Quora 上某个蛮有趣的问题
If a person is born deaf, which language do they think in?
如果某人自出生便听不见声音，那么他思考的时候是使用怎样的语言呢？
原文地址：https://www.quora.com/If-a-person-is-born-deaf-which-language-do-they-think-in
I was born Deaf and have been Deaf my whole life. I do not wear hearing aids or cochlear implants (and have no desire to wear either). I speak American sign language (ASL) and it is my primary language. I am a mother of two born-Deaf children, so our being Deaf is genetic for us.
我从出生到现在都没有听到过声音。我没有佩戴助听器也没有移植人工耳蜗（也不想要）。我日常主要使用美式手语 (ASL) 。我是两位失聪孩子的母亲，所以我们的失聪是基因造成的。
I have a 'voice' in my head, but it is not sound-based. I am a visual being, so in my head, I either see ASL signs, or pictures, or sometimes printed words. My inner 'voice' does have words, concepts, and thoughts. My mind is not blank, nor is it "silent."
在我的脑海中有“声音”，但并不是那种日常生活中的声音。我是基于视觉印象的人，所以在我的脑海中，我或者是看见 ASL 手势，或者是图画，有时是单词。我内心的“声音”是有单词和想法组成的。我的脑海中并不是空白的也不是“安静”的。
I process information through my brain, my eyes, my nose, my tongue, and my touch, all in the same way anyone would process their information. Sound just isn't part of my thought process, and because it's not part of my thought process does not mean I don't have an inner voice. I do.
我通过自己的大脑，眼睛，鼻子，舌头，以及触觉来处理信息，使用的是和正常人一样的方式。声音并不是我思想中的一部分，但我的思考过程中没有声音并不代表我内心深处不存在声音。
I'm a conscious, sentient being who thinks and reasons. :-)
我是一个有意识有感觉，同样也会思考的理性人。 :-)
