Okay, I went to the doctor's today and got my flu shot like I was supposed to and then the doctor informs me she would like me to have a hearing test done... So I am booked in for 1:15 pm tomorrow.
Then I got to thinking could I live without my hearing? (Not that I think I am losing it or anything - this is just how my brain works)... So now I have story idea's with a deaf MC... and how would I write him... I mean so you would know he was deaf ... Any thoughts? Idea's?
What would it be like to live in a sea of silence for your whole life? Or how about if you didn't lose your hearing until you were a teen or an adult? Is learning sign language hard? What do you all think?
It would be very strange. I use my hearing a lot to tell what is going on around me and compensate for poor peripheral vision.
ReplyDeleteSo do I... I have only been temporarily been deaf once and it lasted about a week... but I think that may be different to permanent loss. I was glad when mine came back... but now this idea is stuck in my head.
DeleteI took sign language in college it isn't real hard to learn you just need to study the techinque. I haven't used it so I have lost most of it just like my Spanish I took in high school. But I would enjoy this story. A world of Silence?
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I think it would be an interesting one to write... though it didn't fit in with my vivid dream last night - so I have added 'The Sounds of Silence' to my list of stuff I need to write...
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