# Do blind people "see" when they dream? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 5, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-blind-people-see-when-they-dream/186327 "2003-07-05T02:01:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@Jojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jojo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-blind-people-see-when-they-dream/186327/1 "2003-07-05T02:01:43Z")
Visual images of some kind? Do deaf people hear when they dream? Or even when they are awake, do they have noises inside their head? ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-blind-people-see-when-they-dream/186327/2 "2003-07-05T02:06:44Z")
Answered by [Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_310.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-blind-people-see-when-they-dream/186327/3 "2003-07-05T02:08:44Z")
As far as your question about the blind and their dreams, see [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=192582) which has links to a lot of other threads on the topic. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-blind-people-see-when-they-dream/186327/4 "2003-07-05T02:11:03Z")
Some info on the deaf having auditory hallucinations in some cases in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=146705)