Explaining The Deaf

Explaining a particular experience to one who is not capable of hearing may be challenging if not impossible. I, as a person with hearing capabilities, have the ability to hear fire alarms, lyrics in music, my parents calling my name, and considerably more. I would explain hearing to an individual that is deaf would be through signing, as I have taken American Sign Language and learned that people who are deaf hear through their eyes. The way I would describe sound would be with my facial expressions, signs, and word choices. Either being very loud, large, small, or soft, there are innumerable facial expressions that may be leveraged to show and explain how something is or sounds. As for the deaf, they are extremely descriptive in their culture, as they notoriously explain every minute detail. …show more content…
One way that the deaf can experience sound is through the sensation of the vibrations created by of music. I, as a hearing person, can listen to the lyrics of the music and the deaf can listen to the vibrations that the song offers. I can describe the sound of the singer with varying emotions about the song: happy, sad, angry, and along with others. This can communicate to the deaf what the artist is feeling when they play the song. In the same manner as the article, "What is it Like to be a Bat", describes how the bats use echolocation to navigate; the deaf use their eyes to hear what is going on in their