Things We Would Tell Our Younger Selves ❤ Rikki Poynter & Jessica Flores ❤ 

I'm a HOH teen, and I wear hearing aids. I love seeing your interactions and you two inspire me as deaf role models.

Beautiful video! Well said. It took a while, but I have to say it ended up actually being a relief when I finally lost the last of my hearing. I felt pressured to keep that last bit and stop failing hearing tests. Now I can relax and learn sign language. If I go to a rock concert with my cochlears, I can stand right next to the speakers, feel the bass, and dance!

Your videos are SO helpful for some many reasons. 1. I’m a speech therapist and learning sign language on the job at a deaf school (which can be terrifying) so these are really helpful for strengthening my understanding. 2. I am always looking for ways to understand a little more about my students. I’ll never fully understand but I can be open to learning. All this is me saying thank you for doing what you do 💜

I love to watch your videos because me as a H.O.H. child who is almost deaf and who continues to lose their hearing it’s a good feeling to know that some people go through the same issues as you do

I have my ASL final exam tomorrow so I’ve been telling myself I’m binge watching your videos to practice my receptive signing but I really just think you are so funny and amazing! I also want to thank you for being such a clear signer! It really helps me learn

i've been learning asl and i watched this video without the captions on to see if i could do it and i understood everything

I love ....love...love your show!! Keep up with your goal to educate everyone especially certain people who are trying so hard to identify themselves like "hearing as God". You did a super job!!

Yes I agree, you go ladies

I've never watched a vid without sound so it was weird, but also cool!

You two are adorable

Incredibly refreshing to witness this! I can just relate to this so bad. I am finishing off my BSL 2. I was debating about not doing level 3, I feel so deflated after level 2 and it is so expensive but after seeing this, I think I will push myself to continue. I was deaf from birth and faked hearing for the whole time, this is now a habit I struggle to break. I don't even know I do it until I get home and feel isolated. It's nice to be reminded that only I know my communication. I am preferring sign with speech at the moment (but not SSE) but I felt this was wrong because I only ever see people sign without speech even though because I don't know enough sign yet I find it easier to have someone speak and sign and I even find it easier to show over saying what I mean.

Thank you & Rikki for all your hard work in making these videos for us! I enjoy watching all of your & Rikki's videos. This one hit me hard. I needed to be reminded of these things; being someone with CAPD. I tend to "fake it", but have lately been trying hard not to. Y'all have encouraged me to be me (difficulty understanding speech & all) and to continue learning ASL. Thanks so much!

Much love ❤ I've been deaf since I was 12. I'm 19 now I love your videos ❤

These videos are so eye opening, it was always so easy to turn a blind eye. I almost want to learn asl to make up for being so inconsiderate of those who are deaf or h.o.h. + I have a crush on Jessica now 😘

This was a great video. Thanks for sharing!

The videos you two make really help me push on with learning ASL, I would learn,quit,give up,then learn more and now I'm starting to remember more. I've only been h.h. for a couple of years so it has been a big readjustment in my life. I love sign but learning it can be tough,but I wont give up.

This video is cool and inspiring. 💘

Super star

These collabs have been amazing! I hope you guys do more in the future!

🤟🏻 it’s hard as a hoh person to seek help. I’m finally getting it. 🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼

I'm late deaf, and I'm the same age as Rikki. I connect with both of you so much. But specifically Jessica when you started to tell yourself stop pretending like u understand what's happening!! I am extremely guilty of that and do it ALL the time. Especially in social settings. If I see ppl laughing I'll just be like oh yeah ahaha...and in my head I'm like okay wtf did they say? I'm still in the point of having no idea who the fuck I am as a person or having a deaf identity or what idk I have no clue. My hearing loss started at 21 and like I said I'm 26 now. And I have no hearing in the right ear and very little in the left. So I am mostly deaf. But I'm still at the point of bs'ing social situations. Sometimes I wanna ask, and I WANNA be like hey can u slow down. But I just feel embarrassed so blah blah enuff babbbling lol sorry. Love u guys 🤘🏽💖✌🏽

This is really great. I want take a video of me and I send you also both of you, just if you want to watch my video. Because I want to share it with you about this theme. But how can send I it to you? Where should I send it. Because the video is 10 mins. Thank you!

I was wondering if anyone had any advise I going to go to high school next year and I have been looking into Deaf schools but my parents want to keep me mainstream any ideas on how I can talk to them about how we can agree on something

I like the video with no sound, I feel like a learned a few signs 👍🏻

Hey jessica and Rikki, my name is Jose Luis Vazquez. Im deaf and like to help you some sign language. :)

So hearing people learn other languages, have you ever considered - once you're more confident with ASL - to learn another sign language? I know Auslan, so I need subtitles for your videos, but I've been thinking about learning ASL too.