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Learning Sign Language As A Deaf Adult | Rikki Poynter
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My hearing loss was noticed at the age of 11. Being born from someone who is deaf, and raised orally, I was continued to be raised the same. I continued having a mainstreamed deaf life going into public school, speaking spoken English, etc. I was not given American Sign Language or an education at a deaf school.
It wasn't until my early 20s when I started trying to find deaf people like me and then by the age of 23, start learning American Sign Language seriously on my own.
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Rikki Poynter is a 27-year- old deaf vlogger on RU-vid. She makes content about deaf awareness, accessibility/closed captioning awareness, mental health, feminism, and more. Since making her first deaf related video on October 1st, 2014, Rikki has been on the Huffington Post, Mic News, Upworthy, ABC News, BBC Newsbeat, BBC Ouch, BBC See Hear, and other news outlets in various countries. Also, she has been working on her new closed captioning campaign, Lights, Camera, Caption!, to try to get more RU-vidrs to closed caption their videos. After hopefully one day taking over RU-vid, she wants to work on the rest of the Internet.
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@excitemint7712 7 лет назад

I'm not hard of hearing or deaf but I'm learning sign language and it's awesome

@iexist1738 6 лет назад

Same. It's a very expressive language.

@Lozza1383 7 лет назад

Can I just say "I've been talking out of my mouth, and my ass" was the best thing I've heard today!

@jakjak555555 6 лет назад

I understand what you mean, girl. Similarly (kind of), my close friend told me I typed very well for a black person. I was very offended and he didn't know why.

@mk3621 7 лет назад

I'm learning ASL too :) I'm very fortunate to have an ASL class at my highschool.

@flamingogh_ 7 лет назад

Miranda Kincer oh my gosh I soo wish I could take an asl class at my highschool. I want to learn, but there isn't a way for me besides me doing it on my own, which I try.

@tylercox1875 7 лет назад

Sing it Queen cool I wanna learn Mexico

@Catigizmo 7 лет назад

As someone who is learning ASL I enjoy seeing the learning process, to know that I'm not the only one who is absolutely awkward when signing. :)

@Catigizmo 7 лет назад

I also am trying to introduce different things to my three year old daughter, so we watch a lot of sign language videos and she said "Mommy what is she doing" I responded with talking and she said but I can't hear her. my response was not all people talk with their mouth. I am teaching her the alphabet in ASL and she knows some letters I told her they can make words and showed her some animal signs and she showed such an interest. so thank you for signing and helping spark some interest in my daughter at such an early age.

@rpauline2001 7 лет назад

i really respect how you didn't refer to them as your parent. this is pretty unrelated, but i just don't see many people recognize how abusive "parents" don't need to be tolerated as a part of your family.

@FeralVeganFemme 7 лет назад

my mom grew up the same, she is profoundly deaf,and got the implant. I started to learn sign because her minimal hearing has progressively gotten the worse. No matter how amazing you are, there will always be someone with negative feedback back. Forget them, your growth has been awesome 👏

@blus2543 7 лет назад

I grew up as a hearing child in a deaf community. My hearing loss came later and I moved country so I now am a HoH adult who is completely oral (which I'm not at all comfortable with) with no community around them and 4000 miles away from my first language (ASL/JSL) so even though our stories are reverse, I absolutely understand where you're coming from. speaking still isn't easy for me so I understand why using ASL would be an awkward feel for you.

@jebsmith323 7 лет назад

Bless you. I like the way you say abusive person. Keep up that wall and take care of yourself. Seriously. I'm supporting you.

@printer69tom 2 года назад

I have to disagree sorry Unforgiveness does not permit healing. Forgiveness does not make any abuse okay but it's the beginning of healing.

@jebsmith323 2 года назад

@@printer69tom Four years later and I can't remember anything about the video or that comment. Weird.🤓

@pablomoldeslopez8412 7 лет назад

Damn.... I'm deaf and I've been deaf my whole life. I speak 5 languages because I had to move to different places when I was a kid but none of those languages is sign language. And at the moment, I want to get started to learn sign language but I'm not sure which one I should learn. I probably will learn Spanish Sign Language or Catalan Sign Language. I'm just confused and kinda stuck between different cultures. I feel kinda left out since I don't seem to fit in anywhere. Ughh I just met 2 deaf people in my life. It's sad :(

@josephinemcmahon7286 Год назад

Pablo, your dilemma is so common for all of us growing up deaf in a hearing world.

@ellie4943 7 лет назад

I subscribed to you three years ago when you were a makeup channel and just last month I declared as a speech and hearing major in college. I really appreciate that you explain all of the issues you face and how you deal with them, how you found community in deaf culture, and how hearing people can be more understanding. I think it's also great that you discussed that you don't want hearing aids or a CI because so many people don't understand that that is the personal choice of a person, some people don't want invasive devices in their head, and in turn they may need you to meet them halfway in order to communicate! Thanks for having this channel and for educating so many people, myself included. I have to think that you're part of the reason I chose this major.

@ellie4943 7 лет назад

And you get all of the hugs right back (:

@naturegirl2110 7 лет назад

Rikki Poynter Is all sign language the same or is like it depends on the country. Like Spain speak spanish, China speak chinese, Italy speak Italian etc or is it just one language for all countries?

@ciaramckenna8228 7 лет назад

naturegirl2110 it's different for each country. For example I learnt a bit of ISL, which is Irish sign language a few years back which would be different to American or British sign language for example

@helpsie 7 лет назад

naturegirl2110 yes, each country and language uses a different signed language. In Canada we have ASL and la langue des signes québécois, and these are very different from British Sign language in the UK and la langue des signes française in France.

@naturegirl2110 7 лет назад

helpsie thanx. I was always curious about that

@Mishy82193 7 лет назад

I have auditory processing disorder and ASL has been an amazing way to express myself & gain more confidence! I really appreciate how much it's changed my life & the awesome people i get to meet! :D

@marmarmmgirl 7 лет назад

Michelle O I have auditory processing disorder too (just officially diagnosed last year- but wow when the doctor told me it explained a lot) and I've really been wanting to learn ASL for a while and watching this video made me fully realize WHY it's been in the back of my mind for so long, and I think because it's a strictly visual language & I (hopefully) wouldn't have to have so many of those horrible moments of "what did you say?" "~~~~" "what?" "Ugh nevermind". Anyway reading ur comment made me feel a lot less alone so thank u!

@Girl_-fs6nx Год назад

I have Apd as well 😅😢. I haven’t come across anyone that has Apd before. The struggles man, and being completely blind as well. I’m learning Ptasl, at the moment, and it’s helped tremendously, in people communicating with me, and myself communicating back in Asl, as both me and the other person sign in English, not Asl.

@faelyn_x 7 лет назад

I'm an ASL student for about 3 years now and I definitely am not fluent in the slightest but I totally understood your signed video. You do sign mostly in signed English (which is how most of the deaf community works) but I still understand it, the grammar is just a little different. Love your videos! ❤️❤️ you're such an important aspect of the deaf community!

@mandymoore1999 7 лет назад

This is so awesome because my mom is deaf and took speech therapy since 18 months old so people don't "believe" she is deaf, but she's also amazing. She was bullied in public school and went to Ohio School for the Deaf at 12. She went to college w/out an interpreter and has 3 degrees. Deaf people are not dumb, and just because they have good speech doesn't mean you don't have to accommodate them.

@lovelife2914 7 лет назад

I wish there was more deaf RU-vidrs

@jenniemaebarlow1200 4 года назад

I am hoh and I was just wondering how realistic it would be for me to try a youtube channel!

@Girl_-fs6nx Год назад

@@jenniemaebarlow1200 I think you’d do great at it. ❤❤

@kevinmoore2501 7 лет назад

As a Coda, I've learned ASL from a very young age, and it's helped out in so many ways. If I've ever wanted to say anything to another person fluent in asl without anyone else knowing, I could. Futhermore, when I had neurosurgery to resect, and treat brain cancer, along with a tracheotomy, and other procedures due to unforeseen complications, I was still able to communicate, despite being unable to speak. Non-verbal individuals could be helped enormously by asl. Great vid by the way. I'm already subscribed to your channel, and I can't express enough, what good you do for the deaf community by educating those who are curious.

@ambo6566 7 лет назад

Rilki, you are amazing with everything you are doing for the d/Deaf/hoh community!! You truly are an inspiration to so many and I'm so glad you are here raising awareness! I have just become your latest patron on patreon! I am super excited to be supporting you!!!

@say10threetimes 7 лет назад

I don't even know how you got in my feed, but I like your videos...

@itsleviosaa 7 лет назад

I am hearing but I have difficulty with auditory processing and my gf has CAPD. Both of us have to ask each other to repeat things a lot (though we are learning ASL to make things clearer) and like the one thing we try to never do is say "never mind". God... I hate when people do that!

@Shawn1283 7 лет назад

itsleviosaa nevermind and just forget it are 2 of the things i HATE hearing the most.

@flamingogh_ 7 лет назад

itsleviosaa people hate when I do it, but I also say what a lot. I am a very frustrating person to talk to, because I am too quiet and I also sometimes don't hear people either.

@ryleebrownn8165 5 лет назад

I have CAPD too and I am losing my hearing due to constant migraines and something called Dysautonomia... I am learning 3 languages at the moment (ASL, Spanish and lip reading in English)

@Girl_-fs6nx Год назад

I have Apd as well 😢😂❤❤

@Defmusicman1 7 лет назад

I'm a lot like you. Being able to speak well while growing up in a deaf school/ASL culture did sometimes make me feel like I was in a "twilight zone" between 2 different worlds. There are positives and negatives to it as you covered so well in your video and I can totally empathize with you. Just be yourself, be true to who you are and things will work out the way they're supposed to. Best of luck to you!

@JOlson707 7 лет назад

I was oral to using ASL! I love ASL!! much easier to understand!!! :-) I hope to meet you someday!

@hayleysangston7717 7 лет назад

Okay so i literally stumbled on your channel a week or so ago (it was in my recommend list) and since then I have been binge watching all of your videos😂 I am a freshman in high school and I decided to take sign language as my "foreign language" credit. In class we have been taught about the Deaf Community and schooling for the Deaf, etc. It is so cool to hear another perspective of "growing up deaf". My teacher is hearing so we don't really get a genuine look into the Deaf community. This video along with a lot of your other videos were super eye opening for me. I just wanted to thank you for sharing your experiences with youtube. Thank you!!

@dinahestes5213 7 лет назад

I enjoyed your unique presentation especially for all of us, Deaf and HH. They need to understand and respect you. Don't worry so be yourself. 😊

@ASLAnissaOfficial 7 лет назад

Shared your channel on my twitter. Always love your videos

@Catigizmo 7 лет назад

I love your translations Anissa! my friend and I memorized your Light em up video. :D keep it up

@toriviar3774 7 лет назад

ASL Anissa I love your videos. I want to do ASL covers but I'm not fluent enough and it's not easy for me to learn as a visually impaired person. I want to learn since I'll be a special ed teacher but my community college doesn't offer ASL but the college I'm transitioning to does :) so maybe in a couple of years

@tamaravegas5637 7 лет назад

I think it's amazing that you're able to hold your ground and not do things because you're pressured into it! And those who shame deaf people for not knowing ASL are horrible. Some deaf people don't have access to the means to learn a whole different language! D

@emmarosestrong 7 лет назад

I'm hearing and went to a public school and in third grade (I think) we learned the alphabet and some basic words in ASL. I only ever really used it to have secret conversations with my friends so the other kids didn't know what we were talking about, but I'm still super glad I learned, and super glad that I still remember it. I know knowing the alphabet and a couple other words isn't much, but it's nice to know that I'd still be able to communicate with a non oral HoH/deaf person. I've tried to learn ASL a few times since then, but it's super hard without anyone to practice with.

@leiflinse2267 7 лет назад

Its not an easy path to as an adult to learn sign language and get into the signing community, but it is definitely worth it.

@JSandwich13 7 лет назад

hoh but raises in hearing world. completely oral. got surgery at 5 yo and then helped for a while until 13 year old so I had to lose it gradually again :(

@alton791 2 года назад

I understand how saying you speak well can be a backhanded compliment. There are varying degrees of deafness/hearing loss. Those who are more on the profound hearing loss end from birth would be the ones harder to understand when they’re speaking because they have nothing to compare it to. Those who had some level of hearing long enough to learn how to speak would be easier to understand.

@lunelilyonrunescape 5 лет назад

This video is absolutely fantastic. You explain how backhanded compliments work, and why they’re offensive, better than anyone I’ve ever come across. Kudos

@rikkipoynter 5 лет назад

Thank you!

@samivayajd 7 лет назад

Love you Rikki! this really made me think about various video topics and possible collab topics

@BillieTheVidWly 7 лет назад

Every time that I watch one of your videos, I feel like I just learn something new. Thank you for the awesome videos.

@faithdavis4457 7 лет назад

We are almost alike. :) Only I have had hearing aids and a cochlear implant. My name is Faith Davis, I grew up mainstream, diagnosed as HOH at 8 years old. Had hearing aids until the last month I was 17 years old and then had surgery for a CI. I was activated at 18 years old in the next month of my birthday. I grew up in a deaf program from 3rd grade to senior year and it did not allow ASL. I wish it did. My family is all hearing. The CMV virus I had from birth caused my hearing loss at a late childhood age. I am trying to convince my mom I want her to learn ASL with me so I have a 2nd language and that I want to go to a deaf college or deaf trade school. I want to help deaf/HOH children and their families in anyway I can. I love watching your videos. Keep up the good work! :)

@Matty_B3ast 5 лет назад

I've watched you for a while, but not until just this video did I realize I only live an hour from you! :D

@ashblin 6 лет назад

I just recently subscribed to you and I am a hearing person who really really loves asl as a language and i love learning about deaf culture and it has been fun learning asl along with you..thank you for your videos! youre a really great person and also we love the same things :)

@Anthius0 7 лет назад

This video is great, and important... Thank you :)

@garrettnichols7636 7 лет назад

Hello Rikki, I was born profoundly dead but I attended oral school for the deaf at the first 5 years of my school career. I was mainstreamed for the entire elementary, middle and high school. Also never really experienced sign language except before attending oral school, parents picked up SEE for me but it is all but forgotten except alphabet. Recently I had to take ASL courses at the local city college which was attending but I vehemently refused because, like you, I was ashamed of being deaf. But my school counselor told me that since I already took Spanish and French in high school, I can't take them again. Only ASL is left for me to take so then I went to many local deaf events as a requirement for class . . . 4 years later, I changed so much as a person! I never let go of my hearing world so I live in both deaf and hearing world... So if you want to chat more about that topic, send me an message. I enjoy your videos immensely so keep posting 'em and thanks for all those videos!

@garrettnichols7636 7 лет назад

"Profoundly dead" ... That's the first. -_- *Profoundly deaF*

@iexist1738 6 лет назад

HAHA! You were born profoundly dead! I don't know why that was so funny for me... F and D are close on the keyboard and autocorrect doesn't correct it.

@watchtowergoggs 7 лет назад

I think your name videos are awesome and whatever you decide to do in the future with sign language I think vast majority of deaf people would support you. I'm just like yourself in many ways, I was born deaf and grew in mainstream. It was only so late in life that I went searching out for more deaf people like myself and to find out more about other deaf people. How they live, what similarities do we have, all sorts of things. Like yourself I've come across lots of very complicated ideas and thoughts on seafood and a lot of it made me question myself. I think that's a good thing though because sometimes it's good to question things about ourselves and others to see that maybe we've taken certain things for granted or never thought about things in a different way. I'll stop rambling, I like your videos keep going with them as I'm sure it will lead you discover more about yourself and the rest of the deaf community.

@CaptHarkyHark 7 лет назад

so I'm getting hearing aid within the next couple of weeks. I have high frequency hearing loss, it's not to the point that it will disqualify me from the job I want, I want to work in the FBI, or the navy. so ya I feel like I want them because it will help make sure I understand people fully.

@Diadeed 7 лет назад

Are you able to do a sign day in a week or month where you teach us words to sign or the alphabet!! :) I love your videos and I would love if you did that !!

@MrZero405 7 лет назад

Hi there! Big fan of your channel. I'm also an oral deaf person and I'm trying to transition into ASL and learn more about deaf culture. Can you point me to some groups and resources you used to help you learn ASL?

@adraxiom 7 лет назад

Rikki Poynter : Maybe discovery and fun videos (rather than 'teaching')? Is there some sort of puns in ASL? Some fun city names/fruits? I'm genuinely curious. Thanks for the videos. I just discovered them today and this is the 5th I'm watching :)

@watchtowergoggs 7 лет назад

Seafood? Doh! I meant deafhood! Stupid autocorrect!

@theXoddXfox 7 лет назад

I feel like I can relate to you on a lot of these issues that you deal with and have gone through! I felt really ostracized as a child due to my deafness because I was raised in an oral community, but now that I'm 20 I want to start learning ASL for my own benefit. I also hate when people tell me that I "talk so well for a deaf person" like...that ain't a compliment dude. LOL. It's a really difficult journey to be a deaf/HoH person raised in a hearing world and I'm so grateful for these videos you make because I feel like I'm not alone in these issues, even if our experiences differ in some ways. Thanks for that, keep doin' your thing. :^)

@emersongoo1224 7 лет назад

I loved this video, and I can definitely empathize with a lot of what's in here, as well as your other video about being in between the Deaf and hearing worlds. I'm currently a senior in high school, and I am profoundly deaf. I had a CI in from when I was very young all the way to when I was 12, but after that it unfortunately had to be removed due to chronic ear infections. I learned ASL with my parents as a kid but because I grew up mainstreamed and am most comfortable around hearing people, I didn't use it very much throughout my life and I can't sign well now myself, though I can understand other people using ASL pretty well. I'm making plans to take ASL classes in the future, though! Your videos are great, and have made me less hesitant to request captions from video creators. In my experience people are responsive and just haven't ever considered the issue of accessibility before and are really willing to make captions or have their fanbase create captions as a group effort. I've gotten multiple channels to get in the habit of captioning videos, including one with over 400K subs. Thanks for doing what you do!

@drevildruid 7 лет назад

I suspect what people mean by "you sound really good" is that your dictation is on point. The majority of Deaf persons who vocalize have a flat sounding monotone voice, whereas hearing people do not as we can modulate how our voices sound to others by changing the pitch and crescendo. sorta like a trumpet player changes tones by breath control. Many hearing people are completely ignorant of Deaf culture and are genuinely surprised that many Deaf persons, if given the chance to have full hearing, would decline the offer. Deaf culture is more personable, more intimate and more about accommodating everyone rather than a few. The Netflix series "Switched At Birth" gives excellent insight into what it means to be Deaf in a hearing world.

@eileenpaige928 6 лет назад

You’re inspiring. You do you! ❤️

@katherineo.cooper5632 7 лет назад

Hey Rikki - it's been quite a while since I have watched your videos - I remember watching the early ones in your bedroom. I think you did one about makeup? What a treat to see a person grown and change and think things through as deeply as you do. You're humor and deep thought is a wonderful combination and I admire you for that way more than your endearingly funky voice. :) This video is so moving to me - some as a Deaf/deaf person...but more as a young adult finding your way! I am so impressed that you have been open to other points of view, but also that you are standing your ground that you will decide to communicate how you want, when you want. It must be so hard living in two worlds and feeling unsupported at times by both worlds. Yes? I hope to have time to catch up with more of your story and wish you the best of luck. Keep up the good work!!!!

@AusticHardOfHearingSinger 7 лет назад

Believe me, I understand. I am this same way (borne hearing. Then hearing loss happened later as a child. Hard of hearing. Mainstreamed. Didn't get hearing aids until in my 20's (I'm 40, now). Learned sign language for myself and for my deaf son. Still used to voicing.

@YouTubeExplore777 7 лет назад

Also, as a hopeful compliment, for the signs you do know, I feel you do very well in which you transition your signed words in a smooth rhythm of motion. I hope I'll be able to do that someday, I wish I learned ASL when I was much younger; at my age now of thirty, I feel I won't be fluent as I need to be for a ASL career path. But, despite that thought, ASL communication is what I want to participate in, regardless if I don't become fluent; for me, the goal is to achieve ASL fluency, to keep working on it, and to be consistent without slacking, because the more I involve myself with ASL to practice everyday, the better, and faster my skills will be achieved fluently.

@NRBJMSS 7 лет назад

I learnt ASL and I would totally communicate with you because you are an interesting person

@MBlackBonnet 7 лет назад

You're awesome and just fine as you are Rikki! Sending you lots and lots of love!! :) keep it up, you're really great!!

@excitemint7712 7 лет назад

There are 3-4 deaf schools in nc I know this cause well my ASL teacher made us look them up

@Shawn1283 7 лет назад

ExciteMint There were some near me too and also several others in the state at the time, i had hearing parents and was raised on English not ASL - i was in speech classes for about 8 years, just because a school for the deaf is close or even possible doesn't mean we went, remember as kids parents were the ones that decided where their kids were going to school.

@Swampzoid 7 лет назад

I enjoyed your video. Very informative and entertaining.

@LpsStarzzz 7 лет назад

I've always wanted to learn ASL and I know the alphabet and a few random words. I know no one deaf, but idk it just seems like something I want to learn, kind of for myself.

@beckigreen 7 лет назад

I was trying to learn ASL online, because my city has no ASL classes. I visited deaf message boards to learn about deaf culture. Big mistake. I've never seen so much fighting in a community. Some deaf people had signatures next to the avatars that read " No oralists allowed". Some deaf people wouldn't be nice to the HH people, they argued about Cochlear implants, and God forbid, if you learn ASL it better be pure ASL, not PSE or See. Most of the people bitch on the board that hearing people don't want to learn ASL. Actually I wanted to learn it but there mean comments kind of drove me away. I don't understand why the deaf/HH community can't get along. They need to stop judging one another and just concentrate on their own lives, not whether someone is oral or not, wears a CI or hearing aid or not.

@democracydignityhumanrights 7 лет назад

Becki Green oh wow, I'm a hearing person who is interested in learning ASL, but there are no classes in my area and there are no deaf people in my area for me to practice with (that I know of anyway), I live in a very rural place and can only learn language by being immersed in it, the only reason I know as much Spanish as I do is because I lived in a Hispanic community out in California for awhile and was basically forced to learn Spanish for my own survival (long story but it was very dangerous where I lived) and I still don't know a lot of Spanish because I forget things very easily. I'm now in a Spanish class and that's helping refresh me.

@toscatattertail9813 6 лет назад

i am a retired sign language interpreter and there are prejudices in the deaf community just like any other group. Purists will not talk to those with implants or anyone who does not USE proper ASL.If you do not come from a deaf family or have at least one deaf member you are looked down on and so forth. if you plan on interpreting expose your self fully to deaf culture and a variety of signing situations and most important develope some thick skin cause Deaf people as a whole are blunt, direct and generally rude to anyone that tries to step into their culture without the proper skills

@KatesAdventures 7 лет назад

I turned on this video, saw a light coloured top, had way too much fun discovering the different colour and font options for captions, watched and thought about how confident you looked doing ASL, realised you weren't doing any actions with your hands and then finally realised at 2:09 that I had my speakers on mute -.-

@kaleighweidman6210 7 лет назад

I wish I could say that hasn't happened to me. But I can't.

@kahealaninakoa5921 7 лет назад

My cousin is deaf in one ear and going deaf in the other , she might be fully deaf by age 40-50? We don't know .. I'm going to college to learn ASL , and hopefully I can give her my book etc to learn too . Since she can't go to college , she's raising an at risk child that she adopted and works a lot . But idk i hope it all works well .. idk if she would go the cochlear implant .. I don't see her getting it . Wish us luck !

@savannahworth9284 7 лет назад

she was abused? i'm new to this channel and when she said that i was shocked and im curious now.

@meren007nz 7 лет назад

I am hearing fluent signer with a bunch of deaf friends. and I know many do not use their voice (one in particular grew up oral/mainstreem) and they dont use thier voice cos when they use their voice people'forget' they are deaf/as deaf as they are and forget they need to make allowences or assume they can lip read well just because they can talk well. so they choose to be voice off so hearing people HAVE to put in effort too.

@annadilynn 4 года назад

I get the you talk great for a deaf person thing all the time..it is back handed as hell

@cheyanneg7437 7 лет назад

Last year, in seventh add, I had Intro to Foreign Languages. We learned languages, and one of them was ASL. I met someone on a video game, who is Deaf. After he told me he was Deaf, he thought I wouldn't want to be friends because of it. Now, we are best friends and he is teaching me ASL. I'm scared to sign in front of him because I don't want to mess up, but my best friend in school and I sign to each other all the time.

@goldfishcrayon 6 лет назад

It's really hard for me to understand why hearing parents don't learn and teach sign language to their kids if they are or become deaf. Makes me frustrated and angry, and that's coming from a hearing person.

@ASLSuzyQ 4 года назад

Im glad you are you! I would be sad if you stopped being you!! If you stopped sharing! It has zero to do if you sign or voice! I can watch cc or/& ASL! Just do you always!🤟🏼❤️

@cayleighmusic 7 лет назад

I can relate to a lot of what you said. I'm a deaf (ci user) and I grew up in a hearing family and while I love them, it feels like they don't want to meet halfway (not to be mean, but just because they don't see what the point of putting in the effort.)

@justmeish1997 3 года назад

This inspires me! I was born HOH and it's been gradually worsening... I am oral... I sound totally hearing so much so that when I first went to the local deaf club everyone thought I was with the "hearing people who came to practice BSL" group... I feel like I fit in nowhere... I am trying to learn BSL but it's so expensive and I have other disabilities so because of that I am not working and rely on benefits to live at the moment... Our deaf club dissolved because only like 4 deaf people were showing up and then it was just 1 deaf, me (1 HOH) and 3 or so hearing BSL learners... The guy running it closed it because it cost too much to hire the building... I have no one to practice with now and can't travel to the next nearest deaf club because I'd need a lift from my parents or to catch a train which is both expensive and scary with my other conditions... I feel disconnected from people like me... I was denied free BSL lessons as a kid because I was only mildly HOH and was so good at talking (I was a gifted and talented student at school in top sets for everything except maths) I was also a semi-pro dancer... My mum wanted to learn BSL because she was always fascinated by it but there were no local classes when I was young and the nearest one was too far for her to fit in... again with doctors saying I didn't need it she didn't see much point struggling to get there and back every week and leaving me in some kind of childcare setting... I was failed by all people that are paid to help me and now I am severely HOH almost profound I need the sign language to communicate better but it's so much harder to learn as an adult... I am 23 this year and failed my BSL exam last year due to anxiety... I can't face the cost of re-taking the classes and with nobody to practice with I am at a loss... I am trying to learn myself on RU-vid and apps but it's slow and difficult with nobody to help me if I go wrong... Sorry for the long post I got a bit carried away explaining lol 😄

@Girl_-fs6nx Год назад

Hi 👋 I know this was a couple years ago; but I wanted to reach out. I can definitely sympathize with you, about being so good at speaking, people don’t think your deaf/ HoH, that’s very frustrating, I get that very often. I can also sympathize with you about doctors saying that we didn’t or don’t need to know or learn Asl, honestly the dumbest advice to give to a deaf/ HoH child/ ren’s parent (s)/ guardians, everything besides sign language, is just survival skills and a toolbox to navigate the hearing world and communicate in with them, it’s not complete communication. I can also sympathize with you about the classes being to far away, to travel, with other disabilities and conditions, making it difficult and dangerous at times, the cost. I can sympathize about trying to learn from RU-vid, and it being very slow process, feeling the majority of the time your not getting the sign (s) right, the worst is that you have no one to actually practice with, which makes it even more frustrating. Anyways, best of luck with Bsl, hope you’ve been doing ok, and continue with good, and strong health. Be safe, and take care. ❤

@miramirror2383 7 лет назад

Truth is, you sound good, period.

@vbentley9193 4 года назад

Do you still receive comment notifications on your old videos? Because your sarcasm on this video cracked me up. Good information about deaf individuals and the diversity out there. I enjoy following you. Thanks.

@rikkipoynter 4 года назад

I do! And thank you!

@katherinegrice4415 4 года назад

Don't know the name, but there's an app you can download on your phone that dictates your speech. As you talk, it types every word spoken. This would be good for the medical field since wearing masks is required. EX: A Deaf person is in need of help. They are picked up by an ambulance and taken to the hospital. The doctor walks in with his phone on a lanyard. He introduces himself and prepares to inform the patient of the circumstances. As he is doing this, the Deaf person reads the phone. I know it's not the best situation, but in an emergency, it's hard to get an interpreter on such short notice. This product would help.

@zulita 7 лет назад

Thank you for sharing your life experience. I d still welcome u to the Deaf community 💜💜

@alessianw 7 лет назад

Well, I'm hearing and I'm trying to learn DGS, so if you will start doing more ASL videos, I hope you'll keep the subtitles up, but I think you would never turn your back on CC ;) The point is, it doesn't matter if you talk or sign, I'll still watch your videos. Have a nice week!

@josephinemcmahon7286 3 года назад

I identify, I am also 'a hearing kid in a deaf person's body'. I am so sorry about your mum. It is very good that now you are apart. Later, when you have processed the anger, try to consider what her perspective may be. It never justifies her abuse, but still, try to walk in her shoes to gain an understanding. With sign, I was told as a child that I don't need it. As a 6 year old, that retort did not make me happy! Books was the only way that I gathered any nuance about emotions and relationships in society, as I wasn't getting it from my daily interactions. Now, I am 51 yrs and witnessed shocking bias from the 'Deaf' community as well. And I see that sign language is enriching and beautiful but very hard to learn if there is no-one to practice with. The grammar is sooooooo different. I do not get to meet 'Deaf' people in my day to day life that I can pracice with! It is actually easier for me to learn Japanese online! I take comfort that my deafness should never worsen, but if it does, I am so sick of being stuck in between the hearing and deaf worlds that I will not option for cochlear implants. Forget that! But I will give the Deaf community a hard time for giving me a hard time about being stuck between hearing and deaf! I believe that multiple ways of doing anything is best, and that includes language. Hearing people can benefit just as much from sign language as well, they just need to be given that understanding as well!! xx

@Girl_-fs6nx Год назад

❤❤❤❤ Well said ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@JaydenDeppMusic 7 лет назад

Hi! I'm Deaf and Fluent in New Zealand Sign Language. I'm from New Zealand.

@sarahgood9990 6 лет назад

French Canadian want to learn sign language 😋🤟🏻

@connierule3902 7 лет назад

omg u tak so wel! I'm totally kidding btw. Thank you for raising awareness about this wonderful culture and all it's sub-cultures that most hearing people don't even know exists.

@laurenmichelle9678 7 лет назад

My mom kind of knows ASL, my ASL sucks and I can't sign anymore due to other disabilities. But my best friend signs which is awesome since he has deaf family.

@lenaslife 7 лет назад

Love this video, love all your videos!! Thank you so much for sharing your perspective with us. it really helps me to more fully understand the best ways to communicate with Deaf people and people in general!! Plus, you are just awesome ^·^

@marge57 4 года назад

Just do you! I am hearing and learned some ASL to do respite work for my friend whose son is deaf. It IS hard to learn. Even if I can sign a teeny bit, I cannot keep up with the speed of fluent ASL speakers.

@rukiakamara8657 4 года назад

True so good job learning signs language help u people. GOD bless you 😊😊👏👏👏👏👏👌👍👍👍🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@sambean6001 7 лет назад

Hi Rikki! I just tumble over your video. I have a speech problem since I was born. So people thought I was deaf or hard of hearing but I was not and I felt awkward because I didn't know ASL and I had to explain to them no I just have a speech problem. I said my first word when I was five. My sister taught me some sighs when I was a kid and when I got older I toke a class. I am in my early thirty's now and my hearing and balance is slowly declining. I been wearing a hearing aid since I was in my mid 20's. And now I am trying to learn ASL and I am going to start learning with my kids and husband. Two of my kids have speech problems like me but one is very hard to understand sometimes and he gets frustrated sometime because people can't understand him and I can relate because I had that when I was a kid and even now as a adult. I get frustrated. I know ASL will helps us. Thank you for posting your videos. It is helping me to cope with my hearing lost. Thank you! :)

@swylie830 7 лет назад

I adore you.

@sticksthunder 7 лет назад

Yeah you need some deafy friends and learn more and more, you'll get your confidence up. My signing is a mix of BSL and some ASL from the summer of 2015 lol (Oral but really trying to remember how to sign but yeah its hard not having a deaf signer with me...)

@ameldagaspard8033 4 года назад

I live in the hearing but now I’m tone deaf sometimes I can hear n some times I don’t n. My family is very frustrated with me cause I have to asked them to repeat them selves and I hate those hearing aid

@CaptHarkyHark 7 лет назад

I completely understand with friends, my female friends more, they are talking and I can't understand something I ask them to say it again if I don't understand it then they just dismiss it and go on without me understanding. for example if they are saying a joke, and if they turned away and said the punch line I couldn't understand it and felt embarrassed to ask them to tell the joke again cause the others would think I didn't understand it cause I was stupid or not open minded, rather than I literally didn't hear what they said.

@umgubularslashkilter9272 7 лет назад

Hello! I just found you channel, and I think it is amazing! :) I would actually like to ask a question that I've had for a while now. I am a hearing young adult, and all my life I've been surrounded by hearing people, so my awareness of ways of communication between different people was very lacking. Recently (thank you RU-vid and Tumblr), I have been learning more about that, and I have tried to learn a sign language. And here I encountered a problem. From what I found, even British and American sign languages have differences (please correct me if I am wrong), so I was not sure which one to learn, or how significant the difference was. Unfortunately, I cannot just go to a local course at the university, or somewhere else because of the language barrier. You see, my first language is Russian, and I am finishing high school in Sweden, where I speak English. I do not know Swedish, sadly enough, which means that I have to use internet for my research. So here is my questions - How big is the difference between ASL and BSL? Have you ever encountered people who learned their sign language in different countries? Is it impossible to understand, for instance, a Frenchman if you use ASL? I imagine, some signs are the same in different countries, but there should be differences, right? Or is it absolutely different? I tried researching it on the internet, as it is the only way available to me, but the results are frankly confusing, and sometimes different resources contradict each other. I was hoping you could point me to something you recognize as a reliable resource - a book, a website, a blog, a series of RU-vid tutorials. I know you said that you have not been using ASL your whole life, but only a year and a half, but I figure you have way more experience that I, or most of my friends do. Thank you very much and sorry if I got something wrong :)

@YouTubeExplore777 7 лет назад

So, this is deaf awareness month, it's always September?

@p83arch 3 года назад

Hi, can you point me to resources on how to teach a child 12 years old who is deaf and has not acquired language.

@toriviar3774 7 лет назад

Did you ever have an identity crisis? I just ask because I had one in high school cause I grew up thinking I was as we call sighted and I wasn't and when it finally hit me that I was blind and started being treated differently so I lost myself. I just want to know I'm not alone.

@toriviar3774 7 лет назад

***** I still feel the same way. I still feel like an outsider in the blind community. I still don't know Braille I don't know a lot of assistive technology. Just things like that.

@G6PBS 7 лет назад

+Blindgirl222 Tori - Hi, I'm not blind or deaf but I am bi-lingual French and English. I too feel neither really French or really English which makes me feel somewhat outside both cultures. I don't for one minute say that it is the same situation as yours but the feelings are there. What I want to say is that these feelings are "normal" and you are not alone. I am old enough now to feel happy just being me and I hope you come too feel happy being you. Take care Tori and feel great being unique amongst others as we are all unique in our own ways. From one unique person to another, you are not alone.

@Girl_-fs6nx Год назад

Hi @Tori Viar I had an identity crisis at 14, I had been visually impaired from 3 rd grade, I went completely blind at 14, being verbally, and physically bullied at 14, as my vision became almost nothingness, and getting, and learning to use a cane, and Braille throughout being bullied and teased, facing major depression and heavy suicidal thoughts, and another one, much worser one at 16 became HoH ( Hard of Hearing ). I was the only legally blind/ completely blind person in my middle school, then being at high school, being the only deafblind student at the school, or completely blind student at my school. Very hard, frustrating, and heavily, heavily isolating. I was fortunate in learning assistive technology, refreshable Braille display, and Braille, before becoming completely blind. I’m learning Ptasl ( Pro Tactile American Sign Language ) right now, that’s helped immensely with communication with myself, and others. I’m doing better now. ❤ I hope your doing well. ❤❤ I hope possibly that you learned more about assistive technology, and Braille.❤ if not, I wish so badly, I could come teach and help you learn and navigate all the different kinds of assistive technology, and learn how to use them in everyday life. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@KatieB968 7 лет назад

Hey Rikki! I'm a new fan, and I'm watching some of your older videos. I went through your videos since this one but didn't see one about Alexander Graham Bell. Did I miss it or have you not had a chance to do it yet? I'm not even sure you pay attention to comments on old videos but I figured it doesn't hurt to ask. I remember hearing something about Bell and deaf people but wasn't sure what it was. He's a distant relative of mine (a great uncle or something) and I get curious because he was famous. Just wondering :)

@KatieB968 7 лет назад

Gotcha, thanks for the quick response!

@Nessy2351 7 лет назад

O i just find this Chanel and i want to understand how you comunícate with your family if you didn't learn sing language, did you learn how to read lips to be able to understand them. Sorry if it's a weird question I'm really interested in learning more about the deaf comunitario

@tudormiller8898 4 года назад

Hi Rikki! Love your videos and vlogs. I'm hard of hearing, watching from London UK. 🇬🇧. I have an Auditory Processing Disorder. How many deaf or hard of hearing adults grew up within hearing communities ? 👂👍

@tudormiller8898 4 года назад

Cool snapback. 🤘

@Girl_-fs6nx Год назад

I have Apd as well. ❤

@alvaroalas2450 7 лет назад

my deaf cousin can't talk but she does not want hearing aids,that's because she think she shouldn't have to change and she doesn't like fake either

@mayasikkeland1843 Год назад

I love you.

@Ammour_Nadir_Automotive 7 лет назад

how do you write the subtitles for you videos ? can you hear your voice ?

@alliexz3669 7 лет назад

VoxelizE She can lipread herself...

@bethanykennedy812 3 года назад

I don't understand why people are forced to choose between the two. Why can't all deaf kids be taught their country's sign language regardless of whether or not they're mainstream? For that matter, why aren't we teaching hearing kids to sign? It stands to reason that they will know a few deaf people in their lifetime. They didn't even offer ASL in my school. Spanish was mandatory because of the ever-growing population of Spanish speakers. And that's great. But I didn't get any ASL training until college and I had to insist on it. It wasn't part of my major. It didn't count toward graduation. So, advisors couldn't understand why I wanted to take the class. I by no means actually know ASL well enough to say I do. But at least when I encounter a deaf person, I have a few signs and we can manage to make each other understand what we need from each other. I'm dyslexic and my hand writing and spelling are so bad. But I try if they say write it down. I can't help but think that if I'd had that foundation as a kid, it would be easier to learn now.

@rikkipoynter 3 года назад

Ableism and audism. Mainstream society does not want deaf children to learn sign language because they feel it's inferior. Hearing babies and people are praised for knowing sign language, but deaf people are seen as less than and feel like we will be held back from being able to speak- which is what they praise more for us. Look at Alexander Graham Bell's history in regards to trying to erase us and sign language.

@annielovesu1 7 лет назад

How do they teach sign language to deaf people (don't mean be rude just curious)

@jl25735 7 лет назад

But which one would you like more knowing that you can be understood in both languages? Which one do you find more "comftable"? :-) greetings from Venezuela..!! ;-)

@shannonacosta2086 6 лет назад

I like the pictures hanging on your wall they are very pretty

@adriennesamantha 7 лет назад

when my cousin Gabrielle was born we found out that the inside of her ears didn't form properly. She had relatively bad hearing but by the time she was 5 her hearing was almost completely gone. She had cochlear implants done and she was completely deaf for about two months before they could turn them because they had to wait for them to heal and stuff. She is a very brave girl - right now she is seven xx I think she had to have them done because she was so young that she didn't know lots of BSL and she wasn't very good at communicating orally either. It was hard for everyone to see her completely deaf for two months when she had some kind of hearing just the day before she is okay now though!! :D

@amadmavworld 7 лет назад

Mandarin? That language is HARD to learn! Ni3 hao3 ma? That's about all I know. I'm amazed you studied it.

@rozamunduszek4787 7 лет назад

lol, completely agree. I know only xie xie ;)

@henryhenry816 7 лет назад

i know you said that you can hear deeper tones better in your previous video, and since your voice is a bit deeper, can you hear your own voice at all or to an extent? i'm not trying to be rude, just interested!

@casenc 6 лет назад

I loveeee your voiceeeeeeeee. This is so awkuard

@BBand3DG 7 лет назад

Could I ask if you hear your voice when you talk? I can't imagine being able to not hear the sound I am making. If you are in a situation like speaking to staff in a shop what techniques do you use to understand them if they are unable to sign to you (a common occurrence I'd guess)?

@Shawn1283 7 лет назад

BBand3DG Reading Lips.