The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important, than those of blindness.  Deafness is a much worse misfortune.  For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus — the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir and keeps us in the intellectual company of man.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important, than those of blindness.  Deafness is a much worse misfortune.  For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus — the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir and keeps us in the intellectual company of man." in the context of "Helen Keller, letter to Dr. James Kerr Love (1910), published in Helen Keller in Scotland: a personal record written by herself (1933), edited by James Kerr Love.  Paraphrasing of this statement may have been the origin of a similar one which has become attributed to her:
 Blindness cuts us off from things, but deafness cuts us off from people.
 • See also FAQ at Gallaudet University" to mean that wisdom is timeless.