based (deaf Schizophrenic people report hallucinating disembodied hands doing sign language). If it is a real effect it could possibly have the opposite explanation- blind people tend to have compensatory improvements in other senses like hearing, so perhaps developmental auditory hyposensitivity is a causal factor.
But yeah, while I think the observation is interesting, it is hard to conclude much of anything from it.
- Jupe 7y agoInteresting: https://gizmodo.com/can-deaf-people-hear-voices-1675963437 https://gizmodo.com/can-deaf-people-hear-voices-1675963437 Apparently, deaf people do get Scz, and some even hear voices.
- Forgivenessizer 7y agoBut deaf people born blind don't. I'm blaming tinky winky. That creature is horrifying.