i think you guys are great. i've just started leaning ASL on my own online thru LifePrint for about 3 months and i have fallen i love with it. i study every night and practice, practice, practice. i also attend deaf events every friday night in my area. i live in tampa, florida. but i just started watching you vids and they crack me up. lots of fun to watch and PLEASE include your wife in ALL your vids. don't let her hide from the camera. you guys make a great couple. best wishes. kevin
+bolts “kgaf99” fan hey I'm actually not to far from u in Bradenton I'm hard of hearing and now starting to learn asl if you want you can email me and maybe we can chill and video chat and get to know each other ariel.boozer@yahoo.com
I'm deaf person myself and I can't hear a thing. I mostly go by the beats/vibrations from the speaker itself. When I wore hearing aids, I still couldn't tell the difference between the music itself and the singing voices. I get this question often, it gets old after awhile.
Eh...some could tell the difference between the musical instruments...some couldn't. I'm not at that level where I'm confident what music instruments I'm hearing/feeling
When I was HOH I use to love watching music videos or concerts that conveyed the story and energy of music. Then After my surgery that restored a big part of my hearing, I hated music. I hated loud or distracting sounds because it was overwhelming. I could not stand music and people talking at the same time. But as I've adapted more I've learned to love it again, just in a different way. So it's very interesting watching this video and having experienced some of what you were discussing in both lights. (I probably phrased that badly) I love your videos so much!
You ladies are great! If you felt up for it, I would love to see a video focusing on the deaf LGBTQ community or just y'alls experiences in your own lives. I think that would be great!
@lilianna sevcheck I'm sorry to hear that. While going deaf may be hard at first. It is not the end. Don't worry. Your mother will be ok. It will just take time to adjust.
Yeah, same like mine, I was little girl when I heard of higher music without words, I don't understand what some saying something but most of all, I love it any music makes me into my heart are noise and vibration, also liked lighting or storms. Thank you for share your vlog about deaf can hear.
Hard of hearing here. I've been a folkie since I was 6 and I decided I was going to be Mary Travers (of Peter Paul and Mary). I love traditional music too, since half of Newfoundland moved to my home town in the 60s. I just got my first hearing aids, and I realise that although I've always enjoyed instrumental music, I'm amazed at how much I've missed out on. A new way to enjoy music?? Mind blowing!
Hello Jill and Jenna, I enjoy watching your video's they are awesome! I myself am deaf and I love music, I wear a powerful headset and look up lyrics lol.. I am also family, no such luck on my part but hey i'm cool with it.. Good to see a heaing and a deafie relationship work.. Kepp up the work :)
@Brittney Dawn When a person receives cochlear implant procedure, they will need to relearn how to hear and interpret the sounds, because it is not the same as one would naturally hear. Will need to "remap" what a certain sound represents in their brain. Some are more successful in time, while it doesn't work as well for others.
+J. Stew I think that CIs work best for late deafened & people with experience with sound & little ones (super controversial...let's not go there!) I lost my hearing around age 2 and got HAs at age 4 and had speech therapy & auditory training & some lipreading (born lipreader I guess) and got my CI almost 1-1/2 years ago... I love it, but I am still deaf when it's off and music got better when my audiologist figurred out which setting to adjust to make most sounds sound more natural...in case anyone is wondering, it's the pulse width setting that needs to be wider...and I no longer need the volume up super high like with HA! (before CI: I was able to hear it well with CI & volume WAAY up or earbuds carefully positionedd to my HA mic & set on telecoil.. kind of awkward... I'm still not able to understand words without looking... once in a while a word comes through sounding clear...that's always a pleasant surprise... but being able to hear the patterns of speech has been a huge boost to my lipreading. The big shock was being able to understand a woman in my town who has a west Texas accent...still have trouble with bearded men, though...
I have moderate sensory hearing loss and have to wear hearing aids in both ears. I can hear most things but some pitches i can't hear at all. There is a video on a channel called sawyer nelson called "ears :)" where i explain how an ear works, hearing loss, and so forth. My brother often calls me deaf and i hate it. I don't know why but i hate to be called deaf. Some people don't even know i have a hearing loss except for my hearing aids. I have the new Linx 5squared which are Bluetooth so i can listen to music with them. :) i want to be an audioligist and of course i want to learn sign language!
+Ella Michelle It's okay if you don't want to be called deaf. You should be called whatever you prefer because it is your identity. Good luck on your journey. :)
I'm more 80s 90s grunge, alt rock, metal listener. I took a friend who is deaf (not fully) to a Slipknot, Marilyn Manson concert here in Washington in Aug, and he really liked it. He signed to me about being able to feel the music and that the bands being loud he was able to experience it and was thankful that I brought him after the concert. I like this video because I wanted to ask him about hearing music but felt like I might be over stepping a boundary and now I can take him to the Bush concert next month and red hot chili peppers concert in March :)
[Jenna] Yeah concerts are great for Deaf people to feel the music. Even hearing people can feel the music too, haha. I've seen Slipknot live at a Mayhem Fest years ago.
Jenna: I too, turn off my hearing aides when there is really loud music in a restaurant or outdoor concert. I definitely focus on the vibrations a lot. I am 70/80 % deaf and so my main problem is being able to listen to people's conversations because of their voice levels. It seems that because so many people text each other in restaurants these days instead of actually talking to each other, the owners seem to turn up the music and not down like it should be for background music. It sure makes following conversations hard when we are deaf right? Loving the videos.
I became hard of hearing in December, wnen I experienced sudden sensorineural hearing loss. I have some hearing in my bad ear, but must admit it's a different experience hearing music with one good ear instead of two. The hearing in my bad ear fluctuates- sometimes I can hear pretty well, sometimes I just hear the bass and with that ear, and I hear the rest of the music and the lyrics with my good ear. I have definately noticed that I have become more appreciative of the bass and drums, and "feel" the song more, in addition to hearing it.
Hi, I am actually hard-of-hearing and have difficulty hearing lower sounds. I find what helps me a lot is to listen to the song and read the words at the same time. I love this video because I am an interpreting student who wants to do music interpretation. I also find for me at least that some foreign language songs sound clearer to me, but hey everyone is different
+Billy Riedel So glad you enjoyed the video! I like watching the words too because songs are often hard to understand even if you can hear everything. Good luck with your interpreting! :)
I love the video as it helps explain what the deaf commuting go through on a wider scale. I have tried to explain to my friends many times how I feel the music on my dance class at college but they just find it complicated. I was deaf at age 8 and had numerous operations , I recently had a myringoplasty done on my right ear and and deaf in my left so I deli on vibrations from the music but because of my op I have had to have the music turned down and it is starting to affect my lesson.
You guys should check out the basslet, it's on Kickstarter and not out yet but looks really cool, you can feel the music vibrations in your wrist. I ordered one so I'm curious about how it will feel!
+ASL Stew how about a list of favorite songs/bands/performers? In our house, we like a variety of music: Gary likes punk & rockabilly other stuff, but those two are his favorites... I like folk, some country, rock, classical, jazz, and other random styles...
Thanks for this . I'm making resources for deaf education , but you've given me some ideas about how to teach hearing people about different experiences of sound !
I really appreciate you guys for making this video! I'm HoH (lesbian btw as well) and love to enjoy music the best way I can. I grew up around it too like Jenna with my mom. I would look at the words and feel the vibrations. Its the best feeling. Music is my adrenaline rush and generally when I explain this to hearing people they find it hard to believe. So thank you guys ❤💙💜💚💛
i found this guy i really like, he likes dubstep and piano music and I'm trying to learn asl but im super shy so when i blush he cant see my mouth so i have to go out of my comfort zone and i like that (:
the lowest frequencies are all that matter anyways lol I have a certain frequency in the higher range that I cant hear... when I hear a frequency sweep it drops out just for a tiny moment... probably from listening to loud music. It seems like to me they could create a device that changes the audio to a lower frequency or something and use something like a mechanical subwoofer/speaker so the vibrations can be felt easier... it would not be the same experience but maybe they could at least feel the rhythm and some of the high points of the song.
I am hard of hearing and I will blair music in my truck to feel the vibrations and even sing the music even though I cant hear it and what is sing is what I'm hearing. I never had speech therapy to where I'm saying words. its just me letting loose and enjoying it and not worrying about what I actually am sounding like.
I have always been curious if a deaf people have hearing aids but still can't hear you speaking, what are they hearing with the hearing aids. At that point of deafness what are the hearing aids used for. My cousin is deaf but she doesn't use hearing aids.
+bribriskyrocks08 That question is bit complicated and a lot of Deaf people have different reasons. Some may use it just to hear what's happening in their surrounding. Some may be able to hear your voice, but not understand it. It really just depends on what type of deafness they have and what purpose their hearing aids is for them.
@ASL Stew If a person who's been deaf all there life gets a cochlear and it makes them able to hear, would they understand the words that are being said to them? Or would it be like hearing a foreign language?
[Jenna] I honestly listen to little jazz, mostly well known like Duke Ellington and Miles Davis. I'm more into soul and blues than jazz personally. I'm not familiar with Aurelio Voltaire. Seems interesting though.
Question...might seem odd but I sincerely hope it isn't interpreted or received as ignorant or upsetting. When the person giving audio dialogue for the deaf girl is she saying " umm " in her sentences to make it more personable, is she doing it verbatim off a script written by the deaf girl or do deaf people naturally sign " umm " in sign language? Are there other 'non word' signs for common/popular noises people would use in conversation? Also finally are there signs for invented words that are used in pop culture and things like anime / manga etc? I'd really appreciate any and all input from the deaf community and hope it isn't taken as ignorant or stupid...
The forest school for the deaf and blind here in Florida at Saint Augustine they teach all of their deaf students how to dance just by feeling the music. It is called dance troupe. And I think they might have like a few blind people who might want to join the dance troupe but it’s all mostly deaf and they show how did you find the music and how the music is not loud enough for them to feel the vibration again does the Florida school for the deaf and blind if you wanna see the death department in thereDEF troop. When I go to concerts I don’t need air plugs. Because it doesn’t bother me but I do have to take out my hearing aids like I said down below in the last message because it was in my body into full on shake so I take my hearing aid out and I just enjoy the music by the field. Now with urinate no I cannot hear 100% of the conversation. Because with the hearing aid I am close to being full bath. Are used to come live free when I was legally blind but it had to be sitting close to the person and I want to find it are used to see people signing to me we had to sit close in front of me and now I have to do the hand over hand find language called tactile sign language. But I love I love the deaf community oh my goodness I love the deaf community and I love the deaf blind community oh Em Gee
Just curious, how much hearing loss does one have to have in order to be considered "deaf" as opposed to "hard of hearing"? I'm assuming that from the video, Jenna isn't profoundly deaf, but has hearing loss above what's considered hard of hearing? Thanks
+bookcreator it greatly varies for everyone. Hard of hearing usually mean that person have mild to moderate hearing difference and able to "pass" easier in general. A Deaf person is culturally Deaf, meaning fluent in sign language and involved within Deaf community. I'll do a video to explain more, but this is the basic concept. Of course there are exceptions and variety involved.
:) Funny question for you, Jill! Have you ever tried on Jenna's hearing aids and heard what she heard? If you have, what was it like for you?? Too loud?
oddfellowfloyd I have but not with them turned on. The molds wouldn't fit properly in my ears (as they are all custom molds). It does drown out a lot of noise when the molds fit properly I've been told. Even with that, I would never be able to hear the way she does because we have different hearing levels. I do believe there are different videos out there that do that kind of possible simulation.
oddfellowfloyd Here is a video of what a cochlear implant simulation is like (not hearing aids but something to think about). ruclips.net/video/iwbwhfCWs2Q/видео.html
:) Awesomeness. Yeah, everybody's ears are certainly different. :P Yes, I've heard CI simulations before, and I'd be too scared to get them if the rest of my hearing dropped (only my lows and mids are left).
Jill's Signs I have a cochlear implant and think music sounds pretty good. I had an analog hearing aid in that ear (analog HAs allow a broader range of tones) and have enjoyed music all my life... I have a digital HA in my other ear and together music sounds pretty good to me.. a few months after I got my CI, I started playing ukulele...I sing, but I don't think that is appreciated by others! I lost my hearing around age 2, got HAs at 4 and grew up with music lessons, so I have a musical brain..
Without my hearing aids I am deaf. And with my hearing aids I am close to death. So how the doctor explained it is my hearing loss is not mild or not moderate with the hearing aid I am close to being full on deaf. And without hearing aids I am deaf where I have to turn the music up all the way for me to hear or feel I’m sorry not here but feel the vibrations. And when I go to my sister house that’s two years older than me she is fully Hearing but she but she will turn the TV up all the way and she has a big flatscreen TV so when I sit on the couch it’s closer to the TV and I have to take out my hearing aids because it’s so loud that it makes my body shake and you can actually see my body when I start shaking and some people see it and I think I’m having a seizure but I tell them that with my hair in it in and so loud my body tends to shake. Is that with you and your hearing aid also? But when I’m home I do not wear hearing aids. But it’s just me and my guide dog
+BRITT DEAF do you mean understanding the lyrics? Personally, I can hear the instruments and voices just fine. I just can't understand the voices enough to understand what they said. I usually read the lyrics instead and really just enjoy the music itself rather than figuring out what they are saying.
Mainstream school. I don't know if that helped me socialize better with hearing people since I never experienced attending Deaf school before. I also grew up in hearing family and neighborhoods, so I learned my social skills through that rather than school to be honest.
hey! love your videos! thanks for sharing your experiences within us! if you want check christinesunkim.com out! she is a deaf artist who's researching on sound, here is a ted video of hers: www.ted.com/talks/christine_sun_kim_the_enchanting_music_of_sign_language?language=en
Really? Pitiful. I'd address you directly except I don't know what part of the alphabet community to which you belong....if you identify as anything at all.
i think you guys are great. i've just started leaning ASL on my own online thru LifePrint for about 3 months and i have fallen i love with it. i study every night and practice, practice, practice. i also attend deaf events every friday night in my area. i live in tampa, florida. but i just started watching you vids and they crack me up. lots of fun to watch and PLEASE include your wife in ALL your vids. don't let her hide from the camera. you guys make a great couple. best wishes. kevin
+bolts “kgaf99” fan Wow thank you so much! Don't worry Jenna is gonna be in a lot more videos soon. :) We will be doing couple videos too.
+bolts “kgaf99” fan hey I'm actually not to far from u in Bradenton I'm hard of hearing and now starting to learn asl if you want you can email me and maybe we can chill and video chat and get to know each other ariel.boozer@yahoo.com
I'm deaf person myself and I can't hear a thing. I mostly go by the beats/vibrations from the speaker itself. When I wore hearing aids, I still couldn't tell the difference between the music itself and the singing voices. I get this question often, it gets old after awhile.
Eh...some could tell the difference between the musical
instruments...some couldn't. I'm not at that level where I'm confident
what music instruments I'm hearing/feeling
When I was HOH I use to love watching music videos or concerts that conveyed the story and energy of music. Then After my surgery that restored a big part of my hearing, I hated music. I hated loud or distracting sounds because it was overwhelming. I could not stand music and people talking at the same time. But as I've adapted more I've learned to love it again, just in a different way. So it's very interesting watching this video and having experienced some of what you were discussing in both lights. (I probably phrased that badly) I love your videos so much!
+24 Limitless Thanks. That is interesting of how what you liked (could handle) changed throughout your life.
You ladies are great! If you felt up for it, I would love to see a video focusing on the deaf LGBTQ community or just y'alls experiences in your own lives. I think that would be great!
kelsey Hoffman I will add that to my list. Thank you so much for the suggestion!
@lilianna sevcheck I'm sorry to hear that. While going deaf may be hard at first. It is not the end. Don't worry. Your mother will be ok. It will just take time to adjust.
Very cool! This was helpful thank you!
Yeah, same like mine, I was little girl when I heard of higher music without words, I don't understand what some saying something but most of all, I love it any music makes me into my heart are noise and vibration, also liked lighting or storms. Thank you for share your vlog about deaf can hear.
[Jenna] Thank you for sharing about your experience!
Hard of hearing here. I've been a folkie since I was 6 and I decided I was going to be Mary Travers (of Peter Paul and Mary). I love traditional music too, since half of Newfoundland moved to my home town in the 60s. I just got my first hearing aids, and I realise that although I've always enjoyed instrumental music, I'm amazed at how much I've missed out on. A new way to enjoy music?? Mind blowing!
I wondered about this so I looked it up and found this fab video. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us.
Hello Jill and Jenna, I enjoy watching your video's they are awesome! I myself am deaf and I love music, I wear a powerful headset and look up lyrics lol.. I am also family, no such luck on my part but hey i'm cool with it.. Good to see a heaing and a deafie relationship work.. Kepp up the work :)
4:11 your cat sharing the crap out of me. Nice vid btw
@Brittney Dawn When a person receives cochlear implant procedure, they will need to relearn how to hear and interpret the sounds, because it is not the same as one would naturally hear. Will need to "remap" what a certain sound represents in their brain. Some are more successful in time, while it doesn't work as well for others.
+J. Stew I think that CIs work best for late deafened & people with experience with sound & little ones (super controversial...let's not go there!)
I lost my hearing around age 2 and got HAs at age 4 and had speech therapy & auditory training & some lipreading (born lipreader I guess) and got my CI almost 1-1/2 years ago... I love it, but I am still deaf when it's off and music got better when my audiologist figurred out which setting to adjust to make most sounds sound more natural...in case anyone is wondering, it's the pulse width setting that needs to be wider...and I no longer need the volume up super high like with HA!
(before CI: I was able to hear it well with CI & volume WAAY up or earbuds carefully positionedd to my HA mic & set on telecoil.. kind of awkward...
I'm still not able to understand words without looking... once in a while a word comes through sounding clear...that's always a pleasant surprise... but being able to hear the patterns of speech has been a huge boost to my lipreading. The big shock was being able to understand a woman in my town who has a west Texas accent...still have trouble with bearded men, though...
+J. Stew do you keep your ear mold in at concerts, just turn the HA off? I usually do... (HA on right side, CI on left..)
+patchworkgirl57 I usually turn off my hearing aids at concerts.
I have moderate sensory hearing loss and have to wear hearing aids in both ears. I can hear most things but some pitches i can't hear at all. There is a video on a channel called sawyer nelson called "ears :)" where i explain how an ear works, hearing loss, and so forth. My brother often calls me deaf and i hate it. I don't know why but i hate to be called deaf. Some people don't even know i have a hearing loss except for my hearing aids. I have the new Linx 5squared which are Bluetooth so i can listen to music with them. :) i want to be an audioligist and of course i want to learn sign language!
+Ella Michelle It's okay if you don't want to be called deaf. You should be called whatever you prefer because it is your identity. Good luck on your journey. :)
Can I steal your cat?
[Jenna] Nope! They are our babies. :)
ASL Stew Shame! :)
I'm more 80s 90s grunge, alt rock, metal listener. I took a friend who is deaf (not fully) to a Slipknot, Marilyn Manson concert here in Washington in Aug, and he really liked it. He signed to me about being able to feel the music and that the bands being loud he was able to experience it and was thankful that I brought him after the concert. I like this video because I wanted to ask him about hearing music but felt like I might be over stepping a boundary and now I can take him to the Bush concert next month and red hot chili peppers concert in March :)
[Jenna] Yeah concerts are great for Deaf people to feel the music. Even hearing people can feel the music too, haha. I've seen Slipknot live at a Mayhem Fest years ago.
I love your videos! Thanks and keep them coming!!
Vanessa Gerry Thanks Vanessa, will do!
Jenna: I too, turn off my hearing aides when there is really loud music in a restaurant
or outdoor concert. I definitely focus on the vibrations a lot. I am 70/80 % deaf and so my main problem is being able to listen to people's conversations because of their voice levels. It seems that because so many people text each other in restaurants these days instead of actually talking to each other, the owners seem to turn up the music and not down like it should be for background music. It sure makes following conversations hard when we are deaf right? Loving the videos.
I stumbled over this question and you gave the perfect answer :) thank you
[Jill] So happy to help. :)
I became hard of hearing in December, wnen I experienced sudden sensorineural hearing loss. I have some hearing in my bad ear, but must admit it's a different experience hearing music with one good ear instead of two. The hearing in my bad ear fluctuates- sometimes I can hear pretty well, sometimes I just hear the bass and with that ear, and I hear the rest of the music and the lyrics with my good ear. I have definately noticed that I have become more appreciative of the bass and drums, and "feel" the song more, in addition to hearing it.
Melissa Irving Yeah bass is easier to hear for many Deaf people including Jenna.
Hi, I am actually hard-of-hearing and have difficulty hearing lower sounds. I find what helps me a lot is to listen to the song and read the words at the same time. I love this video because I am an interpreting student who wants to do music interpretation. I also find for me at least that some foreign language songs sound clearer to me, but hey everyone is different
+Billy Riedel So glad you enjoyed the video! I like watching the words too because songs are often hard to understand even if you can hear everything. Good luck with your interpreting! :)
I love the video as it helps explain what the deaf commuting go through on a wider scale. I have tried to explain to my friends many times how I feel the music on my dance class at college but they just find it complicated. I was deaf at age 8 and had numerous operations , I recently had a myringoplasty done on my right ear and and deaf in my left so I deli on vibrations from the music but because of my op I have had to have the music turned down and it is starting to affect my lesson.
+Elizabeth Anson Yeah, we all listen to music in our own different ways. Glad you love the video! Thank you for watching.
You girls are SO cute! Thanks for the video!!
Cindy Hernandez Thanks Cindy!
I love the cameo from the cat!
😄 He/she wanted to be in the video too lol
[Jill] Always lol :)
You guys should check out the basslet, it's on Kickstarter and not out yet but looks really cool, you can feel the music vibrations in your wrist. I ordered one so I'm curious about how it will feel!
[Jenna] Just checked that out. Look really cool! Let us know what you think of it when you get it.
I'll let you guys know. I wish I didn't have to wait till December!
I wish you or Jenna could terp some of y'all's favorite songs.
Becki Green We are considering that maybe in the future. Just too busy right now while in school (it's a lot of work). But will add it to the list.
+ASL Stew how about a list of favorite songs/bands/performers? In our house, we like a variety of music: Gary likes punk & rockabilly other stuff, but those two are his favorites... I like folk, some country, rock, classical, jazz, and other random styles...
+patchworkgirl57 I tend to listen to a lot of metal, punk, rock, alternative... pretty much anything except for top 50 hit stuff and country.
I noticed you liked 60's to 80's?, the Dutch band Earth & Fire comes to mind when it comes to progressive music, especially earlier material.
Thanks for this . I'm making resources for deaf education , but you've given me some ideas about how to teach hearing people about different experiences of sound !
[Jill] Happy to help!
I really appreciate you guys for making this video! I'm HoH (lesbian btw as well) and love to enjoy music the best way I can. I grew up around it too like Jenna with my mom. I would look at the words and feel the vibrations. Its the best feeling. Music is my adrenaline rush and generally when I explain this to hearing people they find it hard to believe. So thank you guys ❤💙💜💚💛
i found this guy i really like, he likes dubstep and piano music and I'm trying to learn asl but im super shy so when i blush he cant see my mouth so i have to go out of my comfort zone and i like that (:
[Jill] Just take it one step at a time. Eventually you will learn more sign and maybe that will boost your confidence. Hope all goes well!
the lowest frequencies are all that matter anyways lol I have a certain frequency in the higher range that I cant hear... when I hear a frequency sweep it drops out just for a tiny moment... probably from listening to loud music. It seems like to me they could create a device that changes the audio to a lower frequency or something and use something like a mechanical subwoofer/speaker so the vibrations can be felt easier... it would not be the same experience but maybe they could at least feel the rhythm and some of the high points of the song.
[Jenna] Pretty sure that is already available, but likely expensive as those are made for audiophiles/audio engineers.
I am hard of hearing and I will blair music in my truck to feel the vibrations and even sing the music even though I cant hear it and what is sing is what I'm hearing. I never had speech therapy to where I'm saying words. its just me letting loose and enjoying it and not worrying about what I actually am sounding like.
+ariel kauffman Yeah you can enjoy music in any way you like. :) I love to crank it up in the car too!
My mom wears hearing aids I'm 11 and her doctor said she might go completely deaf cause it keeps getting worse I. Really scared
I dig the wanderlust shirt
+DooM :)
I have always been curious if a deaf people have hearing aids but still can't hear you speaking, what are they hearing with the hearing aids. At that point of deafness what are the hearing aids used for. My cousin is deaf but she doesn't use hearing aids.
+bribriskyrocks08 That question is bit complicated and a lot of Deaf people have different reasons. Some may use it just to hear what's happening in their surrounding. Some may be able to hear your voice, but not understand it. It really just depends on what type of deafness they have and what purpose their hearing aids is for them.
Thank you! :)
I learned something today.
***** Awesome! I love learning something new everyday. :)
@ASL Stew
If a person who's been deaf all there life gets a cochlear and it makes them able to hear, would they understand the words that are being said to them? Or would it be like hearing a foreign language?
Depends on the person and prior exposure to speech.
Hey Jenna, I agree with you entirely about pop music but do you listen to swing jazz or Aurelio Voltaire?
[Jenna] I honestly listen to little jazz, mostly well known like Duke Ellington and Miles Davis. I'm more into soul and blues than jazz personally. I'm not familiar with Aurelio Voltaire. Seems interesting though.
i use the vibrations but i can hear out of one ear i can hear out of .
+Rachel Ochs Yeah, vibrations play big role in experiencing music.
Question...might seem odd but I sincerely hope it isn't interpreted or received as ignorant or upsetting.
When the person giving audio dialogue for the deaf girl is she saying " umm " in her sentences to make it more personable, is she doing it verbatim off a script written by the deaf girl or do deaf people naturally sign " umm " in sign language? Are there other 'non word' signs for common/popular noises people would use in conversation? Also finally are there signs for invented words that are used in pop culture and things like anime / manga etc?
I'd really appreciate any and all input from the deaf community and hope it isn't taken as ignorant or stupid...
The forest school for the deaf and blind here in Florida at Saint Augustine they teach all of their deaf students how to dance just by feeling the music. It is called dance troupe. And I think they might have like a few blind people who might want to join the dance troupe but it’s all mostly deaf and they show how did you find the music and how the music is not loud enough for them to feel the vibration again does the Florida school for the deaf and blind if you wanna see the death department in thereDEF troop. When I go to concerts I don’t need air plugs. Because it doesn’t bother me but I do have to take out my hearing aids like I said down below in the last message because it was in my body into full on shake so I take my hearing aid out and I just enjoy the music by the field. Now with urinate no I cannot hear 100% of the conversation. Because with the hearing aid I am close to being full bath. Are used to come live free when I was legally blind but it had to be sitting close to the person and I want to find it are used to see people signing to me we had to sit close in front of me and now I have to do the hand over hand find language called tactile sign language. But I love I love the deaf community oh my goodness I love the deaf community and I love the deaf blind community oh Em Gee
Just curious, how much hearing loss does one have to have in order to be considered "deaf" as opposed to "hard of hearing"? I'm assuming that from the video, Jenna isn't profoundly deaf, but has hearing loss above what's considered hard of hearing? Thanks
+bookcreator it greatly varies for everyone. Hard of hearing usually mean that person have mild to moderate hearing difference and able to "pass" easier in general. A Deaf person is culturally Deaf, meaning fluent in sign language and involved within Deaf community. I'll do a video to explain more, but this is the basic concept. Of course there are exceptions and variety involved.
Punks not dead
[Jenna] Right on!
Mean hi I am deaf bsl woman and I can’t hear voice I hope that is great
Can I just how old are you guys?
SkittlesSarahxx I am 28 and Jenna is 29.
:) Funny question for you, Jill! Have you ever tried on Jenna's hearing aids and heard what she heard? If you have, what was it like for you?? Too loud?
oddfellowfloyd I have but not with them turned on. The molds wouldn't fit properly in my ears (as they are all custom molds). It does drown out a lot of noise when the molds fit properly I've been told. Even with that, I would never be able to hear the way she does because we have different hearing levels. I do believe there are different videos out there that do that kind of possible simulation.
oddfellowfloyd Here is a video of what a cochlear implant simulation is like (not hearing aids but something to think about). ruclips.net/video/iwbwhfCWs2Q/видео.html
:) Awesomeness. Yeah, everybody's ears are certainly different. :P Yes, I've heard CI simulations before, and I'd be too scared to get them if the rest of my hearing dropped (only my lows and mids are left).
oddfellowfloyd Yes those simulations do sound very scary!
Jill's Signs I have a cochlear implant and think music sounds pretty good. I had an analog hearing aid in that ear (analog HAs allow a broader range of tones) and have enjoyed music all my life... I have a digital HA in my other ear and together music sounds pretty good to me.. a few months after I got my CI, I started playing ukulele...I sing, but I don't think that is appreciated by others! I lost my hearing around age 2, got HAs at 4 and grew up with music lessons, so I have a musical brain..
Without my hearing aids I am deaf. And with my hearing aids I am close to death. So how the doctor explained it is my hearing loss is not mild or not moderate with the hearing aid I am close to being full on deaf. And without hearing aids I am deaf where I have to turn the music up all the way for me to hear or feel I’m sorry not here but feel the vibrations. And when I go to my sister house that’s two years older than me she is fully Hearing but she but she will turn the TV up all the way and she has a big flatscreen TV so when I sit on the couch it’s closer to the TV and I have to take out my hearing aids because it’s so loud that it makes my body shake and you can actually see my body when I start shaking and some people see it and I think I’m having a seizure but I tell them that with my hair in it in and so loud my body tends to shake. Is that with you and your hearing aid also? But when I’m home I do not wear hearing aids. But it’s just me and my guide dog
Hi I am deaf and I can’t hear
Hello I Am Deaf.. You can Hear Music what Say?? I Feel Can Hear Music but I don'tknow what Say Music..
+BRITT DEAF do you mean understanding the lyrics? Personally, I can hear the instruments and voices just fine. I just can't understand the voices enough to understand what they said. I usually read the lyrics instead and really just enjoy the music itself rather than figuring out what they are saying.
+J. Stew I do the same thing I even will sing what I hear even though its not real words
I am deaf. Both of you are great, too. Please add me, thanks
Dereatha Packard Thanks!
Has Jenna always been hearing impaired.
+AL E I became Deaf at young age.
+J. Stew Did you attened mainstream school or deaf school? And if mainstream, do you think it helped you socialize better with those who can her?
Mainstream school. I don't know if that helped me socialize better with hearing people since I never experienced attending Deaf school before. I also grew up in hearing family and neighborhoods, so I learned my social skills through that rather than school to be honest.
J. Stew That's good. :D
Don't say obviously, you made this video to teach people, so no its not obvious.
[Jill] Okay, sorry about that.
kitty cat :-)
[Jill] Woot cats!
Telkno communi is wrong.Doctor nose ear for deaf stupid.....Court for deaf peoples of the world......
hey! love your videos! thanks for sharing your experiences within us!
if you want check christinesunkim.com out! she is a deaf artist who's researching on sound, here is a ted video of hers:
www.ted.com/talks/christine_sun_kim_the_enchanting_music_of_sign_language?language=en
Yes, I've seen her TEDTalk video and it's awesome! She is an amazing artist. :)
Really? Pitiful. I'd address you directly except I don't know what part of the alphabet community to which you belong....if you identify as anything at all.