What is it like to be DEAF?

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Published 2013-02-20
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All Comments (21)
  • @verak8936
    WOW! I cant believe how unthoughtful your family was. If i was your little sister, i would have changed the tvs during that night by my damn self. How can parents be like that? How?
  • @headoverheels88
    how has this not been turned into an oscar-winning film yet?
  • @kardaine29
    My wife is hearing impaired and losing her hearing quickly. Eventually she will be completely without her hearing. I want to learn how to speak to her with my hands if not my words because the conversations we have are everything to me...
  • @sagexandxrage
    I'm autistic, which is way different. But parts of this story make me so angry. I have similar disability stories that all boil down to "someone didn't take the time or energy to accommodate me". It just backs up the social model of disability.

    and it really sucks the most when it is your family.
  • Awesome video.  I am the father of a deaf or HOH child.  I never know which is the more appropriate to say.  My son is 15 and hears 'well' with his hearing aides.  He hears well enough that I often forget about it.  Your comments about asking what they said in a movie or TV show really hit home for me.  I am really big into the 'tempo' of a show or movie.  I don't like to pause or interrupt the movie for anyone (ask my wife) - much less my son who has hearing aides and an FM system that is directly connected to the Audio system.  I often tell him to put his "ears on" whenever he isn't wearing his hearing aides and starts interrupting the show with questions about who said what.  Your video has opened my eyes to just how offensive that must be to him.  I am trying to raise him to be independent in a hearing world, but I should be more sensitive to his needs than that.  I really do thank you - your video has made a difference for this ignorant hearing father. 
  • @fettuccinetube
    I have noticed that the closed captions on youtube do not do the speech recognition very well so for some of my videos I retyped them. Then I figured, "Well I will just link to the written instructions." But I now realize that merely linking to written instructions is not enough because there are things in the videos that are not in the written instructions. Thank you for making me realize that many deaf people also want to "experience" a tutorial not just read instructions.
  • @LilMissGiggin
    I worked at kfc when I was 16 and a deaf guy and I'm guessing his brother came in near the end of a rush. This was my first time witnessing ASL. I don't even think I saw ASL on tv before then. Ever since then I've wanted to learn but didn't have a chance to learn till this past week. Me and my 2 year old son are learning together now and shockingly my husband has asked about a few signs himself today. Hopefully we become a hearing family that knows ASL so we can welcome and communicate with them just like everyone else :) <3
  • @chadknight3842
    I'm am not deaf but have learned enough Auslan to have a very basic conversation with a deaf person, and one day at work a deaf person came in and I was signing to take her order (I work at McDonald's) and because I didn't know how to use the register I had to pass the order on. I had no idea that the person could read lips and my colleague said that this was stupid and that deaf people should have there order written on paper in advance to save time... At this point I seen the disappoint on the customers face and she explained she would go elsewhere. At this time I realised how repulsive some people can be to others and how daily tasks can be made difficult and sad just because you can't hear! 

    There really isn't a point to this story but please people think before you do because one little thing could be the thing to push a person over the edge...!
  • @alaplaya5
    I don't know why I can concentrate more on videos like that than long videos with talking people
  • @countrychick3389
    This is going to sound cheesy, but I honestly started trying to learn sign language because of the TV show Switched at Birth. But honestly, as I researched more into Deaf culture and language, I've found I've really come to have such an appreciation and respect for it. I couldn't imagine how difficult it is, yet I've seen so many Deaf people share their stories throughout which they're so positive. Rather than being pessimistic about their circumstance, they don't let it hinder them at all and so many of them come out with such amazing character! I think it would be really beneficial if it were possible for hearing people to try to go just one week without hearing. I think their perspective would really change and they'd be able to understand and respect Deaf people much better. I'm hoping to spend a part of my future helping to educate Deaf children as they grow up, and give them the love and support they need and that their families might not always provide simply because they don't know how. Keep being strong and confident in who you are! :) You're awesome!
  • I'm deaf I know what is like when I was growing up hearing people bully me jump me because I was nice different but they know I was deaf they did not care about so they bully me and the hearing teachers did not care about it I got jump so I got home on the yellow bus I cry all the way home to tell my mom what happened my mom is hearing my family is hearing I'm the only deaf one in the family my mom was happy to have a deaf baby girl my dad was not okay with me born deaf my dad not in my life so my mom family teach me how to read lips understand what they say so being deaf in school with hearing kids was hard my mom fight the teachers for not giving me classes to learn understand my mom push the school to give me a try in different classes my mom said to me in front of the principal don't never let a hearing person say you can't do anything because you you are very smart . so what that my child is deaf my mom said my daughter deaf but all the hearing teachers did not wanna have me in there classes my mom stand by me and said to everyone you are going to give to teach my daughter the teachers was scared of my mom because see fight for me and she love me just the way I am so teach gave me a try in there classes they were shock I understand what I was doing my mom said my daughter us just like other kids but difference in her own way as deaf is beautiful to watch my daughter sign language in school I was still bully but that did not stop me from coming to school I teach some hearing kids sign language they wanna learn what is like to sign I said to the hearing kids you want to learn from me sign I laugh so I teach them I never been to a deaf school I learn what is like to be a hearing teenager but I'm still deaf forever I don't wish to be hearing because I like being deaf my mom always told me fight back at the hearing don't let them put you down like your dumb or something you are a smart baby girl I ever had my mom said she smile at me and hug me the end .so now I'm a woman 2014 I'm proud to be deaf I thank my mom for everything in my life she helped me stay strong woman my mom teach me to understand the outside world hearing people I thank my for standing by me.:-) :-)
  • @alexisr.8545
    im a hearing person and theres this kid at my school that is hard of hearing, so im teaching myself sign language to be able to communicate with her since ive noticed her only friend seems to be her teacher. The Deaf community really needs to be learned about more so that people are more educated in the culture.
  • @RudyOrly
    i'm deaf too : ]...
    I understand what you feel... come on, we continue our lives with courage : ]
  • @AleahKCH
    I just wanna cry and hug this guy, not because that happened to him, but because he overcame so much (and he's pretty attractive). I hate that he barely even had his family in his corner, but he gained a new family at his school that gave him so much. His sense of pride is so admirable... I just love this video!
  • @AutumnSilencex
    I'm a hearing student in the UK, and part of my university course is deaf studies, and learning BSL. I've only been signing for four months and I am already able to have an understandable conversation with my teacher (who is completely deaf). I'm not saying this to brag, simply to say that sign language has enriched my life in a way which I wasn't expecting. It's such a visual, rich, language which I'm sad I haven't known for longer. Still, I look forward to (hopefully) becoming an interpreter one day! I found this video so interesting as I can connect with the feelings of disappointment which you expressed- I find it very frustrating when people have poor deaf awareness, so I could definitely connect the frustration which was expressed in the video! I look forward to watching the next vlog :)
  • @davidaustin1488
    Dude thank you so much for not accusing hearing people for being ignorant. We can't help it that we don't get much exposure to deaf culture, and so many times we are bewildered with how to act, or what to do. Some deaf people's videos I watch just accuse and accuse and I'm just like "I'm sorry! I didn't know!" I completely agree that it is up to deaf people to educate us hearing people as long as the hearing are willing to listen. Be patient with us, we want to learn but we will not be perfect. I understand some people make fun of your deafness, and they are wrong for that.
  • very enlightening. 

    I gotta say, and i feel kinda ignorant for saying this. 
    But it was hard watching a video for 26 minutes with my headphones on, but hearing no sounds at all.
    I mean, i could still hear outside noises. But my focus was on the video, and it was just hard (I wanted to hear stuff), i almost felt like i didn't want to watch, because there was no sound.
    But the things you were saying really held my interest.

    Than just thinking about not being able to hear anything ever. After just watching a video for 26 minutes with no sound.. Its unimaginable, i think i would panic and completely freak out.

    I think it would feel like i was no longer connected to the world.
  • @minasafija1437
    Wow... His stories really upset me. I cant believe that there are so many rude and obnoxious people out there. And even more so, how many uneducated hearing people don't understand what it is like being deaf. Of course I know that no one, other than a deaf person would know what it is like being deaf but to satirize a deaf person and not be welcoming and accommodating is just ridiculous. I'm a hearing person... I don't know anyone who is deaf or hard of hearing or mute and yet I took it upon myself to learn Basic ASL in case I ever did meet someone who was. Its about being friendly to everyone. Doesn't matter if you are deaf or hearing or hard of hearing or mute... You're a person and you deserve to be treated like you ARE a person and not a side show. This is upsetting.