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Deaf hearing refers to a condition in which deaf individuals are able to react to an auditory stimulus, without actually being able to hear it.^[1]

When patients are completely deaf in both ears they begin to rely more strongly on their other senses.^[2] Because hearing relies on external sound waves, a deaf patient will feel the vibrations, rather than relying on what would normally be perceived as sound. As a patient relies on "feeling" sounds rather than hearing them, they subconsciously hear with their sense of touch, therefore reacting to auditory stimuli without actually hearing sound.

Deaf patients also adapt to their disability by relying more on sight. While a patient with normal hearing relies on sound to perceive different things than they would by sight, the deaf use their sense of sight to observe things that would usually be perceived through hearing. For example, if a person were to walk into a room from an angle that could not be seen, a person with normal hearing would most likely detect them from hearing the door open. A deaf person might rely on changes in lighting patterns or the sympathetic movement of other objects in the room.

Similar compensations have long been noted among the blind.

References

^ GARDE, M; COWEY, A (1 January 2000). ""Deaf Hearing": Unacknowledged Detection of Auditory Stimuli in a Patient with Cerebral Deafness". Cortex. 36 (1): 71–79. doi:10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70837-2.
^ Turley, Susan (2007). Medical Language: Immerse Yourself, Second Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson. p. 813. ISBN 978-0-13-505578-6.

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[1] GARDE, M; COWEY, A (1 January 2000). ""Deaf Hearing": Unacknowledged Detection of Auditory Stimuli in a Patient with Cerebral Deafness". Cortex. 36 (1): 71–79. doi:10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70837-2.

[2] Turley, Susan (2007). Medical Language: Immerse Yourself, Second Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson. p. 813. ISBN 978-0-13-505578-6.

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-'''Deaf hearing''' refers to a condition in which an entirely deaf individual is able to automatically react to an auditory stimulus, without being consciously aware of this ability.<ref>{{cite journal|last=GARDE|first=M|coauthors=COWEY, A|title="Deaf Hearing": Unacknowledged Detection of Auditory Stimuli in a Patient with Cerebral Deafness|journal=Cortex|date=1 January 2000|volume=36|issue=1|pages=71–79|doi=10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70837-2}}</ref> When an patient is bilaterally anacusis [or completely deaf in both ears] they begin to rely more strongly on their other senses. The physiology of functional hearing involves the external ear capturing sound waves, causing the tympanic membrane [or eardrum] to vibrate to continue additional processes within the inner ear to eventually send nerve impulses to the auditory center of brain.<ref>{{cite book|last=Turley|first=Susan|title=Medical Language: Immerse Yourself, Second Edition|year=2007|publisher=Pearson|location=Upper Saddle River, New Jersey|isbn=0-13-505578|pages=813}}</ref>  Because the function of hearing relys on picking up external sound waves, an anacusic patient is more likely to notice the feelings of the vibrations in sound waves rather than relying on what they would normally hear. As a patient relys on 'feeling sounds' rather than hearing sounds, they subconsciously hear with their sense of touch, therefore reacting to auditory stimuli without actually hearing sound.
+'''Deaf hearing''' refers to a condition in which [[deaf]] individuals are able to react to an [[Sound|auditory]] stimulus, without actually being able to hear it.<ref>{{cite journal|last=GARDE|first=M|author2=COWEY, A|title="Deaf Hearing": Unacknowledged Detection of Auditory Stimuli in a Patient with Cerebral Deafness|journal=Cortex|date=1 January 2000|volume=36|issue=1|pages=71–79|doi=10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70837-2}}</ref>
+When patients are completely deaf in both [[ear]]s they begin to rely more strongly on their other [[senses]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Turley|first=Susan|title=Medical Language: Immerse Yourself, Second Edition|url=https://archive.org/details/medicallanguagei0000turl|url-access=registration|year=2007|publisher=Pearson|location=Upper Saddle River, New Jersey|isbn=978-0-13-505578-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/medicallanguagei0000turl/page/813 813]}}</ref>  Because hearing relies on external [[sound wave]]s, a deaf patient will feel the vibrations, rather than relying on what would normally be perceived as sound. As a patient relies on "feeling" sounds rather than hearing them, they [[subconscious]]ly hear with their sense of touch, therefore reacting to auditory stimuli without actually hearing sound.
-In the same aspect, anacusic patients also adapt to their disability by relying on sight. While a patient with normal auditory function relys on their sight to observe their surroundings, ones who cannot hear use their sense of sight to observe perhaps more notably. For example, if a one person were to walk in a room from an angle that the one could not see, a person with normal otic function would most likely pick up that someone was coming in the same room as them from hearing a door open. Without actually hearing or seeing one person walk in the same room as them, an anacusic person would rely on seeing objects around them move or feeling the vibrations of the door shutting and the person walking towards them.
+Deaf patients also adapt to their disability by relying more on sight. While a patient with normal hearing relies on sound to perceive different things than they would by sight, the deaf use their sense of sight to observe things that would usually be perceived through hearing. For example, if a person were to walk into a room from an angle that could not be seen, a person with normal hearing would most likely detect them from hearing the door open. A deaf person might rely on changes in lighting patterns or the sympathetic movement of other objects in the room.
-In deaf hearing, anacusic patients tend to have stronger working senses than patients with normal functioning senses. These patients intuitively combine touch, sight, smell, and even perhaps taste, to adapt to the function that they are missing.
+Similar compensations have long been noted among the blind.
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+==External links==
+*[http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Hearing-impairment/Pages/Causes.aspx National Health Service: Causes of Hearing Loss]
+*[https://www.freshhearing.co.uk/ Hearing Protection Protects Against Hearing Loss]
 [[Category:Deafness]]