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> Aren't there people who learn to speak, albeit with an accent, even though they have never been able to hear? Yes, some people go through "speech therapy" an
by makeitdouble 3y ago
> Aren't there people who learn to speak, albeit with an accent, even though they have never been able to hear?
Yes, some people go through "speech therapy" and train to emit the right sounds while not hearing the output (but I think they rely on the inner vibrations ?).
Understandably that requires a ton of training on top of existing skills and not everyone ends up with something workable.
Part of the existing skills is the the ability to vocalize the sounds in the first place, and if a kid never intentionally vocalized for 11 years, I wonder if their vocal cords could ever develop to a point they can make the range of sounds needed.
- smeej 3y agoIt does seem like the difficulty, then, must be with the comprehension of spoken language, then, not strictly the speaking of it. I had wondered about this for awhile, how when you see adults have their cochlear implants turned on for the first time, sometimes they respond as though they do understand what people are saying to them. I had wondered how they could possibly know how to interpret the sounds as specific words, even if they knew the words, but this makes it seem like that's not what's happening. They're probably still reading lips to understand the words themselves.