+ #NoMoreCRAPtions shirts sale ENDS 11:59PM EST THIS SATURDAY: bonfire.com/nomorecraptions + Sign up and make an order with Rev and get $10 off (Affiliate Link): www.rev.com/blog/coupon/?ref=rikkipoynter HI, THIS IS, AS WE STATED MORE THAN ONCE, A FUN NON-INFORMATIVE, NON-EDUCATIONAL VIDEO. THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A "FUN" AND "EXPERIMENT" VIDEO TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE 30 MINUTES THESE WERE IN MY EARS. CHRISSY, A HEARING AID USER OF HER ENTIRE DEAF LIFE, SUGGESTED WE DO THIS. Thank you. LULZ, ignore the part where I wrote about the voiceover in the black graphic. I forgot to edit that out before rendering and… yeah. There was obviously no voiceover to begin with, my bad, lol. + TRANSCRIPT: docs.google.com/document/d/1e3Mf3yIfrnxkcJlvbI0Wwnen6jtFEtWq93scggxHSjQ/edit?usp=sharing
Maybe you can still edit it out in the youtube video settings thing where you can trim parts of the video. I think you can do that up to a certain view count, but I don't know which.
@@LuaEvaLazuli I tried to blur the phrases indicating a voiceover but it ended up blurring the spot for the whole video. Just reverted it back to the original and I ain't worrying about it much lol
on an interesting note. when you heard yourself differently as you spoke with the aids on.. your voice that you usually speak with in videos, had a difference in speaking tonality. Quality wasn't the correct word so I fixed that. There is no "quality" in speaking. everyone is different
Hi Rikki! I had just gotten back into your channel and realized you were selling shirts and really wanted one. I realized you've stopped the last two weeks and just wanted to know, are you going to be opening the store back up anytime soon?
It's a total mystery for my husband how I can tell what the sounds outside are and where they are coming from, even with hearing aids and sometimes he looks at me like some kind of witch for knowing :D
Coco Licious Yeah mine can't tell which direction something is coming from most of the time. The draw back that they also amplify everything equally makes them less useful than he'd been told.
It's really sweet to see two friends signing to each other in a fun and natural way. All I've really seen in my life is professional signers on TV being quite stiff.
Some years ago I walked by a young couple who seemed to be having a heated argument judging by their body language and angry facial expressions. They were deaf and used sign language, which I don't know at all. The girl kept interrupting the guy by trying to hold his wrists and slapping his hands down. This was the first and so far only time I have witnessed angry sign language. Perhaps, Rikki, you could share some insight into this aspect of deaf/hoh communication in a future video?
lmao! I knew this wasn't going to be a typical emotional video. When I got new hearing aids 4 or 5 years ago, I could hear cars going by outside. I thought that was so weird. We're indoors but we can hear shit outside. It was so annoying to me.
Rikki Poynter I live on the 15th floor of my dorm building and *somehow* I can still hear people outside on the ground. I’m hearing and this still boggles me 😂
The bird part cracked me up cause that was my reaction when i heard seagulls for the first time in years with my new hearing aids. They sound horrible. I can't hear other birds though. occasionally if they are close by but my husband insists you can hear them quite a lot of the time where we live. I'd never know
I think the only birds I've ever been able to hear are crows. I don't remember ever being able to hear regular everyday birds that hang out by your window.
Oh, wow, crows. Certainly a distinctive call/cry/something. :) But yeah, sometimes birds can make little twinkly or sparkly sort of noises, and that can be nice. But they can be very noisy, too.
Without my hearing aids in, you kinda have to yell at me, haha. The worst sound that I've always hated to hear through hearing aids, is babies and little kids crying and screaming. *shudder* I hated my HAs growing up, but now that I'm obviously older and really kinda need them more (I still don't wear them as often as I should), when I do wear them, sometimes I like them. Sometimes I like to turn them all the up and listen to the feedback and enjoy how loud everything sounds. It doesn't hurt, it's just nice and loud. XD
I take ASL classes at my high school and we were assigned to do a project on someone in the deaf community and I couldn’t think of anyone better to do my project on than you! 💜
"Blind see for the first time!!1!1" "Deaf hear for the first time!!!1!" *oh this is God, so powerful 😭😭💖* PLEASE-- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS VIDEO.
Good old dial-up modem handshakes. You should see how the phone system in the UK used to handle them before we switched over to DSL- ruclips.net/video/E8NHjOaBKGI/видео.html (I've checked the craptions and they're almost spot on for this vid)
This was such a cool video! I've seen those "inspiration porn" videos and always assumed they were at least a little fake so I loved watching this. Your reaction to the dogs was funny too lol. And reminded me of my mom. She lost her hearing at age 4 and throughout her life tried hearing aids but finally decided she didn't like them and could live just fine without them. Thanks for this! :)
im so used to being on zoom calls now bc of quarantine so when rikki said "they can hear it" and pointed at the camera at 3:46 i had a second of panic like "she can SEE me!??!?"
Hey, I really enjoyed this video. I'm studying to be an audiologist, and I have a moderate to profound hearing loss. When I got my first pair of hearing aids at a much less severe hearing loss, I did have that magical moment when I could hear things I never heard before. Hearing aids definitely takes some getting used to so the first time they really suck. Even with me being a long time HA wearing, I still hate it when I get a new pair. It does take a lot of time for your brain to start processing these new sounds you hear. If you were to decide if you wanted hearing aids, definitely give it the month trial period that is government regulated. That is why they have those trial periods. It takes a long time to learn to hear. Also they are aids and not corrections.
AM NR speech impediments usually stem from disorders. You can ask any person in the d/Deaf HOH world and they will tell you it’s not an impediment but an accent. Maybe you should learn about Deaf Culture.
This reminds me of times at work and someone's talking to me and I have to ask them to repeat the question and they end up replying back, "Why don't you just get hearing aids!". My response to that is always, "Are you going to paying for them"? Usually shuts them up. Sure, hearing aids that are designed specifically for my hearing loss may help but I like to think I get by just fine without them and I don't ever plan on getting hearing aids. That said it would be kind of fun to try some out, but I am willing to bet my reaction would be fairly similar to yours.
@KW BentRiDer I don't even wear hearing aids and I've had that said to me as well. Granted this is usually done in a joking tone compared to the annoying tone with them telling me to get hearing aids but still.
The way they whisper while they sign is giving me some sweet ASMR lol. This is interesting though! I feel like I never knew very much about how hearing aids work or what they sound like. :)
@@rikkipoynter The website wouldn't let me do it and the response I got to my email asking how to nominate you also wasn't any help. Oh well, your subs know you deserve it, and more :)
Also: how aren't hearing aid covered by insurance? (I'm from Germany and you get up to 500$ paid off your first hearing aids payed by our health insurance which everyone has to have) That's terrible... I mean at least give people the chance to get them if they would want to or would want to try. Anyways I loved how freaked out you were when you heard the dogs!
Some of our insurances in Canada cover some too, but for example my insurance covers up to $1000... but hearing aids are closer to $5,000 here, not including how expensive the batteries are. So even with insurance it's just too expensive for a lot of people to pay out of pocket all at once.
Yeeaahh... I think the worse one are babies who get them (because we all know how "accurate" infant hearing screenings are *sarcasm*) and they scream and cry because they're uncomfortable and overwhelmed, and if the HAs are too loud, they can't say anything so they're stuck. -_- There is no reason, I think, for infants to have to have them at that age, at least until they can say if they're too loud or uncomfortable.
This video is everything. I've worn hearing aids for 25 years now. Having a problem with my left one right now where it feeds back all the time. So annoying to deal with.
A few things that I should point out that everyone can understand: 1) If you wear someone else's ear-mold that isn't a perfect fit in your ear, you definitely will hear whistling sounds, which explains those feedback sounds. The hearing aid itself does not cause that. 2) A hearing aid only amplifies the sounds that you would be hearing; think contrast to the volume itself. It does not help with clarity or quality, even though technology has come a long way. 3) A hearing aid works differently on everyone as it all comes down to how much hearing that that individual has, and whether they are able to process those "sounds" or "waves". 4) When people hear for the first time, whether with a hearing aid or cochlear implant, they hear the "sounds" or "waves" themselves until they are able to interpret those sounds/waves into what they are, which takes time and training. All of this is coming from someone that worn hearing aids; I heard well for someone that was born profound deaf. I'm not better than anyone, nor can anyone be like me. I only said the above as a FYI to everyone. Also, CRAPtions is a perfectly described terminology for horrific closed captioning. It is something that is frustrating, even to myself, to the point that I turn them off instead.
Im learning ASL right now and I know this wasnt your intention but watching your videos with CC is really helping with it. You two are hilarious, by the way.
All the timed fake sobs and poking fun at the videos like this you normally see with tiles like this floating around was really great, I kept cracking up 😂😂😂
love this channel so much! as a "hearing" person, reading some of these comments makes me realize how annoying it ACTUALLY is to hear everything all the time!! btw you ladies are beautiful!!!
That was really interesting to watch. I know there are things I will never understand being hearing but that doesn't mean I don't want to try. Thank you for your videos Rikki!
Lol the thing I always think about when seeing those videos is how I feel like people would actually react with more confusion and just genuinely trying to figure out how much and what they can hear clearly amongst the loudness that is inevitable at first
My this is the best video I ever seen I just love a lot I put my hearing aids on full blast and crank my head phone on over my hearing aids and hear some feed back I love it thank you guys so much love this!
Whee! You love to crank your HAs too? :D I thought I was the lone deafblindie who liked to do that! I love things loud and feedback-y (well, certain times, anyway)!
Fact #14134563566734367365: Cochlear implants and hearing aids companies paid patients to be filmed during their "magical/miracle" moment. I think you should at least have a discussion about that. Great vid as usual!
That's dirty little secret of companies. Annnnnnnnnnnnnd as we know, companies will never show film of patients fail to hear for the first time. Also I love this article www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/why-you-shouldnt-share-those-emotional-deaf-person-hears-for-the-first-time-videos/359850/
When I got my CIs, they didn't even ask me if I wanted to be filmed or anything on my turn-on day. Probably because I don't fit the usual demographic for those "miracle" videos. Hah.
My pals and I had a conversation about this. As we theorized, some "miracle" video are staged and possibly some patients who were filmed has some connection to cochlear implant companies. This is really hard to prove, but like I say, lot of things that we (Deaf communities) couldn't put our fingers on those "miracle" video because we knew something else were going on and we have to respect people' decision about getting CI. Obviously, not all of patients going to get offers from companies to film them. Would you? I recalled there were some controversy about pay offs from companies in Deaf communities. To be honest, you have to ask yourself what is the purpose of those "miracle" video? I'm NOT sorry if this offend anybody, but this topic can be little touchy for many deaf people.
I did know that Starkey had moments when they refused to give people hearing aids if they didn't go on stage to do a testing thing. That was pretty fucked up.
How have I not seen this video before now. Great vid. My daughter 7 got her first hearing aid earlier this year she was so excited. The whole ride home(which is 30 mins) mom I can hear. Mom I moved my hair and it sounds like a bush the whole ride she so excited. She mostly uses it for school she still has hearing but she can't hear far away or if there is too much going on.
That opener was brilliant! I was like...I've never seen a thumbnail like that from Rikki...she's pulling my leg- I loved "it will solve ALL my problems"
LOL! When you said "it sounds like a dog" but it really was the dog haha! I was actually surprised that you had a video titled this but after watching, I understand what you were going for. Keep it up guys love your videos Rikki!
@Rikki Poynter wow, love this video! I actually have my hearing aids for about two weeks. Everything is way too loud and people sounded like a robot! I needed now because I also do RUclips like you do. It helps only when I needed it, I prefer quiet at times. Oh, we actually spoken before years ago. Great seeing you still doing this. Much love.
Thank you, ladies! That's something we need to educate the world that hearing aids, cochlear implants, and BAHAs are not a fix, just another tool for us to use if we want to. May I use your video as a reference in my future video? Keep up great work, ladies!
NotSoDeafGirl I agree! Even with my bilateral BAHA’s I struggle to hear in so many situations! And I cannot sleep, shower, swim or be caught in the rain with them, so basically, I am still HOH, I just have assistance.
I love how fluent with ASL they don't even watch the signs like I was doing; they're looking at each others faces, it amazes me! ❤️ I think that's so cool, and their voices and speech are amazing (I don't know if they've had voicing classes) they were so clear and well spoken (and well signed of course! 😀❤️) Amazing ladies indeed!!
I clicked for the title because I was so confused why Rikki was uploading that sort of video. I assumed there would be more to it. There was. This was entertaining and interesting to watch.
Rikki, love watching your videos. I am a sign language interpreter from Nebraska and I am always trying to explain this to my friends and family! This will help the explanation! Thanks!
Your voice! With the hearing aids, it was so clear. I completely understand you couldn't handle the noise! I'm hearing now, but wasn't for years, had many surgeries, and losing my hearing again now slowly. I'm fine with it honestly. *hugs*
Cracking up so hard at this, the whole time the dog is barking "omg dog please stop barking, this is overwhelming", yeah... it's pretty much like that xD That is why you see people screaming at the dogs/birds to shut up all the time. I'd never thought before how.. UN-peaceful having hearing really is. You kind of learn to tune a lot of noises out, but hearing every car outside, birds, dogs, people talking if you live in apartments, or the sound of water/pipes in a building, your partner breathing or snoring... on real quiet nights you can actually hear the humming of electricity.
That was a fun video to watch! I actually had hearing aids very briefly after I went deaf because the audiologist goofed and said I still had some hearing left. My parents paid thousands for hearing aids that did absolutely nothing for me. 👍🏻 Too bad there's no video of my non-reaction the first time they were turned on, otherwise I would totally upload it to RUclips!
It's interesting how things seem louder comparatively to someone deaf due to what they're used to versus me a hearing person used to all sorts of sounds and volume levels
You really won’t benefit from wearing someone else’s hearing aids, they need to be tuned to your own individual loss and audiogram. The experience would be alike someone who’s long sighted wearing a pair of glasses that corrects short sightedness. Hearing aids won’t magically restore your hearing but well tuned hearing aids could give you a good perspective of sound. It felt like you had already made up your mind up about them before you tried them. I’ve worn hearing aids all my life but I can imagine it would be a really odd experience to try them for the first time. Thanks for sharing your experience.
agreed, The reason they are screeching is because they don't fit your ears, or they're turned up too high. probably mostly because the molds don't fit your ears.
Oh yeah, no doubt about that. Behind the scenes, I was told to move them around because the screeching was because we didn't get them in all the way. And then it would stop when it was settled. (Side note- her hearing aids screech for her very often too.) Definitely covered in the video that they were for her ears, not mine, so they wouldn't be the exact experience for me that they might have been if I got them personally made.... but I definitely don't have the thousands of dollars to drop for that video, haha! The hearing aids were definitely hiiiiiiigh. I've said a few times before in the past that I really haven't taken much of an interest to hearing aids prior to this video, so yeah, that thought was already there. I'm just not the person who can have things in her ears for a long period of time.
I'm actually gonna do a follow up video on this since I think it'll be interesting (and I'm getting DMs asking me if I would consider getting them now after this) to go more in depth on it since that's not really what this video is for, and comments section would have me editing my posts WAAAY too many times to try to word things perfectly, haha. But yeah, I think it'll be a good video to do.
I look forward to that video. I wonder if you've heard of bone anchor hearing aids, I can't remember if I ever mentioned them. It seems like almost anyone I hear of uses behind the ear hearing aids or cochlear implants. Maybe BAHAs aren't as common as I thought?
@@rikkipoynter I was going to comment on this too. Hearing aids are tuned to your audiogram, and actually per ear as well. So I couldn't even use my left aid in my right ear. The screeching is because her ear mold doesn't fit in your ear properly as you noticed, and also possibly because of your hair interfering with it. I know you aren't a fan of hearing aids due to the cost and hassle, but I would keep an open mind about them. I have a profound hearing loss, likely worse than yours and I literally can't hear shit without hearing aids. With them it's a night and day difference. I can actually hear what's going on around me, although it's not a cure by any means. Hope I don't sound preachy, I'd just like to see you explore the topic a little more.
I have a compilot with mine too! Also, regarding the expense, I managed to get my current ones through Texas DARS. I did have to prove income and insurance wouldn't cover them, but the state of Texas is surprisingly kind to its deaf / HoH population. The state also has a tuition waiver if you've lost enough hearing. As long as I go to a college or university funded by the state of Texas, my tuition is covered. Just the tuition, mind, but still quite helpful! No cap, from what I can tell, so I can use the waiver all the way through my doctorate (if I make that far).
I went through DARS so they walked me through the process. Here's the link for the state's page on it: hhs.texas.gov/services/disability/deaf-hard-hearing/tuition-waiver
That was awesome! (First, the caption said you were turning off 'voice over' to hear actual sounds, but i didn't get any voice over on either of the 2 videos i just watched of you two :/ only silence) I actually like hearing the actual sounds anyways, but if there is a voice over option, mine isn't working. I would love to hear the voice over option while learning the signs and trying to expand my vision to see faces and hands at the same time, so the voice would really help instead of trying to read (cause im a slow reader) and missing all the visual of the video. On a second note, i LOVE both of your voices! As a hearing person, i could not tell either of you weren't fluent hearing/ speaking ladies. You both do such a great job, and I'm sure you both put in a lot of hard work to get there that none of us hearing people could imagine. So well done! You both seem so funny and amazing, I'm glad i stumbled on your videos. :D
One thing I noticed is your voice was different while wearing the hearing aides, almost like a different accent... Either way, do what you are comfortable with ^-^ and as for the title, I knew it was going to be different than actual inspiration porn which is why I clicked... That and I love your content =)
I have hearing aids, but I haven't worn them for a few weeks because one is getting repaired and oh my god. The feedback I'd forgotten what it was like when I first got them and the static and feedback was just overwhelming. It's so cool to see other people's experience with wearing some hearing aids (even if they're not their own).
Heh! Sometimes I like the feedback (at certain times), thought mostly it's insanely annoying and makes it impossible to want to wear them, or hear. :P Yes! I used to try my friends' hearing aids on at summer camp (for kids with disabilities), and I always LOVED it! They were big BTEs and felt awesome, and sounded so loud and wonderful, haha! XD
Correct. My hearing aids also don't make everything clearer, and for my right ear, not loud enough, but for my left ear - ironically my worse ear on lower sounds - it is okay-ish, enough. Maybe time for reprogramming my Starkey i3 Series hearing aids I got for free cus my income still is so low. But, now with using the (FM Loop aka PocketTalker Ultra) that Deaf Services gave me through TAP programme, things can be louder for me, though, still, not necessarily more sharp. In fact, even less sharp than with just hearing aids. What's with that? Hehe. I use them and the FM Loop that streams into my hearing aids via T-coil for my college classes as I previously used for my coping skills classes for my autism.
"what the fuck is that?" "birds" "they sound awful" i'm CRYING JHJJHDHD i have Really Good Hearing but Really Bad Processing so as i watch this i can hear the birds chirping outside the window and it's So Annoying like. goddamnit i'm trying to watch a video @birds can you hold this conversation later
I think if you did this with a pair of hearing aids that were fitted to you and were set to your hearing loss. It is a HUGE adjustment when you first wear them. Costco has some “reasonably priced hearing aids, $1,600 per pair and that’s cheap unfortunately. I live my hearing aids so much. For those of us that don’t have a huge support system or a local Deaf community I feel like they can help us live in the hearing world. Of course accessibility should be mainstreamed but it’s not. As you know employers tend to discriminate and hearing aids can help mitigate some of that if it’s something you want.
OMG this video came in a good time for me. Ive been following your channel for a while. I got my hearing aid yesterday and it already changed my life. And how I feel about my life. Im 38 years old, Im a singer (as a hobby for now) and I work as a phone operator to actually make a living. I have moderate loss in my right ear, my loss starts around 4k. Around 8k I can only hear around 60 decibes which is loud! Anyhow, for my moderate hearing loss it has made me feel a lot better. Even singing feels better. But Im afraid my hearing loss being genetic, it wont help me for too long. It really depends on how much loss you have. Sorry for the long text. THANK YOU A LOT FOR THIS VIDEO! And all videos you do. They really help me cope with my situation!
The biggest thing I remember from the first time I tried on hearing aids was the sound of a ticking clock. I'm not sure I knew they really made a sound before that, I mean I knew they did - but it wasn't something I was familiar with. I definitely found it a bit overwhelming.
Rikki's favourite RUclipsr, i thought she was going to say Lilly Singh :) I can understand why hearing aids don't help everyone, I could hear that noise when they were in Rikki's ears
Lilly is definitely one of them, but I just wanted to give one answer to keep things moving! I have a handful of favorite RUclipsrs including Kat, Lilly, iMAVERIQ, etc.
Hi Rikki Poynter, Can you please tell how should i enable the automatic captions immediately in the uploaded videos? Even though I have ticked show automatic captions option in my RUclips settings still it doesn't come on the video. Can you tell why is it so ? I'm HoH too Sorry for asking questions out of your videos. Your help is appreciated and thanks again
I’m extremely hard of hearing and have two hearing aids. Everyone agrees I know says it’s hard to understand me when I don’t have my hearing aids in but I hate them and hate wearing them.
Thank you for your brave honesty when most are pushing technology as the grand solution. It is no substitute for health or well-being. Surprisingly, you two seem to have the well-being without the hearing, and that is what's amazing! Life can't be fixed, but one can be happy. Great stuff!
As a bilateral BAHA wearer, I LOVED watching (and listening) to this video! The feedback from the hearing aids was terrible for ME! I had to turn my volume way down (also controlled by my phone). 💜💜
Wow not be able to understand what you were saying and wanting too gave me a different perspective of what it might be like to trying to communicate with people with no sign skills. The facial expressions priceless this was nice to watch two cute girls just being normally funny
Hi both of you! I just watched your vlog. Ty 4 sharing with us about your experience! Let you know. I don’t wear hearing aid. When I was young and wore it. I can hear sound. But I can’t hear words from their conversation. Unworthy! Sign language is best to communicate and understand each other!!!! 👍👍👍
It's interesting that your speaking is very different than without the hearing aids. It's a bit higher pitched and clearer or maybe it's just the difference of your video voice and your normal speaking.
This is my first time seeing your channel. I’m now a subscriber. 🥰Why do the hearing aides squeal? Mine only do that when I cover them. Like if I fall asleep with them in and the pillow covers it up. Or if I cup my hand over my ear to see if they are on. Sometimes if there is a really high pitch loud noise they do that as well but never like yours did. But they don’t make a constant noise like that. They make a tune when they turn on and off too. I sound totally different to myself with my hearing aides in too. I cried when I got mine, the Dr had all 4 of my kids stand behind me and talk and I couldn’t figure out who was who. It was the first time I heard their “true” voices. They all sound totally different with out my hearing aides. I think my family gets more frustrated (I have an amazing family btw) than I do about not hearing clearly. Because i have to ask them to repeat things sometimes. My oldest is 17 and she gets irritated some times and will just walk away or say never mind. That’s the one big thing that frustrates me is when people say never mind. Its not like I don’t want to know what they are saying, if that was the case I would ask them to repeat what they were saying. LOL! Did either of you do speech therapy or did you have some hearing at some point? When you both speak your voices are very clear and easy to understand even for me with out my hearing aides in. Did you grow up learning ASL? I have progressive hearing loss but so far it’s been very slow. (Knocks on wood!) There May be a point where my hearing aides don’t help any more, so I’m thinking the sooner I learn the easier it will be to transition. Do your families sign? Sorry I have so many questions. 💗🌵
Yes, what Rikki said! Also, if your earmolds shrink, or the tubes become stiff/cracked, when you hug/chew/yawn (the earmolds move around in your ear canals and can cause the sound to leak out), or wear hats, etc. Do yours feedback when you wear hats (if you do)? Mine are very loud (I have a profound loss now, after growing up with a--like yours--slowly progressive loss that was mild-severe as a baby), and they can feedback at eeeeverything, haha. Sometimes I actually like the sound at certain times, and other times, it's insanely annoying. XD
That was a fun video. XD but that looked painful as hell based on Rikki’s facial expressions and their bug eyes from the dog barking+whistling+clapping sounds all at once. Ouch.
I don't know if I've ever gotten to one of your videos this early, so I just wanted to say thank you for the work that you do and your willingness to teach others.
I have been wearing hearing aids since I was 12 so I can agree with that is most of my experience with wearing hearing aids. It just makes everything louder but it doesn't help with clarity. I can say I like my hearing aids, but I treat it more as a tool than a "miracle device". I feel that's the way most of these hearing devices should be marketed as. For some people, they may feel like it's a miracle device, while others it only a tool for them to navigate the hearing world.
Oh yes, many of the hearing aid clinics like "Miracle Ear" irks me a bit. They talk about how you can "hear again" with these hearing aids. I always tell my family members like, " I have been wearing HAs for years and I felt nothing like that at all." Another thing that gets me that these clinics always targeted to older people which that's a whole different discussion for another day.
That’s odd. A friend of mine has had hearing aids for a few years already and with them, she hears very well. Though I guess maybe she hasn’t lost that much hearing?
bro i love your videos so much,,,, in my ASL class they teach a little about deaf culture and sometimes they make it seem like deaf people are incapable of being sarcastic or satire. your vids remind me that thats totally false and and a really dumb idea. love you my dude
@@rikkipoynter I showed my asl teacher and she really liked your channel. I think she just forgets that students don't have as much immersion into the community as she does
Yeah, they were feedbacking because Chrissy didn't push the earmolds in all the way (as they should have been). When Rikki did push them in, it stopped. That's very true when I wear my hearing aids--earmolds down in prevent a majority of feedback. Mine are pretty loud though, so mine still occasionally feedback (which can be fun, because sometimes I enjoy turning them all the way up and listening to everything nice and loud and whistle-y, haha). :P
@@nancydriessen594 Hey, no worries! :) You can also get feedback if the tubes are worn out/hard/cracked, when you chew/yawn, if your earmolds have shrunk, if there's earwax in your ear and/or in the earmold, and when wearing hats, hugging, snuggling, laying down, etc.!
hearing guy here. Several years ago in an online forum I and a mostly deaf with cochlear implants person tended to stumble on the same topics so sometimes we'd shoot messages at each other. At the time he was 21. at 14 his parents ignored his wishes and had the implants put in. He informed them that when he was an adult he'd figure out how to earn enough money to have them removed. if insurance didn't cover it. Of course removing anything that's been in the body for a few years and the body's adapted/healed over the surgical insertion. Has its dangers. Never did find out after 2006 if anything had happened. Our messaging discussions always started with him messaging me.
Yep.. but that was still what the guy told me. as I said. haven't heard from him. but.. he was not happy at all. I hope for his sake he found happiness
to put it in perspective.. he was in college. and taking anti-depressants. plus he was one angry man. every third post in forums was about his anger at being forced to hear when he didn't want it. So as I said I hope he has found a way to be happy.. because he considered the implants to be torture from his parents
I’m extremely hard of hearing. I wear hearing aides sometimes. It’s overwhelming to hear all the time. I haven’t heard a lot of sounds so it’s hard to tune them out. I have a hearing service dog. She’s AMAZING! But hearing aides are EXPENSIVE here in the USA. Most insurances do NOT cover them! They can range in cost from $700 to well over $5,000 per hearing aide!! My hearing aides cost $1,500 per ear! So $3,000 total! But mine weren’t even the best ones out. They were a high quality but that’s all we could afford. Now they make ones that can get wet and ones you can’t even see. Mine are super small. I have VERY EXTREMELY small ears. Like new born infant ears. So I got Pediatric hearing aides and I still had to have braces put on them to keep them in my ears. When I would open my mouth they would pop out with out the brace in them. They are really comfortable as far as hearing aides go, they have a small tube that comes out of the ear and wraps around the top and back of my ear with a very tiny circuit box thing. (Where the battery goes and the on off switch). But I also have to wear glasses and sometimes it’s just too much on my ears, they start to hurt. I honestly don’t wear them often. I can go a month or two some times with out using them. It just depends on what I’m up to. Having my service dog makes that possible for me. Also there are times I can’t wear them, like when I have ear infections and that happens a lot!! On average I have 10+ ear infections a year! I haven’t learned ASL yet. But some day I hope to. 🥰
I've only known one deaf person in my life. But I've always wanted to learn sign language! Idk why lol but I think it should be a thing that we all should learn.
I just recently found your channel through Molly Burke. I also live in NC. I don't know if you go to church but my gmaws church has a whole section for the deaf. They have a huge community at church and the church does awesome things for our deaf. If you're ever around Concord,NC you'll have to let me know so you can check them out.
Love this! I remember asking my audiologist for those hearing aids. And their response was they were not strong enough to help me. I use the Phonak Naida V Up Had them for years. But the weird thing is any time I wear hearing aids everything is always muffled to a point. Some things are clear. Other things are eye and brain jarring painful. But This may be just for fun but it is informative either way. Gives people an idea of what goes on day to day of what we might hear *laughs* And my h earing aids are pink. The molds are black and neon pink swirls and the tubes ( bought it on amazing) are pink teehee
Heee those sound fun! I have dark red Phonak Naida Q70UP's, with skeleton earmolds, and a Roger Pen. My loss was slowly progressive from birth (mild-severe ski-slope), to now (profound). I normally just turn my hearing aids up all the way and leave them there. The loudness doesn't hurt, and sometimes I need it (and enjoy it). Listening when they feedback is fun too, at certain times, haha. :P There are times even with them and my gizmos, I struggle. YES! It's always a big shock when I first put them in and turn them on... after the little tune plays, it's like, "BLASTS OF SOUNDS FROM EVERYTHING AND EVERYWHERE!"...and then I acclimate after awhile and things are better. :)
This video was an interesting experience to watch. And it seems it was a cool experiment for you as well. I have learned so much watching your videos. Btw Chrissy's hair is very cool.
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HI, THIS IS, AS WE STATED MORE THAN ONCE, A FUN NON-INFORMATIVE, NON-EDUCATIONAL VIDEO. THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A "FUN" AND "EXPERIMENT" VIDEO TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE 30 MINUTES THESE WERE IN MY EARS. CHRISSY, A HEARING AID USER OF HER ENTIRE DEAF LIFE, SUGGESTED WE DO THIS. Thank you.
LULZ, ignore the part where I wrote about the voiceover in the black graphic. I forgot to edit that out before rendering and… yeah. There was obviously no voiceover to begin with, my bad, lol.
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Maybe you can still edit it out in the youtube video settings thing where you can trim parts of the video. I think you can do that up to a certain view count, but I don't know which.
@@LuaEvaLazuli I tried to blur the phrases indicating a voiceover but it ended up blurring the spot for the whole video. Just reverted it back to the original and I ain't worrying about it much lol
on an interesting note. when you heard yourself differently as you spoke with the aids on.. your voice that you usually speak with in videos, had a difference in speaking tonality. Quality wasn't the correct word so I fixed that. There is no "quality" in speaking. everyone is different
Hi Rikki! I had just gotten back into your channel and realized you were selling shirts and really wanted one. I realized you've stopped the last two weeks and just wanted to know, are you going to be opening the store back up anytime soon?
I don’t understand of the term word “craption”?
I clicked on this video because I knew it wouldn’t be the same as the title...🙃
I mean, I did hear birds for the first time. I don't remember ever hearing birds, lmao. ~*nature sounds*~
I clicked because *Rikki* :)
Before hearing aids my husband assumed I had some sort of sixth sense about the weather and then realized I could hear the rain from inside the house.
It's a total mystery for my husband how I can tell what the sounds outside are and where they are coming from, even with hearing aids and sometimes he looks at me like some kind of witch for knowing :D
Coco Licious Yeah mine can't tell which direction something is coming from most of the time. The draw back that they also amplify everything equally makes them less useful than he'd been told.
It's really sweet to see two friends signing to each other in a fun and natural way. All I've really seen in my life is professional signers on TV being quite stiff.
It's funny you say that 'cos I thought I was very stiff in this hahahaha
Some years ago I walked by a young couple who seemed to be having a heated argument judging by their body language and angry facial expressions. They were deaf and used sign language, which I don't know at all. The girl kept interrupting the guy by trying to hold his wrists and slapping his hands down. This was the first and so far only time I have witnessed angry sign language. Perhaps, Rikki, you could share some insight into this aspect of deaf/hoh communication in a future video?
This should’ve been titled “I make some absolutely golden facial expressions”
I hope someone makes gifs out of some of them.
lmao! I knew this wasn't going to be a typical emotional video.
When I got new hearing aids 4 or 5 years ago, I could hear cars going by outside. I thought that was so weird. We're indoors but we can hear shit outside. It was so annoying to me.
People being able to hear things outside that aren't thunderstorms is mind boggling to me.
Shoot, I'm hearing and I'm still baffled on how we can hear stuff outside.
Lmao my friend has hearing aids and he always said how he loves being able to turn them off when people are loud in his building😂
I have turned my hearing aids off when people are talking to me & I don't want to hear them anymore. lmao! It's rude but I don't care.
Rikki Poynter I live on the 15th floor of my dorm building and *somehow* I can still hear people outside on the ground. I’m hearing and this still boggles me 😂
Me: Alright time to do homework responsibly this time
*Rikki uploads*
Also me: *pushes all of my textbooks to the floor and clicks play*
LOOOOL, please start on your homework after this. :P
So...how are your grades this year? ;)
Not looking so good, at this rate. But holding on to A-'s for now lol
:D I cracked up when I read this comment. That's me everytime I see Rikki uploads a video
The bird part cracked me up cause that was my reaction when i heard seagulls for the first time in years with my new hearing aids. They sound horrible. I can't hear other birds though. occasionally if they are close by but my husband insists you can hear them quite a lot of the time where we live. I'd never know
I think the only birds I've ever been able to hear are crows. I don't remember ever being able to hear regular everyday birds that hang out by your window.
Oh, wow, crows. Certainly a distinctive call/cry/something. :) But yeah, sometimes birds can make little twinkly or sparkly sort of noises, and that can be nice. But they can be very noisy, too.
I'm told that our cats sometime chirp.....interesting!
I hear crows hang out near your window if you gain their trust in the right way...
>:D
Without my hearing aids in, you kinda have to yell at me, haha. The worst sound that I've always hated to hear through hearing aids, is babies and little kids crying and screaming. *shudder* I hated my HAs growing up, but now that I'm obviously older and really kinda need them more (I still don't wear them as often as I should), when I do wear them, sometimes I like them. Sometimes I like to turn them all the up and listen to the feedback and enjoy how loud everything sounds. It doesn't hurt, it's just nice and loud. XD
This video is so real with genuine reactions I love it
Thanks, Rafia!
Rikki uploaded: it's a good day
Weeeee
I take ASL classes at my high school and we were assigned to do a project on someone in the deaf community and I couldn’t think of anyone better to do my project on than you! 💜
Aw, thank you! I appreciate that!
"Blind see for the first time!!1!1"
"Deaf hear for the first time!!!1!"
*oh this is God, so powerful 😭😭💖*
PLEASE--
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS VIDEO.
#DEAFINSPO
Thank you for watching. :P
"Ableists think for the first time!"
@@harveyabel1354 Um...
I'm in tears laughing at your excellent suggestion :)))
@Harvey Abel I'm in tears laughing at your excellent suggestion :)) Ableists thinking for the 1st time would be a treat to watch :)))
That sounded a bit like the internet in the early 2000’s
Well, it IS Throwback Thursday!
Good old dial-up modem handshakes. You should see how the phone system in the UK used to handle them before we switched over to DSL- ruclips.net/video/E8NHjOaBKGI/видео.html
(I've checked the craptions and they're almost spot on for this vid)
This was such a cool video! I've seen those "inspiration porn" videos and always assumed they were at least a little fake so I loved watching this. Your reaction to the dogs was funny too lol. And reminded me of my mom. She lost her hearing at age 4 and throughout her life tried hearing aids but finally decided she didn't like them and could live just fine without them. Thanks for this! :)
There was actually a comment earlier talking about how some are paid/staged, so I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few of those around!
@@rikkipoynter Oh yeah I saw that comment! I had no idea they did that.
im so used to being on zoom calls now bc of quarantine so when rikki said "they can hear it" and pointed at the camera at 3:46 i had a second of panic like "she can SEE me!??!?"
Hey, I really enjoyed this video. I'm studying to be an audiologist, and I have a moderate to profound hearing loss. When I got my first pair of hearing aids at a much less severe hearing loss, I did have that magical moment when I could hear things I never heard before. Hearing aids definitely takes some getting used to so the first time they really suck. Even with me being a long time HA wearing, I still hate it when I get a new pair. It does take a lot of time for your brain to start processing these new sounds you hear. If you were to decide if you wanted hearing aids, definitely give it the month trial period that is government regulated. That is why they have those trial periods. It takes a long time to learn to hear. Also they are aids and not corrections.
I definitely clicked on this video for the title, because I wanted to see what you were actually up to. 😄
hehehehehe.
I mean the title isn't TOTALLY wrong ;)
Wow, when Chrissy talk loud she didn't have much an accent!
AM NR speech impediments usually stem from disorders. You can ask any person in the d/Deaf HOH world and they will tell you it’s not an impediment but an accent. Maybe you should learn about Deaf Culture.
@@SignLanguageResources So the clearer the accent, they easier they hear?
This reminds me of times at work and someone's talking to me and I have to ask them to repeat the question and they end up replying back, "Why don't you just get hearing aids!". My response to that is always, "Are you going to paying for them"? Usually shuts them up. Sure, hearing aids that are designed specifically for my hearing loss may help but I like to think I get by just fine without them and I don't ever plan on getting hearing aids. That said it would be kind of fun to try some out, but I am willing to bet my reaction would be fairly similar to yours.
@KW BentRiDer I don't even wear hearing aids and I've had that said to me as well. Granted this is usually done in a joking tone compared to the annoying tone with them telling me to get hearing aids but still.
The way they whisper while they sign is giving me some sweet ASMR lol. This is interesting though! I feel like I never knew very much about how hearing aids work or what they sound like. :)
Rikki, I just contacted Gallaudet to nominate you for the Galloway Award .....basically, for advocacy for our community.
Oh wow, thank you!
@@rikkipoynter The website wouldn't let me do it and the response I got to my email asking how to nominate you also wasn't any help. Oh well, your subs know you deserve it, and more :)
Also: how aren't hearing aid covered by insurance? (I'm from Germany and you get up to 500$ paid off your first hearing aids payed by our health insurance which everyone has to have) That's terrible... I mean at least give people the chance to get them if they would want to or would want to try. Anyways I loved how freaked out you were when you heard the dogs!
Hearing aids are considered a cosmetic item here.
Some of our insurances in Canada cover some too, but for example my insurance covers up to $1000... but hearing aids are closer to $5,000 here, not including how expensive the batteries are. So even with insurance it's just too expensive for a lot of people to pay out of pocket all at once.
Add in regular appointments too. I don't have health insurance so it would just be a regular expensive expense for me.
Which they AREN'T!! :/
'Hearing aids are considered a cosmetic item here.'
**record scratch**
Seriously whenever I see those youtube videos with "DEAF PERSON HEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME *CRYING EMOJI* *HAPPY EMOJI* " Im like "UMM..... "
Cringeyyyy
Yeeaahh... I think the worse one are babies who get them (because we all know how "accurate" infant hearing screenings are *sarcasm*) and they scream and cry because they're uncomfortable and overwhelmed, and if the HAs are too loud, they can't say anything so they're stuck. -_- There is no reason, I think, for infants to have to have them at that age, at least until they can say if they're too loud or uncomfortable.
This video is everything. I've worn hearing aids for 25 years now. Having a problem with my left one right now where it feeds back all the time. So annoying to deal with.
A few things that I should point out that everyone can understand:
1) If you wear someone else's ear-mold that isn't a perfect fit in your ear, you definitely will hear whistling sounds, which explains those feedback sounds. The hearing aid itself does not cause that.
2) A hearing aid only amplifies the sounds that you would be hearing; think contrast to the volume itself. It does not help with clarity or quality, even though technology has come a long way.
3) A hearing aid works differently on everyone as it all comes down to how much hearing that that individual has, and whether they are able to process those "sounds" or "waves".
4) When people hear for the first time, whether with a hearing aid or cochlear implant, they hear the "sounds" or "waves" themselves until they are able to interpret those sounds/waves into what they are, which takes time and training.
All of this is coming from someone that worn hearing aids; I heard well for someone that was born profound deaf. I'm not better than anyone, nor can anyone be like me. I only said the above as a FYI to everyone.
Also, CRAPtions is a perfectly described terminology for horrific closed captioning. It is something that is frustrating, even to myself, to the point that I turn them off instead.
Very interesting, your the first deaf youtuber I came across. Your videos are quite informative and eye opening, Thank you!😃
The funniest part of this video was there was an add that played for a blind person seeing for the first time using an optical device
Oh, ads!
Im learning ASL right now and I know this wasnt your intention but watching your videos with CC is really helping with it.
You two are hilarious, by the way.
All the timed fake sobs and poking fun at the videos like this you normally see with tiles like this floating around was really great, I kept cracking up 😂😂😂
love this channel so much! as a "hearing" person, reading some of these comments makes me realize how annoying it ACTUALLY is to hear everything all the time!! btw you ladies are beautiful!!!
That was really interesting to watch. I know there are things I will never understand being hearing but that doesn't mean I don't want to try. Thank you for your videos Rikki!
sldkfj your reaction to the birds was so funny, can confirm that every morning is hell when the birds outside your window decide it's time to scream
DAMN BIRDS
Lol the thing I always think about when seeing those videos is how I feel like people would actually react with more confusion and just genuinely trying to figure out how much and what they can hear clearly amongst the loudness that is inevitable at first
I love my hearing aids! Over time sounds become less extreme. I wear mine most of the time.
My this is the best video I ever seen I just love a lot I put my hearing aids on full blast and crank my head phone on over my hearing aids and hear some feed back I love it thank you guys so much love this!
Whee! You love to crank your HAs too? :D I thought I was the lone deafblindie who liked to do that! I love things loud and feedback-y (well, certain times, anyway)!
Fact #14134563566734367365: Cochlear implants and hearing aids companies paid patients to be filmed during their "magical/miracle" moment. I think you should at least have a discussion about that.
Great vid as usual!
Interesting! That's new information to me.
That's dirty little secret of companies. Annnnnnnnnnnnnd as we know, companies will never show film of patients fail to hear for the first time.
Also I love this article
www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/why-you-shouldnt-share-those-emotional-deaf-person-hears-for-the-first-time-videos/359850/
When I got my CIs, they didn't even ask me if I wanted to be filmed or anything on my turn-on day. Probably because I don't fit the usual demographic for those "miracle" videos. Hah.
My pals and I had a conversation about this. As we theorized, some "miracle" video are staged and possibly some patients who were filmed has some connection to cochlear implant companies. This is really hard to prove, but like I say, lot of things that we (Deaf communities) couldn't put our fingers on those "miracle" video because we knew something else were going on and we have to respect people' decision about getting CI. Obviously, not all of patients going to get offers from companies to film them. Would you? I recalled there were some controversy about pay offs from companies in Deaf communities.
To be honest, you have to ask yourself what is the purpose of those "miracle" video?
I'm NOT sorry if this offend anybody, but this topic can be little touchy for many deaf people.
I did know that Starkey had moments when they refused to give people hearing aids if they didn't go on stage to do a testing thing. That was pretty fucked up.
I'm studying to be an interpreter and your videos are really delightful to learn by. Thank you for making content.
You guys are so funny! I'm not deaf and have never met a deaf person, so your videos help me understand them better
Your reactions to the different sounds had me cracking up. 😂
Amazing video as always!
How have I not seen this video before now. Great vid. My daughter 7 got her first hearing aid earlier this year she was so excited. The whole ride home(which is 30 mins) mom I can hear. Mom I moved my hair and it sounds like a bush the whole ride she so excited. She mostly uses it for school she still has hearing but she can't hear far away or if there is too much going on.
That opener was brilliant!
I was like...I've never seen a thumbnail like that from Rikki...she's pulling my leg- I loved "it will solve ALL my problems"
LOL! When you said "it sounds like a dog" but it really was the dog haha! I was actually surprised that you had a video titled this but after watching, I understand what you were going for. Keep it up guys love your videos Rikki!
@Rikki Poynter wow, love this video! I actually have my hearing aids for about two weeks. Everything is way too loud and people sounded like a robot! I needed now because I also do RUclips like you do. It helps only when I needed it, I prefer quiet at times. Oh, we actually spoken before years ago. Great seeing you still doing this. Much love.
Thank you, ladies! That's something we need to educate the world that hearing aids, cochlear implants, and BAHAs are not a fix, just another tool for us to use if we want to. May I use your video as a reference in my future video? Keep up great work, ladies!
You're more than welcome to!
Thank you!!!
NotSoDeafGirl I agree! Even with my bilateral BAHA’s I struggle to hear in so many situations! And I cannot sleep, shower, swim or be caught in the rain with them, so basically, I am still HOH, I just have assistance.
I love how fluent with ASL they don't even watch the signs like I was doing; they're looking at each others faces, it amazes me! ❤️ I think that's so cool, and their voices and speech are amazing (I don't know if they've had voicing classes) they were so clear and well spoken (and well signed of course! 😀❤️) Amazing ladies indeed!!
Oh no, she's the fluent one. I'm basically a novice, haha. Thank you!!
I clicked for the title because I was so confused why Rikki was uploading that sort of video. I assumed there would be more to it. There was. This was entertaining and interesting to watch.
Tee hee.
Rikki, love watching your videos. I am a sign language interpreter from Nebraska and I am always trying to explain this to my friends and family! This will help the explanation! Thanks!
LOL I thought I was the only one who hates the sounds of birds chirping in the morning. Happy to know I'm not alone!
Lol her reactions are priceless 😭 she hates it
tee hee
Rikki Poynter i love you omg 😭😭
Your voice! With the hearing aids, it was so clear.
I completely understand you couldn't handle the noise!
I'm hearing now, but wasn't for years, had many surgeries, and losing my hearing again now slowly. I'm fine with it honestly.
*hugs*
Cracking up so hard at this, the whole time the dog is barking "omg dog please stop barking, this is overwhelming", yeah... it's pretty much like that xD That is why you see people screaming at the dogs/birds to shut up all the time.
I'd never thought before how.. UN-peaceful having hearing really is. You kind of learn to tune a lot of noises out, but hearing every car outside, birds, dogs, people talking if you live in apartments, or the sound of water/pipes in a building, your partner breathing or snoring... on real quiet nights you can actually hear the humming of electricity.
That was a fun video to watch! I actually had hearing aids very briefly after I went deaf because the audiologist goofed and said I still had some hearing left. My parents paid thousands for hearing aids that did absolutely nothing for me. 👍🏻
Too bad there's no video of my non-reaction the first time they were turned on, otherwise I would totally upload it to RUclips!
"This hearing aid is no good for me, what am I supposed to do with it?"
"Stick it in your ear" :)
It's interesting how things seem louder comparatively to someone deaf due to what they're used to versus me a hearing person used to all sorts of sounds and volume levels
You really won’t benefit from wearing someone else’s hearing aids, they need to be tuned to your own individual loss and audiogram. The experience would be alike someone who’s long sighted wearing a pair of glasses that corrects short sightedness. Hearing aids won’t magically restore your hearing but well tuned hearing aids could give you a good perspective of sound.
It felt like you had already made up your mind up about them before you tried them. I’ve worn hearing aids all my life but I can imagine it would be a really odd experience to try them for the first time. Thanks for sharing your experience.
agreed, The reason they are screeching is because they don't fit your ears, or they're turned up too high. probably mostly because the molds don't fit your ears.
Oh yeah, no doubt about that. Behind the scenes, I was told to move them around because the screeching was because we didn't get them in all the way. And then it would stop when it was settled. (Side note- her hearing aids screech for her very often too.) Definitely covered in the video that they were for her ears, not mine, so they wouldn't be the exact experience for me that they might have been if I got them personally made.... but I definitely don't have the thousands of dollars to drop for that video, haha! The hearing aids were definitely hiiiiiiigh.
I've said a few times before in the past that I really haven't taken much of an interest to hearing aids prior to this video, so yeah, that thought was already there. I'm just not the person who can have things in her ears for a long period of time.
I'm actually gonna do a follow up video on this since I think it'll be interesting (and I'm getting DMs asking me if I would consider getting them now after this) to go more in depth on it since that's not really what this video is for, and comments section would have me editing my posts WAAAY too many times to try to word things perfectly, haha. But yeah, I think it'll be a good video to do.
I look forward to that video. I wonder if you've heard of bone anchor hearing aids, I can't remember if I ever mentioned them. It seems like almost anyone I hear of uses behind the ear hearing aids or cochlear implants. Maybe BAHAs aren't as common as I thought?
@@rikkipoynter I was going to comment on this too. Hearing aids are tuned to your audiogram, and actually per ear as well. So I couldn't even use my left aid in my right ear. The screeching is because her ear mold doesn't fit in your ear properly as you noticed, and also possibly because of your hair interfering with it. I know you aren't a fan of hearing aids due to the cost and hassle, but I would keep an open mind about them. I have a profound hearing loss, likely worse than yours and I literally can't hear shit without hearing aids. With them it's a night and day difference. I can actually hear what's going on around me, although it's not a cure by any means. Hope I don't sound preachy, I'd just like to see you explore the topic a little more.
Lol before the video started there was an add for CI
I have a compilot with mine too! Also, regarding the expense, I managed to get my current ones through Texas DARS. I did have to prove income and insurance wouldn't cover them, but the state of Texas is surprisingly kind to its deaf / HoH population. The state also has a tuition waiver if you've lost enough hearing. As long as I go to a college or university funded by the state of Texas, my tuition is covered. Just the tuition, mind, but still quite helpful! No cap, from what I can tell, so I can use the waiver all the way through my doctorate (if I make that far).
Ok, question: how did you get your tuition waived? I live in Texas as well
Shoot for the moon! If you miss, you'll still reach the stars :)
I went through DARS so they walked me through the process. Here's the link for the state's page on it: hhs.texas.gov/services/disability/deaf-hard-hearing/tuition-waiver
Renée Chalfant thank you!!!
Magically hear it all for 24/7! BUT Noise non-stop 24/7 will drive you crazy!
That was awesome!
(First, the caption said you were turning off 'voice over' to hear actual sounds, but i didn't get any voice over on either of the 2 videos i just watched of you two :/ only silence)
I actually like hearing the actual sounds anyways, but if there is a voice over option, mine isn't working. I would love to hear the voice over option while learning the signs and trying to expand my vision to see faces and hands at the same time, so the voice would really help instead of trying to read (cause im a slow reader) and missing all the visual of the video.
On a second note, i LOVE both of your voices! As a hearing person, i could not tell either of you weren't fluent hearing/ speaking ladies. You both do such a great job, and I'm sure you both put in a lot of hard work to get there that none of us hearing people could imagine. So well done!
You both seem so funny and amazing, I'm glad i stumbled on your videos. :D
One thing I noticed is your voice was different while wearing the hearing aides, almost like a different accent... Either way, do what you are comfortable with ^-^ and as for the title, I knew it was going to be different than actual inspiration porn which is why I clicked... That and I love your content =)
I have hearing aids, but I haven't worn them for a few weeks because one is getting repaired and oh my god. The feedback I'd forgotten what it was like when I first got them and the static and feedback was just overwhelming.
It's so cool to see other people's experience with wearing some hearing aids (even if they're not their own).
Heh! Sometimes I like the feedback (at certain times), thought mostly it's insanely annoying and makes it impossible to want to wear them, or hear. :P Yes! I used to try my friends' hearing aids on at summer camp (for kids with disabilities), and I always LOVED it! They were big BTEs and felt awesome, and sounded so loud and wonderful, haha! XD
I didn’t realize all hearing aids had the same chime when they turn on haha, mine makes the same sound
I'm here for the first time and
gosh
You two are sooooooo cute and artistic! Absolutely awesome.
I can see why people wouldn't want hearing aids. 😬 Those noises at the beginning were awful, ow. Thanks for sharing. You have a great channel!
Correct. My hearing aids also don't make everything clearer, and for my right ear, not loud enough, but for my left ear - ironically my worse ear on lower sounds - it is okay-ish, enough. Maybe time for reprogramming my Starkey i3 Series hearing aids I got for free cus my income still is so low. But, now with using the (FM Loop aka PocketTalker Ultra) that Deaf Services gave me through TAP programme, things can be louder for me, though, still, not necessarily more sharp. In fact, even less sharp than with just hearing aids. What's with that? Hehe. I use them and the FM Loop that streams into my hearing aids via T-coil for my college classes as I previously used for my coping skills classes for my autism.
"what the fuck is that?" "birds" "they sound awful" i'm CRYING JHJJHDHD i have Really Good Hearing but Really Bad Processing so as i watch this i can hear the birds chirping outside the window and it's So Annoying like. goddamnit i'm trying to watch a video @birds can you hold this conversation later
BIIIIIIRDS
I think if you did this with a pair of hearing aids that were fitted to you and were set to your hearing loss. It is a HUGE adjustment when you first wear them. Costco has some “reasonably priced hearing aids, $1,600 per pair and that’s cheap unfortunately. I live my hearing aids so much. For those of us that don’t have a huge support system or a local Deaf community I feel like they can help us live in the hearing world. Of course accessibility should be mainstreamed but it’s not. As you know employers tend to discriminate and hearing aids can help mitigate some of that if it’s something you want.
OMG this video came in a good time for me. Ive been following your channel for a while. I got my hearing aid yesterday and it already changed my life. And how I feel about my life. Im 38 years old, Im a singer (as a hobby for now) and I work as a phone operator to actually make a living. I have moderate loss in my right ear, my loss starts around 4k. Around 8k I can only hear around 60 decibes which is loud! Anyhow, for my moderate hearing loss it has made me feel a lot better. Even singing feels better. But Im afraid my hearing loss being genetic, it wont help me for too long. It really depends on how much loss you have. Sorry for the long text. THANK YOU A LOT FOR THIS VIDEO! And all videos you do. They really help me cope with my situation!
The biggest thing I remember from the first time I tried on hearing aids was the sound of a ticking clock. I'm not sure I knew they really made a sound before that, I mean I knew they did - but it wasn't something I was familiar with. I definitely found it a bit overwhelming.
Rikki's favourite RUclipsr, i thought she was going to say Lilly Singh :) I can understand why hearing aids don't help everyone, I could hear that noise when they were in Rikki's ears
Lilly is definitely one of them, but I just wanted to give one answer to keep things moving! I have a handful of favorite RUclipsrs including Kat, Lilly, iMAVERIQ, etc.
Hi Rikki Poynter,
Can you please tell how should i enable the automatic captions immediately in the uploaded videos?
Even though I have ticked show automatic captions option in my RUclips settings still it doesn't come on the video.
Can you tell why is it so ?
I'm HoH too
Sorry for asking questions out of your videos.
Your help is appreciated and thanks again
I by no means am saying this in an offensive way, but your speech sounded a bit clearer with the hearing aids. might just be me though
Yea, she started speaking more fluently, didn't she?
I’m extremely hard of hearing and have two hearing aids. Everyone agrees I know says it’s hard to understand me when I don’t have my hearing aids in but I hate them and hate wearing them.
Thank you for your brave honesty when most are pushing technology as the grand solution. It is no substitute for health or well-being. Surprisingly, you two seem to have the well-being without the hearing, and that is what's amazing! Life can't be fixed, but one can be happy. Great stuff!
As a bilateral BAHA wearer, I LOVED watching (and listening) to this video! The feedback from the hearing aids was terrible for ME! I had to turn my volume way down (also controlled by my phone). 💜💜
What a strange concept, that she's hearing herself but can't understand herself. I love it.
I mostly understand myself with or without the hearing aids.
So emotional, Rikki! (lol, jk)
Although, it was interesting finding out what hearing aids actually sound like.
Wow not be able to understand what you were saying and wanting too gave me a different perspective of what it might be like to trying to communicate with people with no sign skills. The facial expressions priceless this was nice to watch two cute girls just being normally funny
Hi both of you! I just watched your vlog. Ty 4 sharing with us about your experience! Let you know. I don’t wear hearing aid. When I was young and wore it. I can hear sound. But I can’t hear words from their conversation. Unworthy! Sign language is best to communicate and understand each other!!!! 👍👍👍
It's interesting that your speaking is very different than without the hearing aids. It's a bit higher pitched and clearer or maybe it's just the difference of your video voice and your normal speaking.
Came from Chrissy’s instagram!
Hello hello!
Yep. Because I watch Deaf or ASL-related videos, I have like 15 videos recommended to me about deaf people hearing for the first time. *sigh*
Of course the dog stopped barking after you took them off!
Woah, that feedback was really loud.
I love it! ^__^ (Mine can do the same thing, haha!)
This is my first time seeing your channel. I’m now a subscriber. 🥰Why do the hearing aides squeal? Mine only do that when I cover them. Like if I fall asleep with them in and the pillow covers it up. Or if I cup my hand over my ear to see if they are on. Sometimes if there is a really high pitch loud noise they do that as well but never like yours did. But they don’t make a constant noise like that. They make a tune when they turn on and off too. I sound totally different to myself with my hearing aides in too. I cried when I got mine, the Dr had all 4 of my kids stand behind me and talk and I couldn’t figure out who was who. It was the first time I heard their “true” voices. They all sound totally different with out my hearing aides. I think my family gets more frustrated (I have an amazing family btw) than I do about not hearing clearly. Because i have to ask them to repeat things sometimes. My oldest is 17 and she gets irritated some times and will just walk away or say never mind. That’s the one big thing that frustrates me is when people say never mind. Its not like I don’t want to know what they are saying, if that was the case I would ask them to repeat what they were saying. LOL! Did either of you do speech therapy or did you have some hearing at some point? When you both speak your voices are very clear and easy to understand even for me with out my hearing aides in. Did you grow up learning ASL? I have progressive hearing loss but so far it’s been very slow. (Knocks on wood!) There May be a point where my hearing aides don’t help any more, so I’m thinking the sooner I learn the easier it will be to transition. Do your families sign? Sorry I have so many questions. 💗🌵
They squealed because they weren't all the way in, and they can do that when they don't actually fit you.
Rikki Poynter that totally makes sense, LoL! I didn’t even think of that. I love your channels and all the advocacy work you do. 💗
Yes, what Rikki said! Also, if your earmolds shrink, or the tubes become stiff/cracked, when you hug/chew/yawn (the earmolds move around in your ear canals and can cause the sound to leak out), or wear hats, etc. Do yours feedback when you wear hats (if you do)? Mine are very loud (I have a profound loss now, after growing up with a--like yours--slowly progressive loss that was mild-severe as a baby), and they can feedback at eeeeverything, haha. Sometimes I actually like the sound at certain times, and other times, it's insanely annoying. XD
I thought my ear phones plugged out but then realized this video doesn’t have sound lol
That was a fun video. XD but that looked painful as hell based on Rikki’s facial expressions and their bug eyes from the dog barking+whistling+clapping sounds all at once. Ouch.
Why was I surprised when there was no audio? I didn´t think this through...
I don't know if I've ever gotten to one of your videos this early, so I just wanted to say thank you for the work that you do and your willingness to teach others.
Congrats on being early! And thank you for your words. I appreciate that!
Also, really wonder now what would happen if I got hearing aids (I'm HoH). Hopefully I can turn the volume down so they're not terribly loud.
Oh yeah, you should be able to tweak the volume to your liking. Chrissy just had these all the way up.
I have been wearing hearing aids since I was 12 so I can agree with that is most of my experience with wearing hearing aids. It just makes everything louder but it doesn't help with clarity.
I can say I like my hearing aids, but I treat it more as a tool than a "miracle device". I feel that's the way most of these hearing devices should be marketed as. For some people, they may feel like it's a miracle device, while others it only a tool for them to navigate the hearing world.
Of course, there's a company called... "Miracle Ear", heavy, heavy siiiiigh.
Oh yes, many of the hearing aid clinics like "Miracle Ear" irks me a bit. They talk about how you can "hear again" with these hearing aids. I always tell my family members like, " I have been wearing HAs for years and I felt nothing like that at all."
Another thing that gets me that these clinics always targeted to older people which that's a whole different discussion for another day.
That’s odd. A friend of mine has had hearing aids for a few years already and with them, she hears very well. Though I guess maybe she hasn’t lost that much hearing?
bro i love your videos so much,,,, in my ASL class they teach a little about deaf culture and sometimes they make it seem like deaf people are incapable of being sarcastic or satire. your vids remind me that thats totally false and and a really dumb idea. love you my dude
I wrote a mighty sarcastic column in the Gallaudet student paper!
Tell them to watch my videos! Get them to show them in class! Hahaha. Thanks!
@@rikkipoynter I showed my asl teacher and she really liked your channel. I think she just forgets that students don't have as much immersion into the community as she does
I can hear it indeed! Ouch!
It’s muffled indeed
Yeah, they were feedbacking because Chrissy didn't push the earmolds in all the way (as they should have been). When Rikki did push them in, it stopped. That's very true when I wear my hearing aids--earmolds down in prevent a majority of feedback. Mine are pretty loud though, so mine still occasionally feedback (which can be fun, because sometimes I enjoy turning them all the way up and listening to everything nice and loud and whistle-y, haha). :P
oddfellowfloyd ah, thank you! That explains a lot!
@@nancydriessen594 Hey, no worries! :) You can also get feedback if the tubes are worn out/hard/cracked, when you chew/yawn, if your earmolds have shrunk, if there's earwax in your ear and/or in the earmold, and when wearing hats, hugging, snuggling, laying down, etc.!
hearing guy here. Several years ago in an online forum I and a mostly deaf with cochlear implants person tended to stumble on the same topics so sometimes we'd shoot messages at each other.
At the time he was 21. at 14 his parents ignored his wishes and had the implants put in. He informed them that when he was an adult he'd figure out how to earn enough money to have them removed. if insurance didn't cover it. Of course removing anything that's been in the body for a few years and the body's adapted/healed over the surgical insertion. Has its dangers. Never did find out after 2006 if
anything had happened. Our messaging discussions always started with him messaging me.
On the TV show "House", do you remember the episode where the kid removed his CI? Highly unlikely!
Yep.. but that was still what the guy told me. as I said. haven't heard from him. but.. he was not happy at all. I hope for his sake he found happiness
to put it in perspective.. he was in college. and taking anti-depressants. plus he was one angry man. every third post in forums was about his anger at being forced to hear when he didn't want it. So as I said I hope he has found a way to be happy.. because he considered the implants to be torture from his parents
The dogs though
I’m extremely hard of hearing. I wear hearing aides sometimes. It’s overwhelming to hear all the time. I haven’t heard a lot of sounds so it’s hard to tune them out. I have a hearing service dog. She’s AMAZING! But hearing aides are EXPENSIVE here in the USA. Most insurances do NOT cover them! They can range in cost from $700 to well over $5,000 per hearing aide!! My hearing aides cost $1,500 per ear! So $3,000 total! But mine weren’t even the best ones out. They were a high quality but that’s all we could afford. Now they make ones that can get wet and ones you can’t even see. Mine are super small. I have VERY EXTREMELY small ears. Like new born infant ears. So I got Pediatric hearing aides and I still had to have braces put on them to keep them in my ears. When I would open my mouth they would pop out with out the brace in them. They are really comfortable as far as hearing aides go, they have a small tube that comes out of the ear and wraps around the top and back of my ear with a very tiny circuit box thing. (Where the battery goes and the on off switch). But I also have to wear glasses and sometimes it’s just too much on my ears, they start to hurt. I honestly don’t wear them often. I can go a month or two some times with out using them. It just depends on what I’m up to. Having my service dog makes that possible for me. Also there are times I can’t wear them, like when I have ear infections and that happens a lot!! On average I have 10+ ear infections a year! I haven’t learned ASL yet. But some day I hope to. 🥰
I've only known one deaf person in my life. But I've always wanted to learn sign language! Idk why lol but I think it should be a thing that we all should learn.
An entertaining and informative video. Thank you for making it :)
Your different reaction faces are as good as when you played Bioshock for the first time 😂
I just recently found your channel through Molly Burke. I also live in NC. I don't know if you go to church but my gmaws church has a whole section for the deaf. They have a huge community at church and the church does awesome things for our deaf. If you're ever around Concord,NC you'll have to let me know so you can check them out.
Love this! I remember asking my audiologist for those hearing aids. And their response was they were not strong enough to help me. I use the Phonak Naida V Up Had them for years. But the weird thing is any time I wear hearing aids everything is always muffled to a point. Some things are clear. Other things are eye and brain jarring painful. But This may be just for fun but it is informative either way. Gives people an idea of what goes on day to day of what we might hear *laughs* And my h earing aids are pink. The molds are black and neon pink swirls and the tubes ( bought it on amazing) are pink teehee
Heee those sound fun! I have dark red Phonak Naida Q70UP's, with skeleton earmolds, and a Roger Pen. My loss was slowly progressive from birth (mild-severe ski-slope), to now (profound). I normally just turn my hearing aids up all the way and leave them there. The loudness doesn't hurt, and sometimes I need it (and enjoy it). Listening when they feedback is fun too, at certain times, haha. :P There are times even with them and my gizmos, I struggle. YES! It's always a big shock when I first put them in and turn them on... after the little tune plays, it's like, "BLASTS OF SOUNDS FROM EVERYTHING AND EVERYWHERE!"...and then I acclimate after awhile and things are better. :)
This video was an interesting experience to watch. And it seems it was a cool experiment for you as well. I have learned so much watching your videos. Btw Chrissy's hair is very cool.
Thanks, Mou! Appreciate that!