Call that rich and varied Deaf culture?

[danieljamesgreene]

Good vlog! Thank you for your concise and well articulated viewpoint.

[76Krw]

It is disgusting when newspapers and journalists interview people they believe to be 'Deaf'. The journalists almost always choose the people who have the most hearing to interview. It is very unfair. It does not show a full cultural perspective and the culture certainly has a diverse population. I agree with you wholeheartedly.

[1RavynSkye]

I can't believe you could even HAVE a newspaper article about Deaf people and their culture and not mention ASL. CI's and HA's are now the only things available for the Deaf? When did THAT happen? Am I out of the loop?

[matutum50]

Deaf Culture is a life. How we live,communicate,everything. Our homes are set up differently than a hearing persons. All you hearing people try being totally deaf for a couple of days. Be sure to do youe every day stuff.

[matutum50]

having no hearing bones in my ears i can't hear sound,vibrations yes. Cochlear implants don't work on me. If i've been deaf for 25 years and a cochlear implant is installed and i can hear i would then have to spend years trying to figure out what i am hearing!

[lizichell2]

No closed captions?? ''I can't understand the hand-jive'' It's All Gone Pete Tong 2004

[lizichell2]

Cochlear implants are wonderful implementations of modern technology to overcome a disability and I hope we see more innovations from medical science in future.

[1RavynSkye]

@lizichell2 Too bad they rarely work unless you do invasive brain surgery on children as young as 6 months old. (Yes, BRAIN sugery, not ears.) Your linguistic and auditory processing centers degrade with disuse and many times, depending on the type or severity of deafness, you can't hear or your brain can't process SPEECH FREQUENCIES anyway.

You best be trollin' if you can make such ignorant statements.

[lizichell2]

@1RavynSkye with cochlear implants, the electrodes are not put in the brain, they are put in the cochlea and they act as a crude replacement for the nerves that are no longer (or didn't in the first place) converting mechanical vibrations to action potentials. I agree with you about the brain not understanding speech if the appropriate portions of the brain have not received any stimuli. You may, however be thinking of auditory brain stem implants which are like CI but implanted in the brain.

[1RavynSkye]

@lizichell2 You're utterly wrong. What do you think the electrodes in the ear are connected to? ELECTRODES IMPLANTED IN THE BRAIN. And not only am I CODA, but I have a degree in Sign Language Studies from Madonna University and a second degree in Linguistics, and then a two year in nursing from Schoolcraft College. (I kept going to school so I wouldn't have to pay back my student loans, lol.) Cochlear Implantation is considered BRAIN SURGERY, not only ear babes. OH AND UR /b/speak amuses me.

[lizichell2]

How come you are STILL sending me messages on a comment I wrote 5 months ago? Also I don't need you're entire resume and list of qualifications just to amplify your opinion. I know that cochlear implants are not implanted in the brain. I know that they do stimulate the brain but they only create their stimulation at the level of the cochlea. The essentially has to learn to rehear by interpreting the new stimulus as sound.

[lizichell2]

Respond to this video...PS. I am aware of the critical period in which a child's ability to learn speech is best before it reaches about 4 years old. 

[jillyclare]

@1RavynSkye It's a bit embarrassing for you when you openly proclaim your university qualifications but have absolutely no idea about the Cochlear Implant. Having a CI operation is not brain surgery - they don't touch your brain, they don't drill a hole in your brain and they certainly don't shave your hair off. Go back to university and then reply with a more educated answer.

[1RavynSkye]

@lizichell2 Google up the phrase "Critical Period" and "Linguistics" and "Case of Genie" who proved the hypothesis of the critical period. Oh, and then there's THIS... "Side Effects: A cochlear implant is a device that works the damaged part of the inner ear and send auditory cues to the brain. ..." from Ehow and education.gsu.edu/gatod/PPT/Pa­rtPresentation1CochlearImplant­s.ppt "The electrodes in a Cochlear Implant go into the brain. Cochlear Implant surgery is brain surgery".

[b0x3]

good question.... that's just opinion. i called bullshot the newspaper !!!

[heywuzzzupwithya]

I just saw this article and I felt upset with you!!! I am hearing, and I know many Deaf people who are happy to communicate with me through ASL! :)

[h4rsh3nd]

Qdrum803 since your "educated" shouldnt you know that the most important aspect of any culture is LANGUAGE.... You should know that language is the building block for each and every culture in our world today!

Im not even deaf and i know that there is a culture, customs and traditions that go along with their day to day life.

[Qdrum803]

God this is bull shit ITS NOT A CULTURE is a fucking impairment. do what ever mental gymnastics you want but theres no two ways about it.

[avbria]

You are so ignorant. Of course, Deaf is a culture...it has its own language, behaviors and custom. Boy, you are really so uneducated.

[Qdrum803]

first of all I have 2 masters degrees in sound engineering and music theory so im not "uneducated" second you have the same customs and behaviors as the country you protain to. if a group of people cant walk it does not mean they have their "own culture" they have an imparment so they go about doing things in a different way. as far as my language and behavior, that was rude of me and uncalled for, and for that I am sorry.

[avbria]

Ok apology accepted. What I mean is that you are uneducated about Deaf culture and ASL not necessarily what college degree you have. I have a Masters in Deaf Education and I grew up Deaf so just listen to what I have to say. People who don't walk dont have their culture because they dont have a language of their own while we do so that is a huge difference here. Deaf people have shared experience, genre, history, etc. that you will be surprised. Just read more about it, thanks.

[TheDeafJeff]

As far as I am concerned,..you declare that there is no deaf culture yet fail to acknowledge that people who cannot walk, often have complete access to an aural and spoken language,

This, in itself, is not like people who cannot hear.

The means of survival differ in accord to the ability to communicate. Regardless if you are educated of not, you still subscribe to the ideology of hearing people and shun the experience of those who have been raised by the deaf.

[TheDeafJeff]

My take,.. you need to meet more deaf people.

Perhaps this would enable you to see things for what they are, instead of lying to yourself because of what others have led you to believe.

You have yet to see.

We have seen.

Take it in.

Also,..

welcome aboard.

[1RavynSkye]

@Qdrum803 Actually, Deaf people DO have a very specific culture and behaviors that have nothing to do with them being deaf, and everything to do with them being Deaf culturally.

For instance: Deaf people are more honest in some ways. When a hearing person describes someone, they won't call them 'fat', and are sometimes really hesitant to mention things like race... Deaf people don't hesitate. 'She's the fat black woman and she signs with a southern accent' is a totally normal description.

[QuicksilverdotFX]

@avbria "Deaf" by itself is not a culture. I am deaf and my behavior is no where different from the "hearing world" and same goes for customs. Are you saying autistic people have their own culture? Because they have their own way of understanding things like deaf people do. They have their own language! You are ignorant. Your kind of mentality is why majority of the deaf world is incredibly separated from the hearing world.

[QuicksilverdotFX]

@avbria Yes, there is a deaf culture but saying "deaf" is a culture is violation of the English language. You cannot simply say an impairment is automatically a culture. Let's say I have cancer. Now I am part of the cancer culture? No! It just means I have it. Oh, and, cultures have their own mindset/cliques that separates them from the mainstream aka no culture which is why there is a deaf culture. Simply because they choose to separate themselves from the hearing world.

[1RavynSkye]

@QuicksilverdotFX Cancer kills you. Deafness doesn't. Deaf people have their own culture and language. I actually have a DEGREE in Sign Language Studies and took CLASSES at University all about Deaf Culture.

Sorry, but if they teach it in University, it's sorta a REAL THING.

Nevermind I'm a CODA and was raised by a Deaf adult. >.>

[QuicksilverdotFX]

@1RavynSkye WOW! Cancer kills me? Deafness doesn't? Did you even read what I said? Go back to college, idiot.

[jillyclare]

@1RavynSkye Congratulations, how you feel now that you are assisting in the destruction of the deaf culture? It's people like you who have NO respect for other deaf people that is disintegrating the deaf culture to pieces. When the ignorant 'deaf power' deafies learn how to respect everyone's choices, whether they choose to have CI and engage in AVT, or attend a deaf school, then the deaf culture will show a united and stronger front thus resulting in sustainability.

[1RavynSkye]

@jillyclare LOLWUT? I think you might be confused. I'm arguing AGAINST CIs and I'm also a CODA and a QA IV RID and NAD registered interpreter for the Deaf. Also, you should really use a capital 'D' when referring to the culturally Deaf and a lowercase 'd' when referring to the inability to hear sounds. I spend more of my life with Deaf people than hearing people and spent 4 years at Madonna University getting my degree in Sign Lang Studies because I HATE MY OWN PARENTS and their Deafness? WUT?

[rangeliz]

i dont know why my mom hate deaf culture but i do care about that and she not let me use vp. why not?? please help me

[mistyblue2365]

i am hard of hearing, i have had some experience when i was in high school where i didnt understand deaf people at all, i do wear hearing aids and i know sign language and to be honest, i didnt want to be around them but when i made it into college i met a deaf guy that i dated for 6 yrs. he taught me asl and i love asl more than english and i love deaf people. Because I understand the deaf culture and how we can help and learn from each other, that's a blessing for me.

[Nvr4S8kN]

I grew up Hearing impaired mild to moderate in both ears. As a result of that I had to deal with the ignorant people yelling at me as if I was retarded as well as people treating me like I was severly incapable. Ignore them. we can do whatever we want to do just like any other hearing person on this earth. Its not right for them to put us down as though we can't. It's just another reason to prove ourselves.

[crazierob21]

just ignore them, dont let them turn us down but i know it sucks! most of them are very ignorant! they are just simple minded and plain lame! sometime i gotta prove to lot of my hearing people that we can do it and we are no difference than them.. the difference is we cant hear..by the way im a deaf and used to grew up in (winnipeg) Canada,ASL is my first language, its so beautiful and inspires me

[kermitdfrogz]

Yeah, I appreciate that she wants to communicate with hearing people (one of my girlfriends was totally deaf, I don't know the term for that other than the obvious... prettiest woman I ever dated), could we find a common ground by doing something like putting a closed caption for hearing people?

[TexasBird]

I grew up HoH (1950s & 60s). I did not discover ASL until I was 30. I fell in love with it. My hearing became progressively worse. I have been sort of between both worlds, but being HoH for me means recognizing my history & connection with both hearing & Deaf. I know for others it can be denial. BUT I really like what you say & agree with you.

[DEAFGURL8403]

i'm actually HOH.. i rather to be completely deaf because everytime i wear hearing aids it's caused me alot headaches.. but i was forced by an family member and doctor when i was like an year that i didn't know..

[bestamerica]

in SLC is hate deaf life

[ajts50]

i TOTALLLY agree with you, i really sick of this... sometimes hard of hearing dont understand the deaf culture!

[OctArt08]

It is not true that Hard of Hearing don't understand Deaf Culture. I am HOH myself involve with Deaf and hearing people too. Some of them not interested be friends with HOH mostly Deaf Culture. I understood what they want to be..

[eileentruskowski]

What was the newspaper that particular article was in? I would like to read the article but wasn't in any newspaper I can find. Please which paper and the date please... Thanks

[avbria]

Unfortunately, the link was no longer active.

[indiedeafilm]

Unfortunately, the reporter or the editor of the newspaper can make mistakes. Is it possible the deaf leader said something else but the interviewer twisted around the words? I have known that to happen.

[avbria]

Actually no..this person made a quote intentionally that she is not a part of Deaf culture and made degrading remarks about those who don't hear means that they don't want to communicate with hearing people. We know that is not true at all. I happen to know this person and it fits to her attitude about this.

[vbazoev]

Hello,

Please, what is your name? I like your story. I am for Russia/ Me name is Vova :)

[dreadzrider]

I totaly disagree with your comment about Hard of people .. you just look at the one person who have all the knowlage , whatsoever hard of hearing people are not the same as others..alot's hard of hearing have deaf family's are totaly asl..

[avbria]

Of course I know a lot of HoH people who have deaf family but compared to most HoH people, they are just a few number. Unfortunately, these hard of hearing people who were interviewed did not represent the whole deaf including HoH group. It is not me looking at one person, it is the media who picked up on that one and I was making criticism.

[drstewtx]

I completely agree with you. They should have interviewed more deafies to show diversity among in the DEAF World. Deaf mean deaf, hard of hearing or ci etc.. All are under one denifition word 'DEAF' period. Hard of hearing don't understand our deaf culture better than us.

[Alishaps139]

I love your posts and I totally agree with your opinion! To represent Deaf diversity, the newspaper should have asked more Deaf people who know the Deaf community. I went to the Deaflympics and didn't get to read any newspapers from Utah, so I am glad that I saw your vlog. Keep up the good work!!

[DeafGarf]

Well, Barb, I can understand your point. I used to live in Montana where the resources for the Deaf are limited and the reporters couldn't get enough informations. Utah is the same way. The problem is that sometimes the persons who are in the article can be the one who is trying to get their "15 minutes fame." It happened in the past in the rural communities which really get to me just as this one got to you.

[avbria]

Hey Garfield from Montana! Were you the one who rode with Marl at Timberfest in Oregon, isn't that right?

[DeafGarf]

Yep, that is me. I live in Washington but I was from Montana. It is good to hear from you and see you on VLog.

[lovelylinguist]

Not ASL-proficient, but I get it - "Deaf Culture" w/o mentioning ASL? It's as if the reporter didn't really understand the story. Also, seems the story made Deaf Culture one-dimensional: Deaf Culture = Deafness. WRONG. It is so much more than that, and I doubt that hearing people (including myself) could ever be totally, truly, completely aware of Deaf Culture, and all of its aspects, in its multiple dimensions. But the reporter could have delved into it a bit to educate the readers!

[reterpretni]

You would think in today's ultra political awareness world that hearing people would be more educated about ASL and Deaf Culture. I am an interpreter and I see it every day and it is so frustrating. I am not Deaf and will never know how it feels to deal with it from your perspective but my dad became HOH and I saw what he went through many times - it's upsetting. There are some of us hearing people who appriciate the beauty of ASL.

[HarbDeaf]

Hide ASL is Audism.

[vikingscool]

Yes, I believe! I have a bit autism, but I will not trying to hide ASL. I have ASL for communicate with my family and friends.

[RedBraidsInSpace]

Gosh, I'm touched! Wish I knew how to do something about it... mmm... Actually, the funny thing is... Myself I DO have hearing aids, but I DON'T really want to talk with hearies... So here's another cultural variety... I agree, that that article is a full lie... Looks like the hearies didnt want to take the time to find out about us... They took the EASY way to find out... Sucks, really!

[Gunsbut]

Well I undy that HOH made label of speech or speak and try to ingore about DEAF things as I am disappointed ,too and they suppose to find a few DEAf on interview for different story of aware of DEAF!

HEARING alway don't care if We want ASL and at my work I have right to use ASL with management and they respected me now.BUt I still tell them that they still not step into DEAF Club as they said nothing to me!

[DefMex73]

My Lord! Sad Sad! I agree with that lady..! ASL soo Importain too.. I dont reject hearing peoples, I like to communction with Anyhow like u said, Hiding and not knowing Deaf culutre, That's very Annoyed me..

[shrimpyandsmokey]

Hi There

I agree with you , They know better what kinda of ASL ? Why They wanna hide Our ASL ??? so DONT NEED HIDE ASL it real important ASL. Cause Need to Commution each another make more Understand .. IF it happend hard hearing or Hearing get grow then Deaf might Lose our Commution so We need ASL it real Important to Everyone who is Deaf feel more comfortable with ASL.

Thanks

Sara

[Mattb814]

I understand how your feelings about it.. Sometime hearing people dont understand what DEAF's cultute.