I’m curious about this, since I know it various even among people who do hear, so I’m curious what variation there might be among those who don’t. Also curious, if you were born able to hear but have since become deaf, did it change this internal monologue/thought process?

I’ve heard for some it’s like sign language in your head, and the way I imagine that is sort of like, a phantom pain, but instead of pain, it’d be like a sensation of moving your hands without moving them. Only reason I say that is because my internal monologue sort of feels like I’m talking but my mouth isn’t moving and sound doesn’t come out. In fact oddly enough, I’d say even my internal monologue requires me to “catch my breath” so to speak.

Figured there probably isn’t any reason to just sit with the feeling of curiosity when there’s probably someone out there who’d find it fun or interesting to explain what it’s like for them!