What do deaf people think about silence?

I think people who are deaf from birth, they have experience of the voice they live in silence. But sign language (SL) is very beneficial for those. They can easily talk with sign language. On the other side people who are not deaf from birth, but became after birth with any reason have very bad experience of deafness. read more

Cued Speech and oralist deaf people CAN think in English but not always DO. Personally, I think with images, feelings, intuition and I don’t need a single word to reflect on complex stuff. However, when I have to write an essay, I translate my thoughts into English (right now for example) or French. read more

Deaf people think in ASL, fingerspelling, and images. Deaf people also imagine hearing people signing instead of speaking in their mind. EDIT2: Since this post gets so much attention. A deaf redditor messaged me saying I should add more information about different thought process. read more