Comments on: Sound Philosophy? Is this philosophy of sounds sound? http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/sound-philosophy-is-this-philosophy-of-sounds-sound/ a blog about everything and nothing at the same time deafilosophy(AT)gmail.com Sat, 19 May 2007 21:33:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: deafphilosophy http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/sound-philosophy-is-this-philosophy-of-sounds-sound/#comment-28 deafphilosophy Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:58:30 +0000 http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/sound-philosophy-is-this-philosophy-of-sounds-sound/#comment-28 Both of you addressed a valid problem. If you can hear something, but cannot understand it, why is that called a hearing loss? When I wore hearing aids, people would always shout thinking it helps me hear. Yes, I could hear them more than I cared to, but if I can hear it, there's something more complex than just a hearing loss. I believe there is some sort of "dyslexia" of the hearing, they can hear perfectly, but the message gets scrambled up. It's also ironic that if something was really blasted in our ears, we would still not understand it. Both of you addressed a valid problem. If you can hear something, but cannot understand it, why is that called a hearing loss? When I wore hearing aids, people would always shout thinking it helps me hear. Yes, I could hear them more than I cared to, but if I can hear it, there’s something more complex than just a hearing loss. I believe there is some sort of “dyslexia” of the hearing, they can hear perfectly, but the message gets scrambled up. It’s also ironic that if something was really blasted in our ears, we would still not understand it.

]]> By: anon http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/sound-philosophy-is-this-philosophy-of-sounds-sound/#comment-10 anon Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:07:12 +0000 http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/sound-philosophy-is-this-philosophy-of-sounds-sound/#comment-10 Blind people that I know wear sunglasses to cover up oddities in the appearance of their eyes, not to block out what little light they do see. There is such a wide range of deafness -- in comparison with the first poster: I cannot hear a conversation at all...unless I have HA on, in which case I can understand most of it if I can see the people talking. Is that deaf? I say so, though I can fool a lot of hearing people. Blind people that I know wear sunglasses to cover up oddities in the appearance of their eyes, not to block out what little light they do see.

There is such a wide range of deafness — in comparison with the first poster: I cannot hear a conversation at all…unless I have HA on, in which case I can understand most of it if I can see the people talking. Is that deaf? I say so, though I can fool a lot of hearing people.

]]> By: Jean Boutcher http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/sound-philosophy-is-this-philosophy-of-sounds-sound/#comment-9 Jean Boutcher Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:01:08 +0000 http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/sound-philosophy-is-this-philosophy-of-sounds-sound/#comment-9 Opinion varies from deaf individual to deaf individual. o one is right or wrong. I consider myself profoundly deaf simply because I cannot hear the phone ringing or a normal spoken conversation. However, when wearing a hearing aid, I can hear the sound of a normal conversation -- without udnerstanding what is spoken. Therefore, I am still deaf. If I could understand, that would be another story. Jean Boutcher Opinion varies from deaf individual to deaf individual. o one is right or wrong. I consider myself profoundly deaf simply because I cannot hear the phone ringing or a normal spoken conversation. However, when wearing a hearing aid,
I can hear the sound of a normal conversation — without udnerstanding what is spoken. Therefore, I am still deaf. If I could understand, that would be another story.

Jean Boutcher

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