can a blind and deaf person sense danger?

@mama_bear (1118)
Canada
October 16, 2009 6:43pm CST
i am curious about this as i know that my danger sense comes from sight and hearing and not just a gut instinct. so if one is blind and deaf, are they able to perceive danger without a need to hear or see it, the impending doom so to speak? any ideas?
4 responses
@getbrowser (1708)
• China
17 Oct 09
I think they can sense the danger well just we do. For example, if one is deaf, he/she may function quite well in the hearing world. At the same time, people may function quite well in the seeing world if one is just blind. Yes, when these people meet some dangerous situations, their super sight or hearing will function well to protect them from the dangers. So, don't worry about the blind and deaf, they can do well just link we have done.
@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
17 Oct 09
i do worry which is strange and i am also fascinated, because there are those who were not born with the senses, then they are those that lost those senses at some point in there life. each are afflicted differently i guess, some have a point of reference and others do not.
@VVroom (255)
• Romania
16 Oct 09
They are. Because the brain is trying to diminish the lack of reception. Consequently, the other senses are growing bigger. He will be more sensitive when he is touching things, his smell and taste will increase. Quite hard to admit that you can feel a danger by touching, smelling and/ or tasting, isn' t it? In the end everything is boosted by something like a 6th sense that comes from inside. And disabled persons are forced to find the locked resources within them. Most of them understand life in a different way, due to their disability. So for them it's easier to find more of the God's secrets.
@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
17 Oct 09
i agree there to some degree, that we have some genetic coding that allows us to perceive danger without the use of all our senses.
• Philippines
16 Oct 09
yes, they can. the blind loses his sense of sight and the deaf, his hearing. when he is incapacitated of any of the five senses, he makes use of the other remaining senses. the other senses become more sensitive to what is going on around him. this will make up for the loss of any sense. the deaf can sense things that a normal person cannot hear. the blind can also sense things that a normal person cannot see. the sense of touch for the blind becomes more acute and this gives him the capability to identify things through this sense. us, who have all the five senses, should take care of them, never abuse them, never take them for granted and most, of all, should be grateful and thankful for all these blessings. it is so difficult to be deprived of anything. have a nice day.
@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
17 Oct 09
i understand but i say again, i am talking about someone who has lost both their sight and their hearing, what happens then. i know that some of the other senses make up for that which is lost. i have bad eye sight but excellent hearing in spite of the fact that i have spent most of my adult life and some loud gig or another.
@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
16 Oct 09
The fact that a blind persons sense of hearing, smell, touch is much better than that of the latter is I think true. When something is missing on your five sense organ, all other organ will have to work overtime to make you cope-up with the world around you. A person who is blind for instance can develop a strong sense of hearing, smell and touch. Though I do not heard of a blind person (or any handicap person) senses a danger of that magnitude.
@mama_bear (1118)
• Canada
17 Oct 09
true but i am talking about someone who is both blind and deaf.