Can You Understand My Deaf Voice?

Ever wonder what a Deaf person’s voice sounds like? Here’s a video showing a born deaf person talking… how much can you understand? My Dad interprets both in spoken English and sign American Sign Language (ASL).

Every Deaf person sounds different- just like how every hearing person sounds different, everyone has their own unique voice.

Imagine learning to talk even though you have never heard a sound before. That is how it is for me. This is how I sound. I was born profoundly deaf- to hearing parents (my parents shared how they found out I was deaf in an interview here: https://youtu.be/res-mwimQTs ).

When I started speech therapy in seventh grade, I started practicing talking using my voice (while signing) at home- with my parents. Hearing my voice everyday, my Dad learned to recognize and understand my voice so that he can understand me most of the time, even without signing, which is usually when my Dad’s driving.

Originally, I planned to film a video of us talking & signing in the car to show you how much my Dad can understand me (because I think it’s so awesome, haha) but then I had an idea to do this video first- to see how much you guys can understand me and having my Dad interpret for me. :)

I hope you enjoy the video! It was weird watching myself- I have never seen myself talking (voicing) without signing, I usually sign when I talk (voice). I actually had to watch my Dad interpreting for some parts of the video because I don’t read lips, ha.

Thanks again for watching!! If you’d like to learn some basic sign language, here is the link to the video where I show 25 Basic ASL Signs for Beginners: https://youtu.be/Raa0vBXA8OQ

I also teach basic sign language vocabulary on Instagram everyday- @signedwithheart :)

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Видео Can You Understand My Deaf Voice? канала Signed With Heart