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actually there is a deaf character in Disney already! In The Little Mermaid from 1992 (ep wish upon a starfish) there is that Gabriella -latina mermaid who is deaf and uses sign language, I’m not sure if she classified as princess tho
I actually used to think that deaf people couldn’t hear anything. Like they heard nothing at all and the only sound that they heard was nothing. And when I discovered you I learnt so much. Thank you!
I use to to think this for both blind and deaf people, in fact a very very very small percentage of blind people can't see anything at all, the majority can actually see light and maybe some other things.
@Twitchyboi Yeah, and if advertisers can choose what videos are ok, why youtubers can't choose what ads are ok or not? Sometimes I get ads of something ridiculous, or even "offensive", if I had big channel and monetized, I would not want such ads in my videos
@@KateeAngel You dont individually approve every single advertisement that will be put on your video, but you can exclude certain categories such as religion or fertility.
@@harrowingseer I can see really well, no matter if close up or far away. Just when it comes to TVs or Computer Screens OR blackboards from the distance, my Vision gets blurry:/
Yeah, my brother is super short sighted, but can see pretty much perfectly with his glasses, he explained his vision without his glasses as like looking at the world through frosted glass.
I keep expecting her to clutch her pearls and pull up a wine glass 'cause she looks like a very rich woman from the forties. My goodness she's adorable and well dressed. Subcribed.
People dislike videos of grandmas getting a new fluffy kitten, people dislike videos where they raise awareness on important problems, people dislike videos about chocolate, its sad.
The demonetisation may come from companies deciding not to buy ads on the videos. She would still be getting ads, but fewer ads & less revenue because those companies (just really bad ones I bet) choose not to fund her. They have the freedom to do that but it sucks for the content creator.
I have been deaf in the right ear since I was born. I know someday I won't be able to listen anymore because my left ear is worsing. Slower but it is doing it. I love singing and listening to music, I live to lear languages and I know someday I won't be able to do it :) so right now I'm doing as much as I can. I learnt english (I'm a spanish speaker) and currently I'm learning japanese. Guys, do what you love while you can. Love 🤗
Catalina Belén San Cristóbal I am deaf too. I have been deaf in my left ear since I was born and my right ear is worsening. Hope all goes well for you and remember don’t ever give up what you don’t want to do even if you have something holding you back a little! 😉
Sarah Ngegwe I thought the same thing. She looks like a 50's house wife/fashion model. I have always had a thing for the way ladies looked from the 20's through the 50's. So prim and proper. While being stylish, if that makes sense.
Wow having subtitles, sign language, and lots of expressions makes it a lot easier for me to pay attention as a person with ADHD. I think that's interesting since I don't even know ASL
She is using BSL (British Sign Language), which is an entirely different language. But I completely agree, and it is super interesting that having three different modalities at the same makes it easier to pay attention!
@@juliannegrossman she actually explains in the "why I don't sound deaf" video that she uses SSE, as its word order is closer to the English speaking language. She compares BSL to the french language's word order. However they both use the same signs, just in a different order.
Yep! I am hearing and have Autism and ADHD. ASL (I am American) has been one of the most valuable things to me. I am a visual brain and understand things like math and complicated things like finances in ASL and I pay attention better with SimCom (signing and speaking at the same time) or with captions. Sometimes I become non-verbal and despite English being my first language, ASL is always the first language that will come back. Sign Language is the shit!
People do not understand pre-lingual and post-lingual deafness. They think deaf is deaf, other then a large spectrum. Thank you for your videos, love them.💞
yes and she is not completely deaf - she has profound hearing loss - not quite deaf- I am deaf and Deaf and hearing aids would not help. I have cochlear implants and gradually lost my hearing so I have "normal speech"
@@gaildolson2144 I lost my hearing at a late age so I too don’t sound deaf. Just a little loud sometimes. Lol. Like Jessica I am not totally deaf. 100% in the right ear, about 75% in the left. And like you my hearing loss came on slowly. I always had issues but it didn’t really affect me badly until after my first heart attack. Since then it went downhill drastically.
Especially since the grammar of signed and spoken languages aren't the same (idk how BSL and English compare, but I know that ASL and English are really different.)
@@eeveearoace She mentioned in another video in this series that she uses SSE (sign supported english) and it's BSL but moved around to fit standard english grammar, think it was the "why I don't sound deaf" one
Carol B 1412 WHEEZE right my classmate thinks that she should speak right into my ear so I could hear but LOL she doesnt know that what i actually need is to see her lips
I finished your video almost 15 min ago and I'm still crying: I have been 100% deaf in my right ear since I was 14 and I have so many of the same experiences you've described: I can't localize sound, can't distinguish spoken words from background noises, can't hear high pitched sounds... I dread going to the cafeteria with friends because the sound scape is so overwhelming and I inevitably offend someone by accidentaly talking over them or ignoring them: I am often a few steps behind everyone else in the conversation and it's awkward and embarrassing. Even after 9 years of living with my hearing loss, I am still adjusting. Thank you so much for sharing and using your platform to inform and encourage!
I’ve had my hearing loss since birth so my experience is definitely a little different from yours but I do understand much of what you have described in some way. One that personally annoys me the most is when someone doesn’t bother to get my attention first before they start speaking and then gets annoyed when they realized I missed the entire conversation. And sometimes it’s just a matter that I can’t hear due to my natural ability to tune out a lot of noise and sometimes the words get lost in translation so I would end up just nodding and pretending I understood what someone says to me. I wish I didn’t have to do that but there’s only so much I could do to combat that issue.
yeah, i hate when people KNOW that i'm deaf (i wear cochlear implants) and they don't catch my attention first before speaking to me and i'm like "oh didn't realize you talking to me, what was that again?" then they get annoyed and say never mind. like hello? you know i have a hearing problem!!!!
I was wondering the same thing. I mean, I can understand demonitising when there's the F word... but talking about disabilities in an advocacy type way should totally be a GOOD thing. I know for a fact that this is how some disabled people support themselves!
Losing hearing seems absolutely terrifying. I’m blown away that it’s a thing that people overcome in their day to day lives. Losing a sense is one of my fears (going blind or deaf etc.) so the fact that you deal with it is just amazing. I can’t believe people decided to dislike this video which seems like a subject that could be hard to talk about.
Yes it may be terrifying but you get used to it. Some people are also born deaf and that is all they know. Just be careful how you say things like this because it can be quite offending when you tell someone you have pity on them. You probably did not mean it like that and you stated it well but just be careful in the future.
Sophie Kamler Probably bc of the increase on youtubers and youtubers views that's been happening in the past couple years, youtube must be losing more money than they like in all this youtubers so they are demonetization videos that they think will sparkle the curiosity of the viewers, disabilitys then to call peoples attention (This is only mi theory tho, like I study economics but just what i think is going on)
Solana Avila UA-cam still earns money with these videos. Theyre still running ads, but the whole money goes to UA-cam. UA-cam can fuck itself. Thats why i strictly use AdBlock on demonitized channels. Im not giving one fucking cent to UA-cam.
@Madeline Ingram super late but chrome has an extension for adblock! I'm sure you can find a tutorial on how to install it. I really don't remember how I did it lol
It's like Rikki says, a lot of deaf people have the superpower of bluffing! I've always been so deaf I've never been able to hear anything. And I think that's in part of why I'm very sensitive to vibrations, I feel a lot of things that most people wouldn't even notice. It's funny, whenever I did the audiogram test, it was kind of worthless because I'd just sit there and actually FEEL the sound going off in my ears, but I know I'm not actually hearing anything. So I pretty much can only rely on lipreading and you know how unreliable that is! (Or writing obviously, but that's not the point :P )
Rogan Shannon omg I can relate, I'm deaf in my right ear and one time I was doing a hearing test with a new doctor and she had the sounds too high so I could feel the vibrations in my ear..... I told her because I didn't want them thinking I miraculously gained my hearing back when I did so well on the test.
I find audiograms utterly frustrating for similar reasons--I can feel them too...also the note is a note I can hear, but speech/vocal noises that are the same pitch can sometimes be literally impossible for me to hear, so it's really annoying.
My dads group of friends included a group of deaf people. They HATED my dad. He had a full beard and mustache combo. They NEVER knew what he was saying. 😳
When you were talking about Claudia and her face and how you know when to laugh! One of the happiest moments I’ve ever seen. Hope you’re doing well. I know this video is old.
How can there 78 dislikes, she is simply trying to explain about her own deafness and how it effects her. Are people so unintelligent that rather than just go a watch something else they feel they have to press the dislike button. One word to describe that sort of person Disgraceful. To suffer from what she does and still smile and have the guts to make a video about it and share it with the whole of UA-cam and the Internet. This fantastic clever intelligent young lady and I mean a real LADY needs all the recognition she deserves. Please kept on going making these remarkable videos as your content is educational and at the same time very entertaining.
She said "vibration"? It actually sounded like "very patient" to me, but my hearing isn't the best so maybe my brain just used the subtitles as the sound.
My sister had this weird bone eating disease a few years ago that was eating at her skull, and they had to remove a bunch of it, which also included a bone in her left ear that helped her hear. She was almost completely deaf in that ear afterwards, but she got a hearing aid, and she could hear perfectly fine with it in. And any time she spoke to someone new (mostly when she was at work), people would be talking to her normally, but then she would turn her head for something and they would see her hearing aid and automatically start talking slower and louder to her, and she'd be like: "Uhh... what are you doing?" and they'd point to her hearing aid and be like: "you can't hear!" and she'd say: "Yes I can... because I have a hearing aid. If I didn't have a hearing aid, then I wouldn't be able to hear." But she ended up getting surgery recently that fixed her hearing. They made a new bone for her out of titanium or something. anyway, this video was super interesting. It never even occurred to me that you would be able to hear sounds of people talking but not be able to make out what they're saying. I'm not sure why I wouldn't think of that, but I'm glad I saw this video!
There are many people who experience difficulties with sound comprehension, but I think that people who do not have difficulties with hearing or processing don't really think about it because they've never experienced it and may not have a lot of exposure to it as a concept. Its not just making out what people are saying though, its telling the difference between different sounds in general. For me a person talking can blend right into the sound of air conditioning or any other sound really, and more than a few times I'll think my husband has said something to me and i didn't make out what it was when a car has driven by and he's said nothing at all.
Technology is amazing! I'm glad your sister was able to get a treatment that worked for her (and that she wanted, I know some people don't want to fix their deafness). I feel like the way she described her deafness is a lot like how I describe my vision. Yeah, I can see something is there. I can tell you it's likely a tree. But I wouldn't be able to tell you (without my glasses) what shape the leaves are, or if there's any patterning on the trunk, or if it's actually two different trees growing very close together. If I didn't know tree shapes as well as I do, I wouldn't even be able to tell you if it had leaves or needles on it. I know it's THERE... but I can' describe it as anything more than "Well, that's a tree." Whereas Jessica is aware there's a sound, but that's it. "Well, it's a noise." but can't pick out the details of it.
It's interesting when you mentioned that clarity is a big issue. I really relate to that, I had a under developed eustachian tube when i was a kid. Found out when i was 7 years old. My friends and family just didnt get it, making things louder really didnt help at all and when people think that you cant hear at all they think its like 100%. Well i had 20% loss in my left ear and 25% loss in my right. But it was the type of hearing loss; I could hear just everything was fuzzy. Now i was very lucky I had a surgery to correct my eustachian tubes, and they did eventually develop well when I was 17 I had gain most of what I had lost. Unfortuanely I did loose some of the high end and low end rages of hearing. Ironically I have ultra high pitch hearing (a side effect form the surgery even after the reversal), which can be annoying so lots of electronics makes sounds I hate. Some days I would like to beat my microwave with a shovel but then i think... well i can hear so that's something most would love. Anyways idk why i just told you that but this was a super cool video, appreciate your time.
Even with fully functional ears clarity can be a huge problem with people who don't bother to articulate their words. Too many people think they can make themselves clearer by yelling and pushing more energy in their speech. They don't understand they are just building a wall of noise. They would get a much better result with less physical effort by lowering the volume, pitch and speed and just moving their tongue, jaws and lips a little bit wider.
@Mia Smith For the most part my hearing is "normal" but in crowded rooms sometimes I cant hear the person in front of me. I work in situations where I have to knock on doors a lot and check if I can go in. Some times even when people tell me to come in, I cant hear them if music is playing in the lobby for example and i repeat myslef 3-4 times till they yell for me to come in. I use to get a lot of the sudden ear pops when I was younger and my eustachian tube was still developing; now for the most part its okay, I do notice on long trips some times if there is change in elevation my ears might have a hard time popping and I can go's hours feeling deaf, sometimes till the next day. But over all I'm extremely lucky that my Ear doctor had a plan and did it perfectly; took half my life to make it happen, but its worth it for me haha.
This reminds me a lot of how my nearsightedness and astygmatism works - my glasses make my vision roughly as good as the average person, but without them, my edge detection is so bad that Ive mistaken people leaning over for beach balls.
@@kengamingd2438 I'm unsure, my nearsightedness definitely affects me more than the astygmatism but I've worn glasses since I was 10/11, so it's hard to tell. It's been super progressive, so it started with just not being able to read the board form the back of the room. At this point, my edge detection is so bad that I can't even read a board from the front of the room without them. With glasses, I can see about as well as the average person, though.
I’m going deaf and it’s so wonderful to be able to see someone who is able to put into words my experiences. The only difference is that my hearing is better for higher pitched and worse for low pitched.
My hearing is a lot better than yours. I struggled as a kid and lipread to understand people. I got grommets to help my hearing loss and it did until I was 13 where I got a hearing aid. Doctors still don't know why I have hearing loss. My hearing aid amplifies everything. It's hard to pick apart voices and I struggle with low sounds and don't even get me started in a group I get completely lost. I'm really happy to know that I'm not alone in struggling, My family don't really try to help nobody makes any effort to try and make sure I can understand them which is frustrating. I really enjoy your videos.
Maybe you have a sensation processing disorder? Due to my anxiety I struggle with sound. My hearing is completely normal, but if watching a video I need captions, if in a group of people or if there's any background noise I read lips. So, my hearing is completely fine, but the way my brain processes that sound is lackluster. I specifically struggle with speech though. Any other sound I hear just fine
I have an older friend who is getting very deaf. I always am wishing he would just get hearing aids, but from what you say, hearing aids do not make you suddenly "hearing". They just make noises louder. I'm getting to see why some people resist wearing them.
+barbh1, hearing aids do not make you suddenly hear better. They do amplify the sounds but you have to understand them. Also if you are gradualy loosing your hearing your brain forgets sounds, forgets their meaning. It is long term training. I have hearing loss since I was born, both ears approx 60% hear loss and even though I was wearing hearing aids from the early years I had to re-learn to hear every time I got new hearing aids as the old one were too old to function properly. Also I moved from analog hearing aids to digital, and nowadays they get better and better with every year. Each switch was a big adventure. I had to learn how the same sounds I heard in my old hearing aids sound like in the new one. Recently I switched to another model and first three months was learning of sounds again. I noticed that I was asking people, "hey, what was that sound? what is this now?" and I was describing them sounds what they sounded to me like. They replied and I memorised another "not so new" sound ;) Also all audiometrists (those people who help you get best hearing aids) they recommend listening all the time for the first few weeks in new hearing aids. Listening to music, going outside, speaking with other people a lot or watch movies. It is appreciated if friends of such person slow down with speaking and raise their voice a bit and try their best to spaek clearly (no mumbling under your nose ;) ), and if they are still not understood they repeat again instead of saying "oh, nothing" ;) Good luck to your friend and please do encourage him/her, it is great to hear even though it is not easy.
Dictionary grommet ˈɡrɒmɪt/ noun 1. an eyelet placed in a hole to protect or insulate a rope or cable passed through it or to reinforce the hole. 2. BRITISH a tube surgically implanted in the eardrum to drain fluid from the middle ear.
I currently have a moderate hearing loss (im 23) I went through my whole school life not knowing I couldn't hear. Its amazing how well I learnt to lip read and just guess what people are saying without realising i'm doing it! it sometimes takes me untell after a conversation has finished to realise what a person was saying - which can be really frustrating!!
I don't know why... But I just can sit and watch you speaking and laughing for a whole hour without getting bored! You're so... So... Beautiful inside and out
I've got Auditory Processing Disorder, and while I can "hear" I cannot always (I honestly can't most of the time) discern what I'm hearing because the part of my brain that is supposed to interpret sound doesn't really work. I found the way you put how you work with discerning sounds and meaning (and the inability to) to be something I really understand and can empathize with. Thank you for always having such wonderful Closed Captions on your videos, by the way.
Omg. You just made me realize why i cant repeat other ppl! I have had hearing aids for 12 years now but never knew why im so bad at remembering what ppl are telling me if someone else asks me what They said. I simply dont get Every word only like the most important stuff 🤯😳 this makes so much sence! Thank you! 🦻🏻😃
I started losing my hearing a few years ago. I got BAHA surgery in my right ear, but recently I’ve been having trouble hearing out of my left. The way you described your hearing was spot on with me. How it sounds like your underwater, how you only hear parts of someone’s sentences and then your brain has to fill out the rest, how you can’t tell what direction the sound is coming from... I always feel so out of place because I don’t know anyone else with a hearing impairment, and I don’t really belong in the deaf community either.
I like how you use signs when you speak sometimes, because even though I'm a hearing person, I still want to learn sign language for speaking to deaf people in an easier way for them.
Always awesome to hear other d/Deaf and HOH people kind of dissect what they can and can't hear! I can kind of dissect my physical limits (like standing or walking limits, etc) though it can be very fluid. My hearing loss is so recent and fluid I can only describe it as it feels like someone is metaphorically holding the remote of the volume of my life and randomly turns it down and will turn it back up again later maybe, causing me to LITERALLY either turn up the volume on whatever I'm listening to or asking people to speak a little louder for me.
Hi! I'm not deaf or HOH, but I work with the public as a barista and obviously get deaf/HOH customers, so I'm trying to educate myself on how to make interactions as easy and comfortable for those customers as I can (no one likes to feel frustrated or misunderstood, right?). I've never seen or heard the word "d/Deaf" before, and I'm hoping you could tell me what it means? What's the distinction between Deaf and deaf? Thank you :)
@LaughingatLarisa Generally, the "small d" deaf do not associate with other members of the deaf community. They may strive to identify themselves with hearing people, regard their hearing loss solely in medical terms. In contrast, "Big D" Deaf people identify themselves as culturally deaf and have a strong deaf identity. They're often quite proud to be deaf. It's common that "big D" Deaf attended schools and programs for the deaf. The "small d" deaf tend to have been mainstreamed and may not have attended a school for the deaf. When writing about deafness, many writers will use a capital "D" when referring to aspects of deaf culture. They will use a lower case "d" when speaking solely about the hearing loss. Some simply use "d/Deaf." www.verywell.com/deaf-culture-big-d-small-d-1046233
Annie Elainey HOH here, cannot hear high frequency, whispers, high pitched, anything behind my head. The watery sound and lack of directionality is so true for me.
Exactly! Louder Is NOT clearer! These are the perfect words to explain It! I am a half-deaf person and loud sounds annoy me very much. Higher confusion and that's It 🤷🏻♀️ you're a very brilliant woman! And by the way, I am Italian and you're one of the few videomakers I can perfectly understand 😊
This along with your other video on deafness gave me a theory on the stereotypical Asperger/Autism pronounciation. It's typically, just like your English: Very Correct, Enounciating Words And Using Standard English/*The person's language*. But then it can also, on the other end of the spectrum, be rather slurred - for no reason the person (anyone I met anyway) can explain. Afaik, the theory - and definitely the bias - has been that it's because we are often nerds or academics, so we're keen on sounding intellectual and/or posh. As well as it fitting into the common feature of wanting, or needing, to do things "the right way". But hearing you explain how you experience sound made me immediately think of how my perception of sound becomes under stress, or when there is a lot of input. Whether it's a lot of noise, or a lot of other sensory input to go along with just a few few sounds. It just becomes this wall of sound. Or, if it's the second one, with a lot of other input, then the sounds that ARE there will become that fuzzy noise. Until I zone in on it, when I can start hearing the words. Unless I'm TOO overwhelmed, then it'll just fade back to "mwahmwhuma wahmwohwawa~" like in Charlie Brown until I can exclude a few inputs. Which I suppose actually would make a lot of sense. In your case, you are missing the functionality to hear a range of sound and therby it becomes hard for your brain to "translate" it to you. In our case, since all noise is let in unfiltered the brain struggles to translate it to us. As if we hear too much to make it out, you not enough. And perhaps it's more common for the brain to struggle with certain pitches, so that in both cases speaking becomes most difficult and we'll either slurr or we make an effort to be clear - for our own sake and others. Hoping others will follow suit so we can communicate more easily. This might be over-explaining a very simple concept, which might seem completely obvious. ^^U I just found it fascinating to think about. Especially since they're not clear entirely on how the neurological parts of Aspergers and Autism work entirely. You end up doing a lot of thinking yourself.
As long as they are speaking clearly I assume it's fine, I'm not deaf so I can't give a definitive answer but I guess that as long as it is clear enough then maybe a bit?
I can definitely see accents and I find that the linearity between the speaker's handle of the language (depending on how different similarly spelled words are pronounced in their native tongue) and my ability to ascertain their speech are pretty linked. There are a lot of factors involved because lipreading can only do so much. A lot of what we lipreading dependant folk also have going for us is the other body cues that help fill in what I like to describe as a living crossword puzzle. Context and familiarity with the speaker help a lot for me.
I live in the North West of the UK. I can definitely see the difference between the local accents, like Scousers and Mancs, when lipreading. I love the diversity in UK accents. I find Irish (particularly northern) is a good one to visualise too :-)
@GiRayne often its the length of word shapes, or emphasis at different points in a familiar looking word/sound shape. I have some hearing, so i can usually hear intonation / inflection even if i cant make out the words, which obviously helps. Scouse is often quicker and shorter, mancs / brummies longer emphasis (in my experience). Check out this video clip for a great example: www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/02/18/people-love-can-hear-refs-accent-2-second-clip-no-sound/
When I was about 8 I got a very odd book entitled "Bart Simpson's Guide To Life." The only thing I actually remember in that book was the signed alphabet. XD The alphabet is really easy to learn, and you can always finger-spell a sign you don't know. Because of some nerve damage to my pinky I apparently have a bit of a "speech impediment" but I've always been understood when I've needed to fall back to finger-spelling. Good luck in school and with your signing endeavors!
Great video Jessica. My wife and I learnt a lot watching this. How do you manage at home with things like the dogs barking or the doorbell ringing if you're there alone? Maybe that would be a good idea for a future video as it would be interesting to see how you adapted. 🙂
Smudgie33 Jessica has mentioned before in passing that her hearing aids do help her hear a "sound" doorbell, and if you remember the sound you can know where it is, but you can see in her "get ready with me" type videos that she also has a light doorbell that flashes when people ring. I agree it would be nice for her to make a video showing how she adapted, and I hope this satisfies your curiosity a bit for the moment.
Just found this video and it's so crazy the differences between ASL and the rest of the world's sign language...you're so smooth and flow so nicely I love watching you!
Thank you so much for this!! I had never even considered some of the tips you gave for making things easier on people who are hoh/ deaf. I don't know anyone who is yet but I'm thankful that you've educated me beforehand so I don't make a complete a** of myself!
I can relate to most of this 😂 My other half gets embarrassed when we are out and I can't hear him calling me, as it looks like we are arguing 😂 Now we just laugh about it.
Wholesome content asides, why isn’t this aesthetic more highly adopted nowadays? this goes for men as well. Fashion back then was just so sharp and gorgeous.
I love how you use some signing along with speaking. I work with someone who is deafblind so I use signing and body signing so I'm basically learning through you too! I'm a very new subscriber and you seem absolutely wonderful in all aspects, whether talking about your deafness, your illnesses etc. ❤️
I've started to lose hearing on my left ear recently, luckily my hear loss stopped from progressing, but all the 'underwater' and 'glass wall' metaphors are sooo relatable!
Hi Jessica, Happy international Week of The Deaf. I want to you know I found your videos very inspiration. And even I not deaf, I learn a lot watching your videos, and was sometimes I really wanted learn Sign Language because I think is something could help in some situation and think everyone need learn some words specially if have some friend or parent is deaf. You are amazing inspiration and I admire you so much, hope one day meet you and this day I want already know sign for be proud to talk with with you in sign hahha
Thank you so much! I'm glad my videos speak to people who don't share the same conditions but are interested to learn. Thank you for the love and I will definitely pass it along 😉
My hearing loss is opposite. I cannot hear low sounds, particularly men's voice tones. But I can hear you whisper... High pitched I can hear but it sounds as though it's through a vibrating plastic bag and is at times very painful. I was an underground explosives handler for about ten years and that along with fluid buildup on my ears has led to a significant hearing loss. (Just recently got insurance again so I'll be able to go to the Dr again!) Some days are better than others. The remote control comment was spot on for an accurate description! As always Jessica, I Love your videos and thank you for sharing!
Holy crap. Thats my life. I totally understood the ear plugs/glass box but I cant hear my husband for the life of me. And being in a crowded room, just makes me uncomfortable because I dont know where any noise is coming from. When we go to the movies, I bring ear plugs because the vibration is painful and since I cant hear most of it anyway theres no reason to sit uncomfortably. Lol
I’ve been trying to properly describe and explain my hearing since I was a teenager. People have always thought I was being dramatic or exaggerating, because it’s not that I can’t hear at all, but rather I can’t always distinguish different sounds and volumes and such. You’ve done it perfectly. Perfectly. Thank you so much. This gave me tears.
@She Otoño Didnt you know that being 'feminine' is nothing to do with what women are naturally like?You are only 'feminine' if you fit mens expectations...natural state of a woman is very masculine actually!;))
Talking about how you can't pick apart every word, but you can understand some and pick out the rest reminds me of trying to learn another language, where I can't tell you the exact meaning, but I can tell you the general idea.
Yes so exhausting! I have started to get hearing loss due to migraines and neurological issues. It’s been 2 years now and I can hear ok most of the time but sometimes sounds confuse me and I have no idea where they came from (like my kid chatting in another room or a paper crumpling). Identifying sounds are becoming harder for me and I find myself telling ppl to slow down when they talk and to pronounce their words clearer only to realize I’m the one with the issue not them 🤦🏻♀️😩. It is a scary feeling losing hearing and having doctors not know much about it. Your videos lately have been giving me so much comfort knowing that I can get through it though, so thank you for making them even tho I know it can be very hard some days.
For me it's reversed. My right ear is completely deaf. Lost it at age 17. My left ear is around 65%. I just gave my hearing aid back to the doctor yesterday. Sounds are too stressful.
You have no idea how relieved it makes me to read that. I've been deaf on one ear since birth and got a hearing aid when I was 18, and it was so confusing and stressfull and loud. And I'm kind of angry at myself for not trying it out for longer, see if my brain gets used to it. But I don't like it. So I'm glad I'm not the only one :)
not only a brilliant voice full of clarity (maybe the best on youtube) but a totally natural sign language to the point you think it is just gestures, but when needed it is perfectly understandable and looks great as well. each of those accomplishments would be a great challenge. now imagine excelling in all of them concurrently. respect.
6:45 Thank you. Such a simple matter and yet so many people still don't get it. It's so tiresome how some people get angry or annoyed after being asked to repeat what they just said and they just raise their voices instead of articulating their words more clearly. That isn't particularly good for the own self-esteem especially if you're young, but fortunately I've grown to live with it, just as every other people with a higher or lower degree of deafness.
I guess think you explained your deafness brilliantly! The “louder does not make it clearer,” was perfect description for a hearing person, as I am. Thank you for explaining and for sharing your wit with the world 🌎Cheers! -Hope
Your videos are incredibly informative, and always very interesting and amusing to watch (because you have such a sharp and amazing sense of humor!). Keep on spreading awareness!
I found you today and I'm loving it. I'm studying to be an audiometrist and my interaction with clients is pretty similar to your description :) especially the low tone voice and the high tone hahaha
11 years of working full-time on industrial machinery from the ages of 15 to 26. I am now 51 and my hearing is about 60% gone. Your video made me get choked up inside because you literally took the letter in every detail described my hearing/deaf life if I want to explain exactly my situation to somebody I would play your video from start to finish. OMG I'm not alone. I cannot believe how exact your video matches me. You are amazing. I love your videos.
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love this video!
Thank you
you are the most beautiful of youtube
I have to stop watching this just to say that you are an angel ❤
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard how old are you love?
I'm thinking that you should be the first deaf Disney princess because you look and sound and move like a princess :D
+Gabriel Ware 😍 awnn that’d awesome! You are so kind, thanks x
Yessss we need a deaf/disabled/gay princess that would be fucking great
actually there is a deaf character in Disney already! In The Little Mermaid from 1992 (ep wish upon a starfish) there is that Gabriella -latina mermaid who is deaf and uses sign language, I’m not sure if she classified as princess tho
Lisa Kleinehexe Same! It would be absolutely amazing
Gabriel Ware she looks like Ariel, really beautiful
I actually used to think that deaf people couldn’t hear anything. Like they heard nothing at all and the only sound that they heard was nothing. And when I discovered you I learnt so much. Thank you!
Some do hear absolutely nothing
I use to to think this for both blind and deaf people, in fact a very very very small percentage of blind people can't see anything at all, the majority can actually see light and maybe some other things.
Me too! And I used to think that blind people saw all black, or something.
Maya Seavey it depends on the person’s severity
Omg same!
9:12 "UA-cam demonetizes them because they are about deafness and disability"
lol this site's a joke
But why? I didn't know that
@Twitchyboi
Yeah, and if advertisers can choose what videos are ok, why youtubers can't choose what ads are ok or not? Sometimes I get ads of something ridiculous, or even "offensive", if I had big channel and monetized, I would not want such ads in my videos
@Twitchyboi what's controversial about a deaf person? This sounds so dumb.
Wow *hate 4 UA-cam grows immensely
@@KateeAngel You dont individually approve every single advertisement that will be put on your video, but you can exclude certain categories such as religion or fertility.
She is GORGEOUS,looks like a model from the 1960s.
Henrique 000
I love that perfect line/hard part in her hair too. It’s really cool and unique, my eyes just get drawn to it
Kyle Sekenski
I agree
More like 1940s and 1950s style
I was gonna comment the same thing. She's extremely stunning.
She kind of looks like Marilyn Monroe
When she describes hearing without her hearing aids it reminds me of decribing what its like to see without glasses sorta just the hearing version.
Oh god. That one question.
"hOw mAnY fIngErs aM i HoLdIng uP?"
@@harrowingseer I can see really well, no matter if close up or far away. Just when it comes to TVs or Computer Screens OR blackboards from the distance, my Vision gets blurry:/
@@harrowingseer this freaking question is so unbearable to me 🤯🤯🤯... I hate people who do this !!
Yeah, my brother is super short sighted, but can see pretty much perfectly with his glasses, he explained his vision without his glasses as like looking at the world through frosted glass.
c h i l l e d m e m e Or what about this old gradeschool gem:
“CAN I TRY ON YER GLASSES”
immediately followed by
*”OMG UR BLIIIIINNDD”*
I keep expecting her to clutch her pearls and pull up a wine glass 'cause she looks like a very rich woman from the forties. My goodness she's adorable and well dressed. Subcribed.
STFU
@Hi. why you saying stfu?
Justin he only saw “very rich”
Hi.
I still want them to explain why they said STFU
Hi, I also want to know why he said 'STFU'.
why would someone "dislike" the video? what is it that you dislike? the color of the walls , her dress?what?
sadly, some viewers try to find wrong in everything and want to believe that all people are faking disabilities.
People dislike videos of grandmas getting a new fluffy kitten, people dislike videos where they raise awareness on important problems, people dislike videos about chocolate, its sad.
The video
Dan Wheeler okay but what about the video was wrong? Be specific
@@Wendy-uq3kr I'm not saying I don't like but people just won't like it everyone's entitled to their own opinion
It makes no sense to me why UA-cam would demonetise videos about deafness and disability
I saw an ad on this vid
Heidi Schumacher Yeah but the money goes completely to UA-cam, she doesnt get anything. UA-cam is disgusting.
Insane! I wonder why? I'm shocked.
I know! Sickening
The demonetisation may come from companies deciding not to buy ads on the videos. She would still be getting ads, but fewer ads & less revenue because those companies (just really bad ones I bet) choose not to fund her. They have the freedom to do that but it sucks for the content creator.
I love the thought of Claudia stamping the ground like a rabbit to get Jessica's attention
she talks about her youth and i can’t imagine in another decade but 40’s
and then she says something like "i was watching a lot of gossip girl" and my brain just can't process that😅😂🙈
@@johndododoe1411 I love how her wife is completely modern lol. It’s such a cute balance
I have been deaf in the right ear since I was born. I know someday I won't be able to listen anymore because my left ear is worsing. Slower but it is doing it. I love singing and listening to music, I live to lear languages and I know someday I won't be able to do it :) so right now I'm doing as much as I can. I learnt english (I'm a spanish speaker) and currently I'm learning japanese. Guys, do what you love while you can. Love 🤗
You don't have to give up music even if you go completely deaf. Look up Mandy Harvey, she sings absolutely beautifully. Don't let this hold you back.
@@LaNoireDetruit so inspiring! Thank you!
Ánimos!
Catalina Belén San Cristóbal
I am deaf too. I have been deaf in my left ear since I was born and my right ear is worsening. Hope all goes well for you and remember don’t ever give up what you don’t want to do even if you have something holding you back a little! 😉
I’m hard of hearing in my my left ear. I used to wear hearing aids but haven’t worn them since high school.
Your sign language is so fluid as if your just making gestures with your hands.
You are so pretty!!!! You have the look of the perfect housewife of the 50's
Sarah Ngegwe dude ikr
Yow. That's what i eas thinking
She is hot my dudes
Sarah Ngegwe ikr it's like a true British look (as I am British) she is so pretty luv her so much I've only just found her channel lol
Sarah Ngegwe I thought the same thing. She looks like a 50's house wife/fashion model. I have always had a thing for the way ladies looked from the 20's through the 50's. So prim and proper. While being stylish, if that makes sense.
"He's had a very busy morning. He ate breakfast." Mood.
“You can write your secrets down, don’t worry I’ll burn it.” Is one of my favorite lines ever! 🔥 ❤️
Your voice is so soothing
annabanana771 A voice like that would seem to be really good for someone that does ASMR
OneOdd Otaku most admit is whispering but I find voices like this more relaxing honestly. Weird but true oops
annabanana771 ikr
Wow having subtitles, sign language, and lots of expressions makes it a lot easier for me to pay attention as a person with ADHD. I think that's interesting since I don't even know ASL
She is using BSL (British Sign Language), which is an entirely different language. But I completely agree, and it is super interesting that having three different modalities at the same makes it easier to pay attention!
@@juliannegrossman she actually explains in the "why I don't sound deaf" video that she uses SSE, as its word order is closer to the English speaking language. She compares BSL to the french language's word order. However they both use the same signs, just in a different order.
Yep! I am hearing and have Autism and ADHD. ASL (I am American) has been one of the most valuable things to me. I am a visual brain and understand things like math and complicated things like finances in ASL and I pay attention better with SimCom (signing and speaking at the same time) or with captions. Sometimes I become non-verbal and despite English being my first language, ASL is always the first language that will come back. Sign Language is the shit!
People do not understand pre-lingual and post-lingual deafness. They think deaf is deaf, other then a large spectrum. Thank you for your videos, love them.💞
yes and she is not completely deaf - she has profound hearing loss - not quite deaf- I am deaf and Deaf and hearing aids would not help. I have cochlear implants and gradually lost my hearing so I have "normal speech"
@@gaildolson2144 I lost my hearing at a late age so I too don’t sound deaf. Just a little loud sometimes. Lol. Like Jessica I am not totally deaf. 100% in the right ear, about 75% in the left. And like you my hearing loss came on slowly. I always had issues but it didn’t really affect me badly until after my first heart attack. Since then it went downhill drastically.
I love that she can sign and speak simultaneously. Multitasking legend
I can sing and play Violin while moving around like an idiot
Wait, you can't normally do those 2 simultaneously?
Especially since the grammar of signed and spoken languages aren't the same (idk how BSL and English compare, but I know that ASL and English are really different.)
@@eeveearoace She mentioned in another video in this series that she uses SSE (sign supported english) and it's BSL but moved around to fit standard english grammar, think it was the "why I don't sound deaf" one
@Dana A-N what a coincidence cos I'm asd and adhd, too 😂
I am slowly losing my hearing. You described my hearing loss perfectly. I had my kids watch to get a better idea of what I can and can't hear.
"If you're whispering to me, and I can't see your lips to lip read. ...what's the point? " 😂😂😂😂
she really reminded me of Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge as Satine when she said that
Carol B 1412 WHEEZE right my classmate thinks that she should speak right into my ear so I could hear but LOL she doesnt know that what i actually need is to see her lips
I finished your video almost 15 min ago and I'm still crying: I have been 100% deaf in my right ear since I was 14 and I have so many of the same experiences you've described: I can't localize sound, can't distinguish spoken words from background noises, can't hear high pitched sounds... I dread going to the cafeteria with friends because the sound scape is so overwhelming and I inevitably offend someone by accidentaly talking over them or ignoring them: I am often a few steps behind everyone else in the conversation and it's awkward and embarrassing. Even after 9 years of living with my hearing loss, I am still adjusting. Thank you so much for sharing and using your platform to inform and encourage!
I have had pretty much the same experience as you, been almost deaf on one ear since I was 15, so five years ago
I’ve had my hearing loss since birth so my experience is definitely a little different from yours but I do understand much of what you have described in some way. One that personally annoys me the most is when someone doesn’t bother to get my attention first before they start speaking and then gets annoyed when they realized I missed the entire conversation. And sometimes it’s just a matter that I can’t hear due to my natural ability to tune out a lot of noise and sometimes the words get lost in translation so I would end up just nodding and pretending I understood what someone says to me. I wish I didn’t have to do that but there’s only so much I could do to combat that issue.
yeah, i hate when people KNOW that i'm deaf (i wear cochlear implants) and they don't catch my attention first before speaking to me and i'm like "oh didn't realize you talking to me, what was that again?" then they get annoyed and say never mind. like hello? you know i have a hearing problem!!!!
i still have a question. how do you get hearing loss in one ear or at all? (yes ik loud sound can cause it that is why i am carefull with that)
UA-cam a demonitizes your video on deafness or disability!?! You are an advertisers dream!
That is very kind of you, thanks!
Why does UA-cam demonitize them?
I was wondering the same thing. I mean, I can understand demonitising when there's the F word... but talking about disabilities in an advocacy type way should totally be a GOOD thing. I know for a fact that this is how some disabled people support themselves!
I'm also curious about this. First I've heard of it and I'm shocked!
Kris Ks Because UA-cam is run by idiots.
UA-cam
2017: nah
2018: mmm little bit more time
2019: ITS TIME TO RECOMEND THIS TO EVERYONE
Same man 😂😂
I'm glad it did tho
Baking Notes
Your not funny ya know
This girl works hard on her videos and your just commenting these comments
@@faerierealms1 what's wrong with you. it's just a little joke
she did not make fun of her she is making fun of the UA-cam system
@@faerierealms1 I agree
Losing hearing seems absolutely terrifying. I’m blown away that it’s a thing that people overcome in their day to day lives. Losing a sense is one of my fears (going blind or deaf etc.) so the fact that you deal with it is just amazing. I can’t believe people decided to dislike this video which seems like a subject that could be hard to talk about.
Pun intended: maybe they found it too hard to listen to?
Yes it may be terrifying but you get used to it. Some people are also born deaf and that is all they know. Just be careful how you say things like this because it can be quite offending when you tell someone you have pity on them. You probably did not mean it like that and you stated it well but just be careful in the future.
life goes on when you lose a sense. it's not a tragedy, it just is
And now in the world of COVID you can lose taste and smell too. Yay.
Why does UA-cam demonetize videos about disability, especially when they are in such a positive and informative context?? That makes no sense to me
Ikr
Sophie Kamler Probably bc of the increase on youtubers and youtubers views that's been happening in the past couple years, youtube must be losing more money than they like in all this youtubers so they are demonetization videos that they think will sparkle the curiosity of the viewers, disabilitys then to call peoples attention (This is only mi theory tho, like I study economics but just what i think is going on)
Solana Avila UA-cam still earns money with these videos. Theyre still running ads, but the whole money goes to UA-cam. UA-cam can fuck itself. Thats why i strictly use AdBlock on demonitized channels. Im not giving one fucking cent to UA-cam.
@Madeline Ingram super late but chrome has an extension for adblock! I'm sure you can find a tutorial on how to install it. I really don't remember how I did it lol
She is overwhelmingly beautiful. I love her personality.
It's like Rikki says, a lot of deaf people have the superpower of bluffing!
I've always been so deaf I've never been able to hear anything. And I think that's in part of why I'm very sensitive to vibrations, I feel a lot of things that most people wouldn't even notice. It's funny, whenever I did the audiogram test, it was kind of worthless because I'd just sit there and actually FEEL the sound going off in my ears, but I know I'm not actually hearing anything. So I pretty much can only rely on lipreading and you know how unreliable that is! (Or writing obviously, but that's not the point :P )
Rogan Shannon omg I can relate, I'm deaf in my right ear and one time I was doing a hearing test with a new doctor and she had the sounds too high so I could feel the vibrations in my ear..... I told her because I didn't want them thinking I miraculously gained my hearing back when I did so well on the test.
Rogan Shannon you have never heard music?
Jenni Nope! Not in the way that most people hear anyway.
I find audiograms utterly frustrating for similar reasons--I can feel them too...also the note is a note I can hear, but speech/vocal noises that are the same pitch can sometimes be literally impossible for me to hear, so it's really annoying.
Rogan Shannon oh thank you for answering, wish you the best! :)
My dads group of friends included a group of deaf people. They HATED my dad. He had a full beard and mustache combo. They NEVER knew what he was saying. 😳
When you were talking about Claudia and her face and how you know when to laugh! One of the happiest moments I’ve ever seen. Hope you’re doing well. I know this video is old.
YOU LOOK LIKE A FRICKIN MOVIE STAR ⭐️❤️
I was gonna say that XD
From the 40s
How can there 78 dislikes, she is simply trying to explain about her own deafness and how it effects her. Are people so unintelligent that rather than just go a watch something else they feel they have to press the dislike button. One word to describe that sort of person Disgraceful. To suffer from what she does and still smile and have the guts to make a video about it and share it with the whole of UA-cam and the Internet. This fantastic clever intelligent young lady and I mean a real LADY needs all the recognition she deserves.
Please kept on going making these remarkable videos as your content is educational and at the same time very entertaining.
It's probably the fake doctors who think she is not deaf or just haters
It's the UA-cam staff mad because she bashed them
Without hate , the happy things in the world wouldn’t be as happy as they are .
Or they dislike the video.
Like not everyone would enjoy this kind of content and if you don't enjoy it you press the dislike button you dislike it
Toad If someone doesn’t like this content they shouldn’t watch it. It’s as simple as that, really.
You are so timelessly beautiful. You seem to be a kind person
I'm sure subtitles are often helpfuf, but I had to laugh a bit when the auto-generated subtitle for "vibration" came up as "very patient".
There are normal subtitles not just auto generated
Oh she said vibration! That makes much more sense! 😂
She said "vibration"? It actually sounded like "very patient" to me, but my hearing isn't the best so maybe my brain just used the subtitles as the sound.
Such elegance should be brought back to current time line.
The very first video with 0 dislikes and thousands of views
CherryRibble MyButt you jinxed it there's 3 dislikes now 😭
6 dislikes now. Why?
edgY vIbes 13😖
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"awe poor chap
Its been a busy morning
He ate some breakfast" I laughed a lot at that ❤
I know, right!
This was so informative Jessica!!
+Allie & Sam glad you liked it lovely ladies 💕
Imagine Jessica talking to James Charles😂
slimm_tuga she might as well give up
Or Jojo Siwa
slimm_tuga That would be great if they could do a makeup style swap and she could try to understand him. 😆
She wouldn't catch anything😂
slimm_tuga me pasa a mi que hablo en español pero entiendo el inglés no me imagino a ella jajaaj
"I won't know why there are people running around, maybe they're screaming." Priceless
This isn't related, but you're so beautiful :) your wife is, too. Hope I can be in a relationship like yours someday.
Aw, thank you! 😊
I always think the same when I watch her videos!!!
Is she a lesbian?
dj videos no, she has a wife because she's straight
A deaf posh British ginger lesbian. That's so cool
You are so incredibly sophisticated and elegant. Thank you for these informational videos!
My sister had this weird bone eating disease a few years ago that was eating at her skull, and they had to remove a bunch of it, which also included a bone in her left ear that helped her hear. She was almost completely deaf in that ear afterwards, but she got a hearing aid, and she could hear perfectly fine with it in. And any time she spoke to someone new (mostly when she was at work), people would be talking to her normally, but then she would turn her head for something and they would see her hearing aid and automatically start talking slower and louder to her, and she'd be like: "Uhh... what are you doing?" and they'd point to her hearing aid and be like: "you can't hear!" and she'd say: "Yes I can... because I have a hearing aid. If I didn't have a hearing aid, then I wouldn't be able to hear."
But she ended up getting surgery recently that fixed her hearing. They made a new bone for her out of titanium or something.
anyway, this video was super interesting. It never even occurred to me that you would be able to hear sounds of people talking but not be able to make out what they're saying. I'm not sure why I wouldn't think of that, but I'm glad I saw this video!
There are many people who experience difficulties with sound comprehension, but I think that people who do not have difficulties with hearing or processing don't really think about it because they've never experienced it and may not have a lot of exposure to it as a concept. Its not just making out what people are saying though, its telling the difference between different sounds in general. For me a person talking can blend right into the sound of air conditioning or any other sound really, and more than a few times I'll think my husband has said something to me and i didn't make out what it was when a car has driven by and he's said nothing at all.
pickleheartsbooks holy shit dude
I use the bits of sign language I know so an almost deaf girl in my class can understand me better when I talk to her.
Technology is amazing! I'm glad your sister was able to get a treatment that worked for her (and that she wanted, I know some people don't want to fix their deafness).
I feel like the way she described her deafness is a lot like how I describe my vision.
Yeah, I can see something is there. I can tell you it's likely a tree.
But I wouldn't be able to tell you (without my glasses) what shape the leaves are, or if there's any patterning on the trunk, or if it's actually two different trees growing very close together.
If I didn't know tree shapes as well as I do, I wouldn't even be able to tell you if it had leaves or needles on it.
I know it's THERE... but I can' describe it as anything more than "Well, that's a tree."
Whereas Jessica is aware there's a sound, but that's it. "Well, it's a noise." but can't pick out the details of it.
JordanStuff Ikr
It's interesting when you mentioned that clarity is a big issue. I really relate to that, I had a under developed eustachian tube when i was a kid. Found out when i was 7 years old. My friends and family just didnt get it, making things louder really didnt help at all and when people think that you cant hear at all they think its like 100%. Well i had 20% loss in my left ear and 25% loss in my right. But it was the type of hearing loss; I could hear just everything was fuzzy. Now i was very lucky I had a surgery to correct my eustachian tubes, and they did eventually develop well when I was 17 I had gain most of what I had lost. Unfortuanely I did loose some of the high end and low end rages of hearing. Ironically I have ultra high pitch hearing (a side effect form the surgery even after the reversal), which can be annoying so lots of electronics makes sounds I hate. Some days I would like to beat my microwave with a shovel but then i think... well i can hear so that's something most would love.
Anyways idk why i just told you that but this was a super cool video, appreciate your time.
Even with fully functional ears clarity can be a huge problem with people who don't bother to articulate their words. Too many people think they can make themselves clearer by yelling and pushing more energy in their speech. They don't understand they are just building a wall of noise. They would get a much better result with less physical effort by lowering the volume, pitch and speed and just moving their tongue, jaws and lips a little bit wider.
@Mia Smith For the most part my hearing is "normal" but in crowded rooms sometimes I cant hear the person in front of me. I work in situations where I have to knock on doors a lot and check if I can go in. Some times even when people tell me to come in, I cant hear them if music is playing in the lobby for example and i repeat myslef 3-4 times till they yell for me to come in.
I use to get a lot of the sudden ear pops when I was younger and my eustachian tube was still developing; now for the most part its okay, I do notice on long trips some times if there is change in elevation my ears might have a hard time popping and I can go's hours feeling deaf, sometimes till the next day.
But over all I'm extremely lucky that my Ear doctor had a plan and did it perfectly; took half my life to make it happen, but its worth it for me haha.
This reminds me a lot of how my nearsightedness and astygmatism works - my glasses make my vision roughly as good as the average person, but without them, my edge detection is so bad that Ive mistaken people leaning over for beach balls.
@@samkadel8185 Very interesting. How long have you had astygmatism? Do your glasses make it so if feels completely "normal"?
@@kengamingd2438 I'm unsure, my nearsightedness definitely affects me more than the astygmatism but I've worn glasses since I was 10/11, so it's hard to tell. It's been super progressive, so it started with just not being able to read the board form the back of the room. At this point, my edge detection is so bad that I can't even read a board from the front of the room without them. With glasses, I can see about as well as the average person, though.
I’m going deaf and it’s so wonderful to be able to see someone who is able to put into words my experiences. The only difference is that my hearing is better for higher pitched and worse for low pitched.
you are so gorgeous 😱 you look so classy and like a woman straight out of the 50s. loveeeee it
This really helped me understand the different levels of deafness thank-you ...you're absolutely beautiful also can I just say :)
My hearing is a lot better than yours. I struggled as a kid and lipread to understand people. I got grommets to help my hearing loss and it did until I was 13 where I got a hearing aid. Doctors still don't know why I have hearing loss. My hearing aid amplifies everything. It's hard to pick apart voices and I struggle with low sounds and don't even get me started in a group I get completely lost. I'm really happy to know that I'm not alone in struggling, My family don't really try to help nobody makes any effort to try and make sure I can understand them which is frustrating. I really enjoy your videos.
Maybe you have a sensation processing disorder? Due to my anxiety I struggle with sound. My hearing is completely normal, but if watching a video I need captions, if in a group of people or if there's any background noise I read lips. So, my hearing is completely fine, but the way my brain processes that sound is lackluster. I specifically struggle with speech though. Any other sound I hear just fine
I have an older friend who is getting very deaf. I always am wishing he would just get hearing aids, but from what you say, hearing aids do not make you suddenly "hearing". They just make noises louder. I'm getting to see why some people resist wearing them.
+barbh1, hearing aids do not make you suddenly hear better. They do amplify the sounds but you have to understand them. Also if you are gradualy loosing your hearing your brain forgets sounds, forgets their meaning.
It is long term training. I have hearing loss since I was born, both ears approx 60% hear loss and even though I was wearing hearing aids from the early years I had to re-learn to hear every time I got new hearing aids as the old one were too old to function properly. Also I moved from analog hearing aids to digital, and nowadays they get better and better with every year. Each switch was a big adventure. I had to learn how the same sounds I heard in my old hearing aids sound like in the new one. Recently I switched to another model and first three months was learning of sounds again. I noticed that I was asking people, "hey, what was that sound? what is this now?" and I was describing them sounds what they sounded to me like. They replied and I memorised another "not so new" sound ;)
Also all audiometrists (those people who help you get best hearing aids) they recommend listening all the time for the first few weeks in new hearing aids. Listening to music, going outside, speaking with other people a lot or watch movies.
It is appreciated if friends of such person slow down with speaking and raise their voice a bit and try their best to spaek clearly (no mumbling under your nose ;) ), and if they are still not understood they repeat again instead of saying "oh, nothing" ;) Good luck to your friend and please do encourage him/her, it is great to hear even though it is not easy.
Calvin McLaughlin the heck is a grommett
Dictionary
grommet
ˈɡrɒmɪt/
noun
1.
an eyelet placed in a hole to protect or insulate a rope or cable passed through it or to reinforce the hole.
2.
BRITISH
a tube surgically implanted in the eardrum to drain fluid from the middle ear.
What clued me into my hearing loss is not being able to tell what direction a sound is coming from.
I currently have a moderate hearing loss (im 23) I went through my whole school life not knowing I couldn't hear. Its amazing how well I learnt to lip read and just guess what people are saying without realising i'm doing it! it sometimes takes me untell after a conversation has finished to realise what a person was saying - which can be really frustrating!!
I don't know why... But I just can sit and watch you speaking and laughing for a whole hour without getting bored! You're so... So... Beautiful inside and out
I've got Auditory Processing Disorder, and while I can "hear" I cannot always (I honestly can't most of the time) discern what I'm hearing because the part of my brain that is supposed to interpret sound doesn't really work. I found the way you put how you work with discerning sounds and meaning (and the inability to) to be something I really understand and can empathize with. Thank you for always having such wonderful Closed Captions on your videos, by the way.
Omg. You just made me realize why i cant repeat other ppl! I have had hearing aids for 12 years now but never knew why im so bad at remembering what ppl are telling me if someone else asks me what They said. I simply dont get Every word only like the most important stuff 🤯😳 this makes so much sence! Thank you! 🦻🏻😃
I started losing my hearing a few years ago. I got BAHA surgery in my right ear, but recently I’ve been having trouble hearing out of my left. The way you described your hearing was spot on with me. How it sounds like your underwater, how you only hear parts of someone’s sentences and then your brain has to fill out the rest, how you can’t tell what direction the sound is coming from... I always feel so out of place because I don’t know anyone else with a hearing impairment, and I don’t really belong in the deaf community either.
I like how you use signs when you speak sometimes, because even though I'm a hearing person, I still want to learn sign language for speaking to deaf people in an easier way for them.
correct me if I am wrong but I think she is using supporting sign language and not British sign language?
I used to use the stamping foot trick for my 100% deaf dog lol
Always awesome to hear other d/Deaf and HOH people kind of dissect what they can and can't hear! I can kind of dissect my physical limits (like standing or walking limits, etc) though it can be very fluid. My hearing loss is so recent and fluid I can only describe it as it feels like someone is metaphorically holding the remote of the volume of my life and randomly turns it down and will turn it back up again later maybe, causing me to LITERALLY either turn up the volume on whatever I'm listening to or asking people to speak a little louder for me.
I feel the same, always so interesting to know how other people experience hearing loss since no two are the same!
Hi! I'm not deaf or HOH, but I work with the public as a barista and obviously get deaf/HOH customers, so I'm trying to educate myself on how to make interactions as easy and comfortable for those customers as I can (no one likes to feel frustrated or misunderstood, right?). I've never seen or heard the word "d/Deaf" before, and I'm hoping you could tell me what it means? What's the distinction between Deaf and deaf? Thank you :)
@LaughingatLarisa
Generally, the "small d" deaf do not associate with other members of the deaf community. They may strive to identify themselves with hearing people, regard their hearing loss solely in medical terms.
In contrast, "Big D" Deaf people identify themselves as culturally deaf and have a strong deaf identity. They're often quite proud to be deaf. It's common that "big D" Deaf attended schools and programs for the deaf. The "small d" deaf tend to have been mainstreamed and may not have attended a school for the deaf.
When writing about deafness, many writers will use a capital "D" when referring to aspects of deaf culture. They will use a lower case "d" when speaking solely about the hearing loss. Some simply use "d/Deaf."
www.verywell.com/deaf-culture-big-d-small-d-1046233
Thank you so much for your reply, it was super helpful!
Annie Elainey HOH here, cannot hear high frequency, whispers, high pitched, anything behind my head. The watery sound and lack of directionality is so true for me.
Exactly! Louder Is NOT clearer! These are the perfect words to explain It! I am a half-deaf person and loud sounds annoy me very much. Higher confusion and that's It 🤷🏻♀️ you're a very brilliant woman! And by the way, I am Italian and you're one of the few videomakers I can perfectly understand 😊
This along with your other video on deafness gave me a theory on the stereotypical Asperger/Autism pronounciation. It's typically, just like your English: Very Correct, Enounciating Words And Using Standard English/*The person's language*. But then it can also, on the other end of the spectrum, be rather slurred - for no reason the person (anyone I met anyway) can explain.
Afaik, the theory - and definitely the bias - has been that it's because we are often nerds or academics, so we're keen on sounding intellectual and/or posh. As well as it fitting into the common feature of wanting, or needing, to do things "the right way".
But hearing you explain how you experience sound made me immediately think of how my perception of sound becomes under stress, or when there is a lot of input. Whether it's a lot of noise, or a lot of other sensory input to go along with just a few few sounds. It just becomes this wall of sound. Or, if it's the second one, with a lot of other input, then the sounds that ARE there will become that fuzzy noise.
Until I zone in on it, when I can start hearing the words. Unless I'm TOO overwhelmed, then it'll just fade back to "mwahmwhuma wahmwohwawa~" like in Charlie Brown until I can exclude a few inputs.
Which I suppose actually would make a lot of sense.
In your case, you are missing the functionality to hear a range of sound and therby it becomes hard for your brain to "translate" it to you. In our case, since all noise is let in unfiltered the brain struggles to translate it to us. As if we hear too much to make it out, you not enough.
And perhaps it's more common for the brain to struggle with certain pitches, so that in both cases speaking becomes most difficult and we'll either slurr or we make an effort to be clear - for our own sake and others. Hoping others will follow suit so we can communicate more easily.
This might be over-explaining a very simple concept, which might seem completely obvious. ^^U I just found it fascinating to think about.
Especially since they're not clear entirely on how the neurological parts of Aspergers and Autism work entirely. You end up doing a lot of thinking yourself.
Hm I really like this take and it makes a lot of sense to me
Is ot harder for you to understand/lipread from people who aren't native english speakers? Can you "see" their accent?
As long as they are speaking clearly I assume it's fine, I'm not deaf so I can't give a definitive answer but I guess that as long as it is clear enough then maybe a bit?
I can definitely see accents and I find that the linearity between the speaker's handle of the language (depending on how different similarly spelled words are pronounced in their native tongue) and my ability to ascertain their speech are pretty linked. There are a lot of factors involved because lipreading can only do so much. A lot of what we lipreading dependant folk also have going for us is the other body cues that help fill in what I like to describe as a living crossword puzzle. Context and familiarity with the speaker help a lot for me.
I live in the North West of the UK. I can definitely see the difference between the local accents, like Scousers and Mancs, when lipreading. I love the diversity in UK accents. I find Irish (particularly northern) is a good one to visualise too :-)
@GiRayne often its the length of word shapes, or emphasis at different points in a familiar looking word/sound shape. I have some hearing, so i can usually hear intonation / inflection even if i cant make out the words, which obviously helps. Scouse is often quicker and shorter, mancs / brummies longer emphasis (in my experience).
Check out this video clip for a great example:
www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/02/18/people-love-can-hear-refs-accent-2-second-clip-no-sound/
I can- that's part of the reason I find it so difficult to understand anyone with an accent other than east coast/midwestern American.
I should learn sign language someday. It will have to wait till university is finished.
That is a lovely future project x
Some unis offer sign to satisfy a language requirement.
When I was about 8 I got a very odd book entitled "Bart Simpson's Guide To Life." The only thing I actually remember in that book was the signed alphabet. XD The alphabet is really easy to learn, and you can always finger-spell a sign you don't know. Because of some nerve damage to my pinky I apparently have a bit of a "speech impediment" but I've always been understood when I've needed to fall back to finger-spelling. Good luck in school and with your signing endeavors!
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I'm starting to learn as SSE as I'm losing my hearing so might as well before I get to be an adult as then it will be harder I think
Great video Jessica. My wife and I learnt a lot watching this. How do you manage at home with things like the dogs barking or the doorbell ringing if you're there alone? Maybe that would be a good idea for a future video as it would be interesting to see how you adapted. 🙂
Smudgie33 Jessica has mentioned before in passing that her hearing aids do help her hear a "sound" doorbell, and if you remember the sound you can know where it is, but you can see in her "get ready with me" type videos that she also has a light doorbell that flashes when people ring. I agree it would be nice for her to make a video showing how she adapted, and I hope this satisfies your curiosity a bit for the moment.
Smudgie33 I can feel dog barking, I don't know about her. Maybe hearing aides.
You look like you were plucked out of the 50’s and put into this decade and i’m living for it
Just found this video and it's so crazy the differences between ASL and the rest of the world's sign language...you're so smooth and flow so nicely I love watching you!
Thank you so much for this!! I had never even considered some of the tips you gave for making things easier on people who are hoh/ deaf. I don't know anyone who is yet but I'm thankful that you've educated me beforehand so I don't make a complete a** of myself!
haha that's great news Grace!
I can relate to most of this 😂 My other half gets embarrassed when we are out and I can't hear him calling me, as it looks like we are arguing 😂 Now we just laugh about it.
Wholesome content asides, why isn’t this aesthetic more highly adopted nowadays? this goes for men as well.
Fashion back then was just so sharp and gorgeous.
I love how you use some signing along with speaking. I work with someone who is deafblind so I use signing and body signing so I'm basically learning through you too!
I'm a very new subscriber and you seem absolutely wonderful in all aspects, whether talking about your deafness, your illnesses etc. ❤️
I've started to lose hearing on my left ear recently, luckily my hear loss stopped from progressing, but all the 'underwater' and 'glass wall' metaphors are sooo relatable!
Hi Jessica, Happy international Week of The Deaf. I want to you know I found your videos very inspiration. And even I not deaf, I learn a lot watching your videos, and was sometimes I really wanted learn Sign Language because I think is something could help in some situation and think everyone need learn some words specially if have some friend or parent is deaf. You are amazing inspiration and I admire you so much, hope one day meet you and this day I want already know sign for be proud to talk with with you in sign hahha
Thank you so much! I'm glad my videos speak to people who don't share the same conditions but are interested to learn. Thank you for the love and I will definitely pass it along 😉
My hearing loss is opposite. I cannot hear low sounds, particularly men's voice tones. But I can hear you whisper... High pitched I can hear but it sounds as though it's through a vibrating plastic bag and is at times very painful. I was an underground explosives handler for about ten years and that along with fluid buildup on my ears has led to a significant hearing loss. (Just recently got insurance again so I'll be able to go to the Dr again!) Some days are better than others. The remote control comment was spot on for an accurate description! As always Jessica, I Love your videos and thank you for sharing!
It's always interesting to read how other people's hearing is, so than you for sharing your story. Hope you get many better days x
Holy crap. Thats my life. I totally understood the ear plugs/glass box but I cant hear my husband for the life of me. And being in a crowded room, just makes me uncomfortable because I dont know where any noise is coming from. When we go to the movies, I bring ear plugs because the vibration is painful and since I cant hear most of it anyway theres no reason to sit uncomfortably. Lol
I’ve been trying to properly describe and explain my hearing since I was a teenager. People have always thought I was being dramatic or exaggerating, because it’s not that I can’t hear at all, but rather I can’t always distinguish different sounds and volumes and such. You’ve done it perfectly. Perfectly. Thank you so much. This gave me tears.
You represent everything that society lacks today. Elegance, joy, class, femininity, kindness.
Toasty Volvo sounds like your life is pretty terrible if you have no joy or kindness, hope it gets better for you
@She Otoño Didnt you know that being 'feminine' is nothing to do with what women are naturally like?You are only 'feminine' if you fit mens expectations...natural state of a woman is very masculine actually!;))
Since Jessica is part of society I think that’s an overstatement
she reminds me of the mom from Umbrella Academy
brrrrruuuuuuhhhh yezz...
the aesthetic~~the way they talk~~the laugh....
bruh i really love this kind of fashion/aesthetic
She kinda does!
Yea
She could be Graces (the name of the nanny) replacement model if Vanya destroyed- oh wait..
Omg yessss
He’s had a very busy morning ‘he ate some breakfast’ literally my life 😂😂😂😂😂
My God you’re adorable 😍 I could listen to you speak all day
Happy international week of the deaf, looking forward to the rest of your videos, this was very interesting to watch and learn xx
Talking about how you can't pick apart every word, but you can understand some and pick out the rest reminds me of trying to learn another language, where I can't tell you the exact meaning, but I can tell you the general idea.
Omg she has a wife. we need more gay ppl like with this aesthetic.
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Why?
North 28 For the culture
@@North2828 why not ?
Yes so exhausting! I have started to get hearing loss due to migraines and neurological issues. It’s been 2 years now and I can hear ok most of the time but sometimes sounds confuse me and I have no idea where they came from (like my kid chatting in another room or a paper crumpling). Identifying sounds are becoming harder for me and I find myself telling ppl to slow down when they talk and to pronounce their words clearer only to realize I’m the one with the issue not them 🤦🏻♀️😩. It is a scary feeling losing hearing and having doctors not know much about it. Your videos lately have been giving me so much comfort knowing that I can get through it though, so thank you for making them even tho I know it can be very hard some days.
sending you rays of comfort, strength and patience🙏
@@RavenSuperstition thank you. I really appreciate your kind words ❤️
A nice insight into your deafness, I've often wondered what the world sounds like to you, now I understand a little.
Glad you liked it :)
You are doing just great, I'm deaf just like you..Thank you for this message.
That dress color is STUNNING!!! Not only on you (it compliments your skin tone perfectly!) But also the color in general is just 👌👌👌👌
I love how Jessica is basically like, if I can't understand you please shave your beard off.
Your voice is so pleasent to listen to ❤️
For me it's reversed. My right ear is completely deaf. Lost it at age 17. My left ear is around 65%. I just gave my hearing aid back to the doctor yesterday. Sounds are too stressful.
I'm exactly the same as you! Hearing aid is too loud for me
BSL Charlie I tried to keep it, but it's way too awful. I'd rather be mostly deaf.
Preach girl! :)
Can u turn them way down? Would that be helpful?
You have no idea how relieved it makes me to read that. I've been deaf on one ear since birth and got a hearing aid when I was 18, and it was so confusing and stressfull and loud. And I'm kind of angry at myself for not trying it out for longer, see if my brain gets used to it. But I don't like it. So I'm glad I'm not the only one :)
not only a brilliant voice full of clarity (maybe the best on youtube) but a totally natural sign language to the point you think it is just gestures, but when needed it is perfectly understandable and looks great as well. each of those accomplishments would be a great challenge. now imagine excelling in all of them concurrently. respect.
6:45 Thank you. Such a simple matter and yet so many people still don't get it. It's so tiresome how some people get angry or annoyed after being asked to repeat what they just said and they just raise their voices instead of articulating their words more clearly. That isn't particularly good for the own self-esteem especially if you're young, but fortunately I've grown to live with it, just as every other people with a higher or lower degree of deafness.
"I know when to laugh, because she does this little face". Said with such love haha, that was adorable.
I guess think you explained your deafness brilliantly! The “louder does not make it clearer,” was perfect description for a hearing person, as I am. Thank you for explaining and for sharing your wit with the world 🌎Cheers! -Hope
Your hair always looks so perfect! I really like your look btw. Very interesting video, thank you!
Very informative and touching video... had no idea!!
Glad you liked it 😊
The amount of class and elegance in this video is mind blowing
This is a really informative video! We all thought deaf people cant hear nothing and there is no level of deafness whatsoever! also i love your look!
I've only seen two videos and I love her. Especially the look.
Your videos are incredibly informative, and always very interesting and amusing to watch (because you have such a sharp and amazing sense of humor!). Keep on spreading awareness!
Thanks! Will do 🙌
I found you today and I'm loving it. I'm studying to be an audiometrist and my interaction with clients is pretty similar to your description :) especially the low tone voice and the high tone hahaha
11 years of working full-time on industrial machinery from the ages of 15 to 26. I am now 51 and my hearing is about 60% gone. Your video made me get choked up inside because you literally took the letter in every detail described my hearing/deaf life if I want to explain exactly my situation to somebody I would play your video from start to finish. OMG I'm not alone. I cannot believe how exact your video matches me. You are amazing. I love your videos.
It's difficult for hearing people to appreciate and understand the difficulties deaf people have. Very well explained thanks.