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If the blind person is at a street with no light, then he or she can simply listen for any oncoming vehicles. If no cars are heard, then they can go ahead and cross.
https://sandysview1.wordpress.com/2015/05/28/how-do-people-who-are-blind-know-when-it-is-safe-to-cross-the-street/i guess it can...
bigshape
ffm
the absence of noise cannot be a cue to step into the road (because there could be a bike coming). Also, the regulations don't cover electric motorbikes, so there could be one of those coming as well.
Deaf people can cycle. The most useful thing (I find) about car noise is not that it alerts you to the presence of a car (because you should be looking anyway), but that it lets you know what kind of driver is behind you.