ur so beautiful! u have a calming voice

I'm partially deaf too! It's so inspiring hearing your story

your voice is really cute 😂 is that weird to say 😛 you have such a sweet voice or something. youre so pretty too 😊 Im learning asl at the moment so i love watching videos of people talking about being deaf and stuff.

@eclipsemoon7092

7 жыл бұрын

youwhutmatex Im glad you like deaf people I go to a hearing school and the boys there are horrible they would ask me a question and I would answer then they would shout WHAT WHAT DID YOU.SAY I get embarressed and yeah

@MadamXMedusa

7 жыл бұрын

Eclipse Moon awwh that's so horrible 😭 don't mind them stupid boys. Some people are just cruel but don't ever let anyone get to you ❤ we are all the same 😘😘

@eclipsemoon7092

7 жыл бұрын

youwhutmatex Thanks very much :-) you made my day

@MadamXMedusa

7 жыл бұрын

awwh yay I'm so glad I could do that ❤❤

@chubbybunny9883

7 жыл бұрын

Eclipse Moon she didn't mean u DUHH

She is a very beautiful young woman. I wish her nothing but the very best for her life.

What a brave and beautiful young woman you are. We all feel awkward at different times and situations in our lives. Be blessed!

I am a freshman in high school, and I’m taking ASL this year, and I think it is a beautiful language and culture, I’m honored just to get a taste of the beautiful Deaf culture, I absolutely love it, I love getting to learn about it and I love to be a part of it, even though I’m not deaf I am still honored to be able to learn about it. I love it and I think it is beautiful

Sweetheart, you're not awkward, you're you! That's pretty awesome!

Nice to see you put yourself out here on KZread. I was also born premature. I had a lot of ear infections as a baby. I have had countless surgeries on my ears. My bones in my left ear have deteriorated away. I've had donor bones & prosthesis but lost my left ear nerve & hearing completely a few years back. I've been trying to learn sign. I'm not around it daily so it is hard to retain it. I hope you keep on doing videos signing & speaking. It helps so much. 😊

your a beautiful girl idk why someone wouldn't want to be your friend you are a amazing person

Hey Ella. You are such a beautiful young woman. I really wish you nothing but the very best for the rest of your life.

I really enjoy watching your videos. I'm hard of hearing and learning ASL. Your signing speed is just right for helping me develop my receptive skills at this point in my learning. Please make more. I admire your bravery for making what you've made so far.

I'm hard of hearing in one ear so I love people who have to convidece to speak about it

You never have to apologize for signing or not signing. Just do You. ❤

It's amazing you can put all this out there you are a inspiration to lots of people I am sure

You sign very well. Glad to meet you. I have Auditory Processing Disorder.

I need to get on ASL quick. It's seems all the beauties are deaf. You're awesome and don't apologize for anything. When you think you're being awkward...you're not, you're being real. Fake people are awkward.

Oh my god, can I be your friend! You act so mature and just watching you sign and talking you sound so genuine!

@heavenkleinschmidt6340

4 жыл бұрын

@Brianna Marie I know 😄 I really like your signing and you act mature and watching you sign and talking I can tell you are genuine!

Your story touched me! Keep up and I know you will be happy in your new world!

OMG Honey you are so cute and adorable you will be awesome in this world !!! live your life to the fullest! YOUR AWESOME AND SO CUTE!!!! ADORABLE!

Ella, you are such an amazing and inspirational person. You have inspired me with your story and I am so happy I watched this video.

Your video is awesome 🙌🏼That sucks you were bullied . I'm hearing , I've had a friend during my childhood that was deaf , a friend in high school that was hard of hearing - he didn't sign , my best friend her sister is deaf in one ear and going slowly deaf in the other ear .. so I'm enrolled in college to learn proper ASL. Kids are cruel but never be nervous of who you are . I love this video .

hello 'open book' Michella! I loved your video and wish you well. I loved the fact that you are so comfortable in your school for deaf and blind students. In England we have so much integration - where school children previously had the option of specialist schools. I have seen deaf children struggling miserably in 'mainstream' schools - and clearly not getting the amount of specialist help that would help them gain a far higher standard of education. Good luck with developing your confidence in signing. You also have the advantage of lovely clear speech. Win, win!

thank you for your story! I'm also HoH and my hearing is starting to go down more lately, so it's encouraging to hear a positive story here. you're so cute, keep up the good work!

Your voice is so relaxing and I just love it!

you are such an inspirational young lady. I hope that you achieve anything and everything that you set your mind to. I wish you all the best for you.

@aricmackenthun1206

7 жыл бұрын

your very welcome. You are a very beautiful young lady and I wish you nothing but the best for you in the future.

You are not awkward and l’m deaf and l have coacher and hearing . My life is good amazing without awkward deaf . Also you are soooo amazing deaf and l’m deaf too . ❣️

i loved hearing your voice and hearing your story... i dated someone who was hard of hearing and he spoke just the same way. It was something that made him so unique and i loved it so much. we lost touch and it's been hard for me since I've been trying to get a hold of him and haven't been able to. Thanks for being so confident and keep shining!

One of the first friends I ever had (we are still friends, we are both 20/21 years old now and have been friends since 1st grade) is very very deaf. I think he told me once 95% in one ear and 100% in the other. Congrats on posting the video! It's very interesting to hear about, deaf culture that is. :)

for those who are still in high school and u get the chance to take a asl class I highly recommend it. it is a great language to learn I am now in my sec year of asl class and love it❤

Loved this video. So sorry about the bullying. Glad you are in a great place now and you seem happy! HUGS from someone seriously HOH! Xoxo

You’re so pretty and your voice is adorable 😍. Also I have been interested in ASL and the deaf community for a while.Sorry to hear about some of your experiences. Thanks for sharing your story

Thank you for sharing your story I am newly deaf and hope to one day become an inspiration to some one as you are to me.

Hey, I wish you nothing but the best for your future. I hope you achieve anything and everything that you want to. Good luck with everything.

I am in 6th grade and teaching myself asl because i have deaf bffs and dead friends. There are about 20 that goes to my school! They all communicate very well.

@ghostkat

7 жыл бұрын

Omg that's awesome to hear! I'm hard of hearing, but I have no one in my school (we don't have an ASL program either)

I just came across your video. And wow! So amazing. I’m sorry I can’t relate but you are so brave. You are so strong. And I want to learn sign language! I would love to see some more videos maybe on some signs? You’re beautiful! And you will inspire so many other people.❤️❤️

Great video. I'm currently learning Australian sign language so can appreciate how hard it must have been to teach yourself!! And... all of us are a little awkward. Don't worry about that!

I work at a school & they have DHH I'm learning ASL & I think what ur doing is great! Keep up the good work!!!

I loved hearing your story!! Your such a beautiful young lady! I know ASL but it's hard to get into the deaf community. xox new sub!

You're so awesome!

Ella you are so beautiful ! Even though going to a hearing school was a bad experience socially there is one thing I can see that is very positive. Your English is perfect! I think the biggest misconception that hearing people have about deaf culture is that they think ASL is English only spoken with your hands. Even though ASL uses English words and it's spelling it is an entirely differently language. The grammar is entirely different . I am very interested in bridging the gap between deaf and hearing people! if deaf people would learn more English and hearing people would learn more ASL we can bridge that gap. Ella you have the best of both worlds! I wish you the best!

Who else has one of those stories back when they first got their hearing aids and thought they were going crazy XD I remember going through the house with my grandma (We both got ours at the same time and she's my best friend) And just naming all the things that made noise XD The A/C was the hardest one to figure out where it was coming from cause it was always on (It was summer) so we just thought the hearing aids were annoying and didnt wear them unless we wanted to go out in public or socialize, It took us awhile to figure out that the noise went away when we stepped out of the house

I have hearing loss and am learning ASL. i love your channel.

As soon as she mentioned the cat, it started making noises.

Thanks for sharing your story!

God bless you my dear, Be happy

Thank you for making the video and sharing your story. For what it's worth I don't think you are awkward at all. I am a very awkward person myself :P Anyways, I'm glad your life changed so much from switching to a school for the deaf. You don't realize how much bullying really effects your life. Keep doing what you're doing and I hope things continue to go well for you.

The world is full of expression The world is full of your voice The would is not alone with you The world is beautiful What have you leaned experiences and expect expect yourself :) I was born deaf too

I've been learning ASL since last year but just as a thing to do when i got bored. I've started learning it seriously in secret ever since i met my best friend. She was born with one ear and will most likely go deaf so i took on the challenge and have been learning everyday for at least an hour for 4 months

Thank you for telling us your experience, I enjoyed it.

Keep the spirit, you have me as a friend even though far away. Nice to meet you..

You are gorgeous and I'm jealous of your voice

First video I've seen of you and think I'll be hanging out learning more about sign language and the life styke

@ghostkat

7 жыл бұрын

That's amazing. (Assuming you're hearing) It's always great to see hearing people taking genuine interest in our culture :)

Thanks for sharing. I am Deaf and growing up know about the bullying.

You dont look awkward! Just found you! Happy I did

I'm learning bsl ATM and it helps because I have so many deaf friends❤️

AI too am having a hard time feeling like I am somewhere between two worlds and don't fit in either. I'm 75 years old and there in no deaf people around me, I wear hearing aids but get very vexed when hearing people all talk at once or when speaking they turn their heads and I can no longer hear. It is hard and I need someone to sign with in order to gain ability to read sign faster .thankyou for sharing here it helps

You are an amazing inspiration. (:

Thanks for sharing!!

I know sing to. You joy your life and you a beautiful woman.

thank you so much. you are inspiring

Im hard of hearing aswell 🤟🏼 im homechooled dued to bullys i have no idea but like it felt like i was ashamed of myself, everyone treated me differently i got depression and anxiety/panic attack Now since im homeschooled im started to be happy and using my hearing aid without being ashamed 😀🤟🏼

you speak really well for being deaf. My friend is deaf and he has no speech.

I am turning 17 & I have always had a hard time with hearing but my mom didn't believe me growing up. About 6 months ago I finally convinced her to take me to see an audiologist because it was really affecting my schoolwork. Turns out I have a degenerative type of hearing loss. It is genetic and I got it from my father's side of the family, who we don't know. The doctor estimated with how aggressive mine is that I will be 100% deaf by the time I'm in my mid-20's. I'm trying to learn sign language but it's hard because my mom is still pretty much in denial so she is making it difficult. But next month we will be looking into some hearing aids that my audiologist thinks might be able to help for a little bit.

Hi! I am deaf. Full of deaf. I understand how you feel when you are nervous. Same as me, I did the same in High School. But I tried my best.

thank you for sharing! i'm learning ASL myself

I’m very happy to see your video and I’m also hard of hearing and I need to learn sing language but it makes me nervous but I’m gonna start soon thank you for the information enjoy

I used to be fluent in Portugese SignLanguage, then i came to Canada and they didn't have a hearing school students together with deaf school students like in Portugal. in Canada they wanted to put me in a only deaf school and i would not be talking. so i refused. i dont want to lose speech as my mom taught me since i was born. i speak very well to the point people don't think im hard of hearing but i am. i wish i could use sign language but i haven't used it for 8 years and so i've lost it pretty much all. the only thing i've been doing to keep me in the Language world is learning vocal Language, so i know Portugese, Spanish, English and i'm learning Japanese.

I love your shirt!

you and micha are so adorable couple i support you both who u are :)

That's great you wanted to share some of your experiences being deaf. It is totally great you are attending a school for the deaf and blind because this way, you can easily use sign language to understand 100% of what is being said. Unfortunately, for many deaf people, they are forced to go through many things/methods to become "hearing" at the wishes of their parent(s). Too many hearing people don't realize the disadvantages of forcing their child(ren) to go through oral methods, etc. I have a couple of questions for you. Do your family (parents, siblings, extended relatives) know sign language? Once you and/or your parents knew of your predicament of your hearing loss, how did you all find out about the school for the deaf/blind?

Hey Ella (and Micha, as you propably will read that as well ;) ) from a random stranger in the internet. I just found your video here because I was interested in hearing about other peoples lifes, especially if they I am not able to perceive the world the way they do, and after looking some of your other videos I am pretty interested in what you guys will be up to in the future. And you discreibed yourselves as "awkward" and I would not say so, it is just diferrent, as there are no two people who are the same, but that is what makes us human. Well, I shouldn't get to deep into talking casually here. Anyway, just wanted to say you two are interesting people with a propably very different life to what I have and you aren't awkward to me ;)

I remember being nervous 15 years ago when I started signing.

u know sometimes i wish i was deaf

I'm deaf sometimes things get hard to hear so that is way I use a 2 hearing aids and I have a assistant to help me because I'm 2 years behind everyone else you sound a very person and you speak extremely well I wish I could talk like you 🙂

this girl is amazing

This is awsome I'm hearing but I know sign language but not so good at reading it so your videos are helping me with reading it thanks

Hi dear friend ELLA,, I´m a deaf brazilian in Brazil.. I like your video, is very beautiful... I understand you is perfectly... I pray you and God blessed you!... kisses...

Your voice sounds great and I know that your can’t really hear your voice but it’s great and there not a lot of notice in the background so your good

I'm part death so I know how u feel but I don't know sign language and the bit with the hearing aids for me I loved it 2

i just love u so much omg❤️ my question is why are u so cute❤️😂

I'm glad you're happy at a deaf school, I have been mainstreamed by whole life and learned both to speak english and ASL. For that I was grateful I could communicate to anyone I chose to. I had some deaf friends who recently transferred to a deaf school and I'm glad for them but I chose to stay. Is that bad?

your awesome!!!!

Hi Ella, as a industrtial design student I decided to do a project for people with hearing loss. I think it's great that you share your experiences, and glad to hear that you found a good place in school. Keep up the positive spirit. :) I was wondering if you would like to comment on my project. The product idea is a based on stylish spectacles that have a small screen, microphone and speaker; the glasses would be linked to your smartphone that runs the software. How it works: speech is picked up by the microphone, and converted by your phone into text which is directly displayed in the glasses. By this I aim to make communication more direct and enable people to have eye contact while doing so. In what way do you think such a concept enables you to do things more easily in life? If you don't not like this idea, I'm also curious for your opinion. Cheers :)

Great video

i love the ASL. am not deaf but strat being interested by learning and have some Deaf friends. just figure out that would be a great to know something really different

Your voice so good

hey michella you are such a beautiful young woman. I wish you and your boyfriend nothing but the very best for you in the future.

Aww I would be your friend 😄

hopefuly u get your hearing back hopefuly☺☺☺☺😁😁👍👍👍stay strong💪💪

wow you look amazing

Touching story. You say you taught yourself ASL? I've been watching Bill Vicker's videos, but it seems painfully slow. You were however easy to follow for me, about 90%, so I guess I'm learning. Old dogs can learn new tricks, given enough time. Anyway, I'm happy for you that things are going well for you. Post more. It helps to see the signs along with the spoken word. Not too many do this.

I ly all ready

Hello! I just wanted to say you are so cute, and such an inspiration! Keep being and amazing person. I have a quick question, do you watch movies? If so, do you read lips if there are no subtitles? Also, what do you think when you see dancing but can't hear the music? Anyways, I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Hi! I am hearing, but I want to learn ASL. I already know a lot of signs, but since I am not fluent and don't know how to do proper ASL sentence structure, I always chicken out of signing. Do you know how to do full-blown fluent ASL with the non-English word order yet? Do you usually speak while you sign? Do you think many deaf people would give me a hard time if I signed in English word order? If you read this ans answer my questions, thanks a bunch! I don't have any deaf friends to talk to, really, but I do get deaf customers at my deli job here and there.

@RatsPicklesandMusic

7 жыл бұрын

Ella Kidd Thank you so much for your response! I will definitely try to work on my signing confidence! :)

@mariatapia13

7 жыл бұрын

RatsPicklesandMusic I am hearing to and I've always been I terested in learning ASL and I didn't get that chance until my sophomore year in college and I'm getting better.i just need more confidence c:

@mariatapia13

7 жыл бұрын

*interested

@RatsPicklesandMusic

7 жыл бұрын

Yup! Confidence is so difficult to have when it comes to signing!

@somegirlyoumet

7 жыл бұрын

I am in the same situation that you are and I'm almost certain that the deaf won't judge you if you sign something wrong aha, they will probably just be a little bit confused

oh ! i love deaf because,they are so very friendly but,i don't know how is that sign.all i know is sign letters of a deaf and if they dont understand they will ask to their classmates .hehehe i love them so much.! i miss my friends.deaf friends. :-(

Hey, I love your video! I want to learn ASL too because (and this may sound a bit funny) i want to work with kids who are hard-hearing/deaf. I know that as a hearing person it is difficult to get a job like that and it would be difficult for me because i like to talk hahah. But i want to try at least. I want to make a difference in the world and if that is the way to do so then i would be glad. People who are a bit different have the same rights as people "who fit in society". I want to cooperate with that. How did you cope with being hard-hearing in a normal hearing family? And how did they cope with it? Love to hear the answer. Lots of love, Wolflover18 xxx

Im so sorry ur deaf :( whenI feel bad for people I cry

You did Brilliantly. I speak British Sign Language (BSL), how do you find it talking to other people from outside of the American Sign Language (ASL) People?? I’m not deaf myself but I learned from my cousin and deaf children who speak Makaton.

hi michella I just wanted to say you're an inspiration I have bad hearing the doctors think I will be deaf by the time I'm 25 (Im 15 in 9th grade) and I have been trying to learn asleep since I found out four years ago. but I've been having a hard time. any tips?

You're so gorgeous.