How did steve wonder get blind or deaf?
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Stevie Wonder is NOT deaf, if he was how would he had been able to make such good music? He was born blind from not enough oxygen to the brain.
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mute deaf n puts out....\njust joking  ;>
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I have never heard that at all.. in fact I have never heard a documented account of a blind person 'seing' or 'feeling' ghosts. It would more likely than not depend on what sort of blindness we were talking about here. If they had become blind during their life, then possibly it could be more to do with imagination. If they've been blind all their life, then that would be more interesting, as they would, in theory, never have seen any images of ghosts, so wouldn't know what one looked like, and would be unable to describe one, having never seen colours or shapes to describe what shapes or colours they were seeing. So I would say it would be more likely to sense or hear, not see.
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This a question I answered once!\n\n1. Blind born people aren't able to visualize because the visual area is not developped\n2. People that blind during their life ... is possible if visual area is intact ... ask someone in this category ...
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blindman? idiot? facist?
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Once there was a boy who was assigned a homework assignment of such great Amplitude he decided to cheat! So he rode on the crest of a sound wave to yahoo answers where he asked someone to do his homework for them. But hid Diffracted brain caused this little boy to be so retarded he wanted to cheat, despite everyone telling  him not to. Then he looked on the electomagnetic spectrum and realized he was retarded.\n"Uhh... I like Hertz." said the newly-enlightened retard. Then a huge INCIDENT WAVE came and made him even more retarded. He would never be normal again. As he drooled, empty thoughts sounded in resonance throughout his empty head. His photon-sized brain sure was workin, crankin out 14 thoughts an hour! Then he saw he looked retarded in his reflection, but shrugged it off as he was too retarded to comprehend it. The refraction of light burned his eyes out of their sockets. Then a giant TRANSVERSE WAVE came and made him still more retarded. Boobs. If this kid doesn't read this and turns it in I'll laugh. Then, the trough of the wave hit him square in the nose. "Durr", said the retard, "I'm retarded." Then the vibration of his vibrator in his rectal opening caused him to scream, with such short wavelength he broke car windows. But then old McDonald came. The interference was just too much, and his node sized brain caused him to burst out in a hissyfit. He was too retarded to be constructive about it. But then an antinode came and eliminated his brain, making him literally brain dead. Then he decided he couldnt spell the following words:\n\nWave pulse\nFrequency\nStationary wave\nLongitudinal wave\nTimbre\nWave
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Masturbation neither causes blindness nor does it cause mental retardation.\n\nAnd Jesus can do nothing but stare at you and the world from his picture.
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They did this on mythbusters, episode 8.   I can't exactly remember why you can't hear it, but it does echo.  I think the echo came back so fast, you still heard it when you were hearing the origonal quack.
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VERY SIMPLE,SINCE THE BLIND CAN SPEAK AND HEAR,AND THE DUMB CAN SEE.\nHE WILL WALK UP TO SOME PERSON AND USE SIGN TO TELL THE PERSON TO TELL THE BLIND THAT THE DEAF IS DEAD.
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Yup, Odysseus tricked by  telling Polyphemus that his name was No-One(?). When he was blinded, the rest of the cyclops asked him who was the culprit who did this to which Polyphemus responded No -one. On hearing this, the rest of the cyclops thought the blindness was afflicted by the Gods and asked Polyphemus to pray to their father Poseidon for help.
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Stevie Wonder - Blind Musician and Singer\nHelen Keller - Blind Author and lecturer.\nBeethoven - Deaf Composer\n President Roosevelt - President legs paralyzed at age 39\nChris Burke - Acted in television series 'Life goes on' becoming the first person with Down Syndrome to act on television.\nHope this helps.
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Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins (May 25, 1849–June 13, 1908) was an African American autistic savant and musical prodigy on the piano.\n\nBorn blind, the first historical record of Thomas Wiggins is from 1850 when his slave mother, Charity Wiggins, was sold to general (or colonel) and lawyer James N. Bethune alongside with her blind child. The new owner gave the boy the name Thomas Greene Bethune or Thomas Wiggins Bethune (according to different sources).\n\nBecause he could not work, Blind Tom wandered around the Bethune plantation and became interested in the music played by Bethune's daughters. He is recorded to have played tunes he had heard at the age of four, before he had learned to speak. At the age of five, he composed a tune, The Rain Storm. Bethune hired professional musicians to play for the boy, and Tom could perfectly reproduce the music he had heard. Although Tom's vocabulary was only about 100 words, eventually he learned perhaps 7,000 pieces of music, mainly from classical composers.\n\nIn 1857, Blind Tom made his first concert in Columbus, Georgia. Newspaper reviews were favorable, so General Bethune took Tom with him on tour. Tom referred to himself in the third person (e.g., "Tom is pleased to meet you"). In 1860, Blind Tom played in the White House before President James Buchanan. Local musicians wanted to check if his act was mere trickery and made him repeat two brand-new compositions. He did so perfectly. The "challenge" later became a regular part of his performance.\n\nTom also played his own compositions on occasion. One of the regulars at his concerts was Mark Twain. In 1866, at the age of 16, Tom went on a world tour.\n\nAfter the death of General Bethune, the care of Tom was transferred to Bethune's son John. After John died in 1883, Tom retired but had a series of concerts in New York City in 1904 before going back into retirement.\n\nBlind Tom died in 1908 in Hoboken, New Jersey and was buried in the Cemetery of the Evergreens
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Sounds neat, I read something about people being able to do things like that, but I cannot remember what it was about! LOL\n\nMaybe it was autistic children?  I can't remember.  If he seems otherwise normal, I would think it's just a neat thing he's enabled himself to do.
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When this one blind dude came to our school, someone asked him that question. His answer: "You don't see anything. I know that's hard for a sighted person to imagine. It's kinda like asking what water tastes like."
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As the mother of a blind child, the answer is definately blind. My 16 y.o. son was born blind. It was heartbreaking. But we have taught him he can do anything except drive and fly a plane. And that's the truth. To see the world would be fantastic. He so wishes he could. But, to be deaf, you cannot communicate except through sign language or by reading lips. Either way you have to be looking towards the person. One would never hear music. Hear the world, noises, and the people around us. Sometimes this is a blessing with the words being used today! But, it is so much better to hear that puppy growl and hold it, feel the softness than just see it run around. We have allowed our son to touch everything we can think of and explore it with his hands, hear it, feel the texture and the temperature, taste it if possible. No he cannot see a rainbow. But a deaf person can't hear one either. Our son can't draw well or sign his name very legibly. But, I'll bet you it is a heck of a lot better than 1/2 of the people on this earth. Many whom are illiterate and some who are not and are just too stupid or ignorant to write. \n\nOur son has felt and heard dinosaurs, birds, horses, dogs, lions, elephants, snakes and much more. How many people have got to touch a real dinosaur skeleton and explore it with their hands. Other objects have been bought as stuffed or in minatures and he allowed to feel it. We arranged for a New Mexico zoo to allow it. Our son started learning braille when he was about 4 y.o. He was proficient by age 9. This includes the 26 letters of the alphabet, all the punctuation symbols used in writing, all the Math symbols, and 180 contractions such as ing, th ie, ar, ph. He has had to learn 4-5 times as much as all other kids his age and memorize it all. He is gifted musically and plays the piano beautifully. He has learned to play by ear with lessons taught and practiced with by using a tape recorder. Can a deaf person do this? And now we have books on tape. No good for a deaf person. There is a State Library in Austin where he can order and receive books in braille-many other places in the country, also for free. Sure a deaf person can read normally. But can only discuss it with another deaf person unless he writes it all down.  No he can't play sports, but there is not a sports commentary on the radio he cannot keep up with. They are so detailed. He does weight lifting, running, and goalball-a sport specifically for visually impaired kids instead. It has gone pro and has been an international game for years. It may soon be included in the Olympics. It is not a sport for wimps. There are some real hard hitters. Yes, our son has many struggles and challenges ahead of him. But for now he is an  A-B student planning on attending UT. His parents and close friends will be there to assure that he succeeds and becomes a productive, working member of society knowing how to utilize the resources around him to do what he cannot. How many sighted people have such a supportive backing?
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I don't believe that he uses sound vibrations from his brain. I am fairly certain that he uses some sort of keypad that he operates.\n\nHere is a link from his own website that explains how it works. \nThere have been some advancements where electrodes are imlanted in a persons brain and the person is able to control a mouse pointer to some extent but not to actually form words. The idea was to help people who are paralyzed operate some sort of robotic arm or leg.
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So... the dumb man saw the blind man's wife being kidnapped by a deaf person... how will the dumb man tell the blind man? By speaking to him?\n\nA person who doesn't use spell check asks a question (riddle). Other people read it and it doesn't make any sense. It was supposed to be a riddle that made you think, an instead you had to try to figure out what was being said to beging with. Who's the idiot here?....\nobviously me for putting in any effort, let alone this much.