I think this video highlights the common misconception that to be Deaf means the same thing for everyone. There are varying degrees of Deafness and, with that, varying communication styles and preferences. Great job showcasing such a broad range of that spectrum(and some of the talent therein) in only 4 mins.

@honeys.9579

3 жыл бұрын

Informative and interesting.

Stupid questions are part of life no matter who you are. I get the "Do you feel pain now?" question when people find out I have fibromyalgia. Or " You don't look sick. " It's like, " Does a person with diabetes look sick?" And yes, I have pain every moment of every day. We all get stupid questions. And I'm sure we've all asked stupid questions, too. I've never met a deaf person. My mother got very hard of hearing and I never appreciated how hard it was for her until I lost some of my hearing (hers was much worse) in one ear. I would really like to meet someone who is deaf, though, someday.

@ellakz8963

Жыл бұрын

Hello fellow fibro friend 👋

What’s funny is while I was in my ASL class some guy asked the teacher “ can deaf people hear the voice in their heads” and we all just looked at him. And then the teacher said “you mean their inner thoughts?” And he said “ya” then she answered him saying “ I don’t have time for your stupid questions”

I was born hearing but have become deaf over time, I have clear speech and can definitely relate to the point that when I talk people assume that I can hear just as well; I'm learning BSL and when I'm out in public on my own I prefer to go 'voice off' and use other methods of communication like BSL, text on my phone or even just a pen and paper because for some reason this seems to 'stick' with people that I can't hear very well and they need to accommodate my communication needs! 🤔🤔

Those are such strange questions. I remember seeing a movie as a child that showed deaf people enjoying a concert that used vibrating drums during songs (so the audience could really *feel* the rhythms) and interpreters to sign the lyrics - the person organising it beforehand even talked about how you didn’t need to hear to understand how important music was - you just needed to be a person who was capable of appreciating beauty in the world.

Love this! And love that you're sharing the spotlight with other Deaf creators!

I can sympathize with your frustration about these questions. I really would've liked to have understood more about music and the deaf community. I teach elementary music. Other than feeling the vibrations of a speaker, an instrument, I'd love to know what else deaf people experience when music is played.

This was so so well done!! I absolutely love seeing a whole bunch of awesome Deaf people coming together to make this video!

I enjoyed this little window into their lives.

I guess it's true for all disabilities, that people have both reasonable and strange questions about it.

@AnnieHarrison25

2 жыл бұрын

Most Deaf people don't consider themselves disabled because of the fact that they're Deaf. I'm not sure about everyone, but that's what I've been learning about Deaf culture from my ASL class.

@maczajsci7080

Жыл бұрын

@@AnnieHarrison25 Yes, true, this is a pretty classic example of how being born with a difference makes you consider it part of you rather than something wrong. This is why the term "hearing impaired" sounds right to your hearing grandma who can't hear like she used to but feels wrong and/or insulting to people born deaf.

1:15 The "hearing our thoughts" question, I think it's about the phenomenon called inner speech. And as apparently some people don't experience inner speech (despite having a thinking brain), it's not a "silly question" to ask to someone who never experienced sound (yes, I know that not all deaf people enter this definition).

@zviyeri9117

Жыл бұрын

yea, i have thoughts but no inner speech or voice, and i am hearing

Wow, great production on putting all this folks in one high light video. Please do more.

Enjoy your videos very much! After recently losing my hearing I had the same question about hearing thoughts. But the question wasn't do deaf people think(of course they do), it was do deaf people think in words? I still hear the in words in my head...but if someone deaf has never hear a "word" what replaces what I call hearing in my head? Images maybe...little help please. =)

@theotherwalt

4 жыл бұрын

The Google question was poorly worded.

@timeiswhat

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, I think the question is really if deaf people 'hear' a voice in their heads when they think how hearing people do, not whether they have thoughts or something - for example, even typing this, I'm 'hearing' a phantom voice in my head. I actually don't think it's that silly of a question or meant to be insulting, and obviously would depend on the specific person. Maybe a better question would be something like, 'when people who are deaf from birth think, are they thinking in sign language, English writing, or some other way?'

Matt Maxey just came and talked/performed at my college for the ASL kids and it was so cool! I'm definitely gonna share this with my friends who always ask me silly questions like these to educate. :)

Your best video yet! Love the cameo by Rogan!

Since the world just recently discovered that not all people have an inner monologue, it would be interesting to know how that works for people who have inner-monologue-wired-brains, but have never been hearing. Similarly, I wonder about people who have brains wired to (day)dream in color, but have never been seeing.

Love the video! Very insightful.

Can deaf people READ? Who Googles this crap? (Maybe they meant audiobooks? 🤣 Yeah, I didn’t think so!) Props to Rogan for his huge library and his disbelieving little head shake.

@NinaNooneknows

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they got confused thinking about deaf people using only sign language instead of the written and spoken language of their area (which has a different grammar)?

When I think things to myself, I imagine it is my own voice saying the thought. Like I'm not actually hearing anything, but it still sounds like myself speaking in my head. For deaf people that did not grow up able to hear themselves talk, I assume they wouldn't experience that. It's hard to imagine what your internal monologue would be like with no auditory aspect. I think it's a valid question. It's not asking if deaf people think.

Love seeing all these new deaf creators that I need to follow!

Thank you SO MUCH for how comprehensive this video is!!! I could actually feel myself getting more comfortable with each repetition! And getting to practice reading finger spelling along the way was such a huge confidence boost!

Seeing him sign I’m blessed made me happy!

This is the truth. Thank you for sharing and educating others. :)

In fairness, some hearing people can't hear their thoughts either. It's a real thing. Some people don't have an internal monologue

I wonder if the question was do deaf people hear their thoughts meant like do they hear through a phonological loop/auditory or are their thoughts through sign language or visuals or some other format etc.

@digitalmimi

5 жыл бұрын

@Dion Martin well, maybe its duh, but this video makes it out to seem like the question is saying do deaf people have thoughts.

@ErikRoseJohnsen

3 жыл бұрын

@@digitalmimi I agree, and the video did not answer the question properly. I´m a hard of hearing person, and I sometimes find the deaf community a little bit condescending toward people's curiosity.

@biancaa1019

3 жыл бұрын

@@ErikRoseJohnsen yeah I've caught that trying to learn asl... I feel as if because they sound like "stupid questions they have to answer in a way that's a stupid answer like thinking we are dumb for being curious... but naturally people are just naive and not aware so any question is valid especially if you're someone who grew up sheltered and unaware of disabilities, cultures etc . But hey to each their own.

Can deaf people time travel?

@MultiMarvelGeek

4 жыл бұрын

Everybody does, dude. We all go to sleep in one point in time and wake up in another point in time.

Thank you for the compilation. I'm hearing, and learning ASL and with that I want to know more about Deaf culture. I'm so glad you included Shaheem -- I've been following him and love his little skits and dance clips. Thanks so much for introducing me to more Deaf content providers, as I want to support and learn more from the community. Subscribing to you as well!

Great vid!

Very informative video and I love it! 🤟😉

Awesome vid! 👍

Omg I'm so sorry about all the stupid, stupid questions you have been nice enough to address.

Fantastic video!

I love this

A very informative video.

The question that was answered here was, "Do deaf people have thoughts?", not "Can deaf people hear their own thoughts?". Preface: These are the thoughts of one hearing person. Can deaf people hear thoughts isn't a stupid question. It just isn't very precise, and is therefore unanswerable. Are deaf people generally aware that hearing people actually do "hear" sounds in their head while thinking? (Makes us sound crazy!) We can also somewhat recall and hear music as well, although it's hazy, similar to recalling images. Language is very nuanced. Thoughts are even more so. A question I would ask someone who asks this is "Do hearing babies hear their own thoughts?" That should help point out that language is an interface for thought, it isn't the thought itself. From watching Coda and Man With 1000 Faces, a very interesting concept to me was that even hearing people can be more emotionally attached to signing than spoken languages. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this would lead me to think that thoughts materialize faintly as visual signs (or possibly visually as a written image) rather than a spoken word. This also reminds me of asking "What language do you think in?" to any bilingual person. It's pretty obvious that it depends on a lot of things like.... How fluent are you in each language? Which language are you currently using more often? Which language did you last use or are using at this moment? Thoughts don't start at words, sounds or signs. We build them and wrap them like gifts before shipping them off to the world around us. The building is done by the subconscious, we experience the wrapping and shipping.

@pwnmeisterage

Жыл бұрын

Some people think with an "inner voice". Some think without it. Some only "hear" it sometimes or within certain modes of thinking - dialogue, abstraction, memorization, whatever. Internal perception of thoughts manifest within each individual as intrinsically unique, ineffable, private, and subjective manifestations. Philosophers call it these internal processes "qualia".

any disability you can think of,we have a youtube creator.i think thats awseome.

Hearing has nothing to do with reading 🤣 I mean, if anything, it's probably, on average, easier, because they don't have sound to distract them lol

Thank you

Beautiful video.

Nice to see Matt he was suspended on Twitter

Amazing video. I'd love to know how much speech therapy Jessica had to be able to be clearly understood ? Can anyone from the deaf and HOH community understand why an individual would refuse speech therapy ? 👂Watching from London UK.🇬🇧

@WhiffleWaffles

4 жыл бұрын

I am hearing in an interpreter major so I cannot answer that wholeheartedly but I do now a lot of the older gen who had no exposure to sign and were constantly in speech therapy had some hard times, my professor would have his hair pulled when he pronounced something wrong, but now he has "normal speech" and he can be confused for a hearing person. He signs now and is involved in the culture. It is different experiences for everyone but ASL and sign in general is an amazing language.

You are really cute. I'm hard of hearing and it makes me really happy watching you communicate.

Where did you get the adorable rainbow shirt?

I follow you on Tiktok! Nice!

1:27 she speaks just as well as a hearing person, could've fooled me

My only question about deaf people driving is what happens if they don’t hear a horn at an essential moment. I can’t imagine it’s never an issue? I say this genuinely wanting to understand though I don’t doubt your capability im just curious how you handle these sorts of situations.

@ber1779

2 жыл бұрын

Trains have visual cues to stop, like a blinking stop sign and sound, but I guess a deaf person has to rely on visuals

@melaniegrace7707

2 жыл бұрын

@@ber1779 other drivers don’t know if you’re deaf though, so if they Honk at you it’s with the assumption you can hear them. Now if there was a device that created a visual cue when someone close to you honks that would be amazing

@mia-saraking5479

2 жыл бұрын

When other drivers honk at you it's typically because there is a potential collision situation, deaf drivers just have to be aware of their surroundings to avoid those the same way a hearing driver would. Like when a hearing driver hears the horn, they turn to look at something. More likely than not, a deaf driver would already be aware of it because they watch more intently

we have the same prius!!🤍

I know sign language I’m part deaf

someone saiys to deaf people: i think you should use youre voice. :) me: AND I THINK YOU SHOULD LEARN SOME SING LAUNGUEGE

to be honest, do deaf people think with sign language would have been a better question than hear your thoughts.

Damn I'm trying to find that song

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Okay, another question here: Some blind people who went blind later in life remember seeing and sometimes dream with full vision. Some say they can't remember colors and don't imagine things in visual pictures anymore. Is that the same with deaf people who went deaf later in life? Or is sound something you will always remember?

@shannonhensley2942

5 жыл бұрын

Over time you forget the actual sound. However you don't forget the feeling it gave you to hear it. And being deaf doesn't actually mean you don't hear anything. Most deaf people still have some residual hearing.

@tarananajaika

5 жыл бұрын

@@shannonhensley2942 True. Thanks for the answers!

@harveyabel1354

5 жыл бұрын

I vaguely remember sounds....vaguely, I say.

@theotherwalt

4 жыл бұрын

You do forget sounds over time, have you known someone who passed away? Do you remember their voice? There is a channel with a guy who went blind a few years ago, he said he doesn't remember what a rabbit looks like, so you forget over time.

@alexispetralis8583

3 жыл бұрын

I’m profoundly Deaf, but i went Deaf a little later in life. i don’t remember sounds... there are a couple that stick with me, like my stepmoms voice and the sound of a cat purring, but i don’t remember any others

Why is anyone asking if deaf people can read? Like... what?

Not to sound ignorant but do some deaf people think I’m asl or In English like for me sorry to compare me to a deaf to me that I am hear but I sometimes think In English sometimes in Spanish or sometimes in asl

@alexispetralis8583

3 жыл бұрын

Deaf person here, i think in sign but also visually, my thoughts are usually pictures and movements (idk if that makes sense?) instead of sounds

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Почему по Русский язык?! вы же живет Америка.

"Can deaf people hear their thoughts?" Wrong question. The correct one is "Can some hearing people actually be so stupid to ask these questions that are at their own level of dumbness?"