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Deaf people seem to hear signing

Deaf people use a portion of the auditory cortex, a part of the brain usually reserved for hearing, to process sign language.

References:

Nishimura, H., et al. 1999. Sign language 'heard' in the auditory cortex. Nature 397(Jan. 14):116.

Further Readings:

Naito, Y., et al. 1997. Acta Otolaryngology 117:490.

Soderfeldt, B., et al. 1997. Neurology 49:82.

Sources:

Hiroshi Nishimura
Osaka University Medical School
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Division of Tracer Kinetics
Yamada-oka
Suita City, Osaka
Japan

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 8, February 20, 1999, p. 122. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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