Russell,
I had a good friend, deaf since birth, who had a brilliant mind and an avid interest in philosophy. He taught himself French (that is, learned how to read it without formal instruction) so that he could read Camus in the original form. I was regularly in awe of his ability, and regularly found myself talking with my back to him (which he couldn't hear!) because it was so easy to forget that he was deaf! You are right. Sensory disability denotes a difficulty in how information gets into the system, now what gets done with it when it gets there!
Dr. Jane Jarrow
