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What happens in the brain when a deaf (from birth) person reads?

I was thinking about how when I read silently to myself, I "hear" the words I'm reading in my head. When I read the word "window" I "hear" it, know what it is, and continue on. I don't "see" in my mind's eye a picture of a window unless I need to (e.g. to solve a puzzle I might picture various kinds of windows).

Then I wondered, for someone who has never heard the the pronunciation of the word or know what it sounds like, what happens when they read the word "window"? Do they picture it in their mind's eye or does something else entirely different take place?
gpt
I'd like to add a follow up question.

I recall hearing that deaf schizophrenics experience sign hallucinations rather than voices in their heads. Would this be in the same relative area as to what would be happening here with deaf people reading?