Sound (noun)
vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person’s or animal’s ear.

Thought, is not sound!

You’ve been schooled by a troll.

The phenomenon you’re failing to grasp is known as “inner speech” or “subvocalization.” It’s the process of silently articulating words or thoughts in your mind, often accompanied by a perception of “hearing” the words, even though no audible sound is produced. This is a complex cognitive process that involves the brain’s language centres and our inner mental experience.

How it works?

Brain Activity: When we think or speak to ourselves internally, our brains activate the same neural pathways used in actual speech. This includes regions responsible for language processing, like Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area.

Mental Representation: Our brains create a mental representation of the words we’re thinking or saying. This representation includes not only the linguistic content but also aspects of pronunciation, tone, and rhythm.

Inner Ear Simulation: As part of this mental process, our brains simulate the auditory experience of hearing those words. It’s as if our brains “play back” the sound of the words internally.

Perception: Our brains perceive this internally generated auditory simulation, creating the sensation that we “hear” the words in our minds. This perception is entirely subjective and not based on actual sound waves.

Lack of Vibration: When we engage in inner speech, our vocal cords don’t vibrate, and no audible sound is produced. This is because the act of speaking silently involves only the mental representation of speech, not the physical production of sound.

Yes. Dumbo.