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[–] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I have heard that the incidence of suicide is higher in deaf people then in blind people, which would suggest that, while our senses are sight dominated, losing our hearing has a bigger impact in some way. That said I can't find a citation for that, so make of it what you will.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

Or maybe the blind people just miss more.

[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is the best I could find on the specific topic: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7888369/

People with visual or hearing sensory impairments had twice the odds of past-year suicidal ideation (OR 2.06; 95% CI 1.17 to 2.73; p<0.001), and over three times the odds of reporting past-year suicide attempt (OR 3.12; 95% CI 1.57 to 6.20; p=0.001) compared with people without these impairments. Similar results were found for hearing and visual impairments separately and co-occurring.

Guess I was misinformed. Thanks for doing the legwork.