My boyfriend is hard of hearing and often has to read my lips when we’re in loud places. He’s mentioned before that my lips are easier to read than other people’s both because I have good diction and he has lots of practice. It really is a superpower!
WOW!! The beginning of this video really puts things into perspective! I watched it once, then again holding my hand over the subtitles & again with no sound & covering the subtitles! Even though I had just watched it twice, I could not pick out more than a few words even though we were only getting every 3rd or 4th word in the first place. Plus, you I think you still allowed us to hear more than you do, & only 1 on 1, no crazy background noise! The gentleman with the beard was IMPOSSIBLE!! I could not believe what a difference that made! This was such an interesting idea, thank you for sharing a “bit” of what your life is like with us! Much Love from Across The Pond!! 🤗💜😘
I had a co-worker who needed lip reading together with her hearing aids and after some time it just became second nature to me to make sure that I pronounced everything as clear as possible and that she could see my lips as well as possible. We sat opposite from each other with only our computer screens between us,always made sure to move over a bit so that our screens weren't in the line of sight. We even figured out that she had am easier time reading my lips when I put on some kind of darker lipstick because my lips are almost as pale as the surrounding skin so I just started wearing lipstick to work. I understand how hard it is to lip read so I try to help as much as I can to make it a bit easier on the other person. My mother is hard of hearing,I grew up like this and I think it's not that hard to change a few things to make someone elses life that little bit easier each day. I have to speak louder and in a lower pitch in order to be clearly heard by my mom so I do it. It also became second nature to just repeat stuff or answer questions she didn't hear for her when we are out shopping for example. She doesn't see or hear the typical "Do you have any coupons/some kind of bonus card?" question when she takes out her money so I answer that for her. I know what she has and she doesn't like to ask people to repeat themselves in these kind of situations.
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard I try my best. I have hip dysplasia and chronic pain because of that so I guess I just get that some people need a little extra help sometimes. My co-worker always made sure to take the elevator with me while some of our other co-workers always made fun of me taking it. Even though they knew why I don't take the stairs that much and our office was on the third floor. I'm also just used to helping others especially ones with some kind of hearing impairment because my mother was always like that. Can't deny that we siblings never used it to our advantage that she couldn't hear us whispering even while being in the same room as us though. I understand that it can be very frustrating and exhausting trying to keep up with people that don't have disabilities.
Colette Clairvoyant thank you. I met a few other people with partners or family members who are hard of hearing or deaf who do the same thing for them. I would never do it with someone I don't know that well but it works very good for our family and friends so far. My mother lost part of her hearing long before I was even born(due to a workplace without enough safety measurements to prevent exactly this) so I just grew up like this and honestly forget that she can't hear that well most of the times while still helping her in these small ways if that makes sense. I'm just so used to being her hearing aid in loud environments that I don't even think about it.
jmjames1684 my mothers hearing loss isn't bad enough that hearing aids could change her situation significantly and they would most likely hurt more than they would help. She has one of these things that you can put into any room and that makes your door bell louder and you can change the ringtone etc, her cats still inform her whenever it is ringing because they are just so used to it. Just like my cats learned that I can't bend down that well on some days and they have to jump up on something to get their bellies rubbed. My former co-worker now just friend also has a cat and he never talks to her because he just kind of figured out that she can't hear him anyway(she can just not every tone). When he is hungry he jumps on her lap or touches her with his paw to get attention. He does talk to other people though.
"Don't be afraid to tell people what you need." Oh, that applies to so many things! Too often people don't say what they need (for a whole variety of reasons). Life is simpler when people are open and honest about their needs.
I worked with someone earlier this year who is deaf and uses lipreading. Thanks to watching your channel, I felt confident enough to ask her what I could do to make things easier for us to communicate and I was comfortable that this would be welcome and non-offensive for her. I have autism and looking anyone in the face/eyes always when talking to them seems really unnatural for me personally and she got to know this and said she really appreciated this effort. We are still in touch. 😊 Thank you for your informative channel! 😊
Jessica you're a goddess!! while not deaf myself I very much wanted to watch this in case I came across a deaf person to know what to do to make their life easier. You're so fabulous though. I wish I was this relaxed and happy and comfortable with my own disabilities (I'm partially sighted and also have Osteoporosis and vitamin D deficiency which makes it difficult for me to walk) I'm not sure if you've covered this but if not can you please do a video on how you deal with the frustrations of your disabilities as it's something I'm newly having to deal with because of how quickly I've recently deteriorated in my ability to walk. Thanks.
Jessica is so good/smart on speaking about LGBTQ+, Disabilities, fashion, coping, etc. She knows what she's talking about and generous with her time and knowledge. Let's share and spread the word !!
In some situations my hearing fails and I use the techniques you mention. I'm not saying I can read lips at all, but it so much easier to understand what someone is saying if you see their faces while they talk.
Do you have any hearing disability? I think my hearing is normal, but sometimes I question it because I'm always asking for people to repeat themselves and find I understand them better when I'm facing them...
the demonstration at the beginning was really cool and enlightening! i’m autistic and have sensory processing disorder, so even though i have decent hearing, my brain just doesn’t process every word. watching this i realized i “hear” pretty similarly to you!
I have the same thing, though less strongly than in the video. I to a support my otherwise good hearing subconsciously with lip-reading especially if I there is a lot of background noise, they have a strong accent or articulate weird. The thing is, everyone on my dad’s side does this, and my dad also often shows signs of autism, so this supports the theory that I got it from him.
I love any type of deaf awareness videos you make. This was very informative. I was wondering, how long did it take you to get good at lipreading? Are there certain words that you often get confused with or mix up?
It took quite a while! But I gradually came to lipread as I was loosing my hearing. I imagine it would have been much harder if I had suddenly lost my hearing! There are A LOT of words I get confused with- I read the word 'elephant' constantly! 😂
I absolutely LOVE the demonstration in th beginning! I have a hard time helping people understand why I would lip read if I'm not deaf (I have auditory processing disorder). This is so accurate to my experience and I'm excited to share this with others. Thank you for making this!
"Don't be afraid to tell people what you need" had simply changed my life!! I need to read people's lips when there is any background noise, but for some reason I was ashamed that I had to ask them to look at me or to speak slowly. Now I do it so often that my closest friends already do it before I ask!
Hey Jessica. You’ve been a really amazingly positive force in my life! I am recently disabled and you’ve been such a huge help with accepting and embracing my disability. I’ve learned a lot while watching you and you have helped me feel a lot less hopeless and I know that once I learn how to work with my disability I can and will accomplish so much!
You are just entirely too wonderful!!! Just brilliant. I love the Deaf awareness videos so much. I have a severely hard-of-hearing niece and nephew and these have been so great to watch. Thank you thank you thank you.
I love the beginning of this video getting a little glimpse of what it's like. I'm not hearing impaired but this gives me some good tips to keep in mind if I'm ever communicating with someone who is.
I have an auditory processing disorder, which means I can hear just fine but there’s a bit of a delay between hearing and understanding. A couple of years ago I took an online course about digital accessibility, and there was an exercise where they played a video with no sound. I understood every word when I could see the speaker’s face and it really brought home to me how much I’ve been relying on lipreading this entire time. The suggestions in this video about what to ask for when you have to lipread were so helpful!
This felt so professional and helpful that now I want to learn to read lips! Thankfully in Finnish, we pronounce words always the same way they are written so that should help.. Thanks for an interesting video!!
2:52 Thanks for the tip at the end! People can be so rude! Once a guy tested me by silently calling me a bad name and he was all shocked when I figured it out... I still don't know why, but I've always had trouble focusing and tuning out outside noises, so I forced myself to read lips because I wouldn't hear part of what people said. My brain takes an extra second to combine what I processed from audio with the visual, but I feel so accomplished when I do it correctly!
I find this very useful, even though I don't have any physical hearing problems, because my anxiety sometimes attacks me when someone (especially a stranger) starts speaking to me unexpectedly and I just can't hear them, it's like everything coming out of their mouths is a big jumble. It gets even worse when I ask them to repeat what they said and I still can't get it. Maybe if I use these tricks instead of panicking and straining to HEAR better, I would be able to get the gist of whatever they are trying to say 😂 Might be hard because in my country speaking very fast is the norm, we don't even realize it. And we also make up a lot of new words, so... (Please forgive any mistakes, English is not my first language)
Grumpy TeddyBear I thought you were a native New Yorker, lol!!! We speak ovnoxiously quickly. where are you from? have you found any particularly helpful tips for dealing with your anxiety?
Annmarie Grant I'm from Chile! (Look at the bottom left of South America on the map lol). The best way to keep the anxiety down is controlling my breathing. Fidgeting also helps (just playing with my hands helps a lot and it's not very obvious, compared to other types of fidgeting. Squeezing something helps too). And music! I wouldn't be able to go out of the house on my own if I didn't have my music. Most of the time I can deal with my anxiety by visualizing what's most likely going to happen and giving myself a constant internal pep talk on top of the things I said first. The problem is when something unexpected happens, especially if it involves social interaction with strangers. And/or it's a very serious situation. That's when breathing becomes really important if I don't want to have a panic attack 😂 They are the worst!
I've had some sort of experience with lip reading because one of my friends is partially deaf in one ear and every time I talk too fast, she tells me to slow down a little so that she could properly understand me. I tried watching this video on mute so that I could learn more. Thank you for this very educational video Jessica!
Jessica at the start of the video: Dont Panic! Anxiety: I bet you will. But seriously, this is such a cool video! Not Deaf or Hard of Hearing, but I really do want to learn how to read lips, as well as learn ASL. I think both are amazing, and I want to expand my my world while exploring the world of those who need both to communicate. Thank you for the helpful tips and information!
I love this so much!! My boyfriend struggles with understanding in public places and I’ve learned an awful lot of sign language and now lipreading tips from you! Thank you SO much for doing this, you’re an amazing lady!
the video is so interesting. especially the demonstration of your hearing at first! thank you for this it was lovely to watch ❤️ (also you and your wife melt my heart literally every single time you guys are so cute)
I was born with gernal hearing problems (this was descovered properly when I was 7) and since i've had many operations, including to get my ear drum fixed, and many grommets. I do not rely on hearing aids but I've relied on lip reading all my life. When I was younger I was actually told of quite alot for moving so that I could see peoples faces more clearly. This video is so educational, I'm doing a disability night for a local scout group I help at and I may take inspiration from ur video :)
Hey Jessica :) I have commented before about being a gay, disabled young woman, with an invisible illness, and how inspiring I find your videos! Since I last commented my fiancée and I found out that she is partially deaf in both ears, and now your videos are more meaningful to us than ever! We have been watching your sign language tutorials together every night to help us learn. We love your videos, thank you for teaching and inspiring us xx
A helpful and needed tutorial. I'm Not deaf, but now I can know what to do to help the conversation be understood- sort of. LOL. It truly is difficult, with accents, new words, physical differences, etc. I am in awe of anyone who can do this, and Jessica's help is always on point - and generous ! YAY
I recently lost my hearing a few months ago in my right ear due to a concussion, so in group situations it can get very overwhelming. This video is SO appreciated by me as this will be such a good tool to use. Thank you so much! ❤️
Oh my goodness, having to focus so hard and having CFS sounds like such an awful combination! Concentrating takes SO much energy, and I don’t have any issues hearing. 💙
If you did a sign language tutorial again, as a student nurse it would be really helpful to learn signs useful in hospitals. Such as 'please take a seat', 'are you in pain?', 'where?' or 'Sorry I'm new at learning BSL'
I actually started learning to lip read in highschool because I thought it would be cool to learn. I am not super good and I need more practice, but it has really come in handy as I have gotten older. Knowing the topic really does make a difference. Also it is nice to know that other people get tired too and that it isn't just my fatigue. I'll have to try out some of these pointers. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm hard of hearing and unable to lip read naturally (like some people are). You've actually motivated me to learn a new and useful skill.
Another comment from me lol. I must say you truly are my inspiration. You have so many health problems and being deaf is awful but you are still standing strong and being beautiful and happy as you are. You are unbreakable. I admire you
I love this video! As I am almost deaf on both sides, I used to lipread alot! However, I am Kind of getting loose with it and I Focus more on my hearing. But whenever I have the chance, i will try to lipread and also the Tips you have in the video were exactly the Tips i would give my friends!! So so helpful! Much love to you from Austria x
Woaw this video was soo interesting, you are really charismatic! Thanks for making videos such as this... problems like deafness are important and need to be discussed!
I know this is an old video but I kind of just stumbled upon it! I have APD and I lip read a lot - it started out instinctively, before I realised there was a problem. I haven't really met a lot of other people who lip read so I thought that when I get lost or if I meet a new person (especially if they have facial hair!), it's a failing on my part somehow. This video has really reassured me that my experience isn't singular and that I'm not alone or "failing" at lip reading ❤️
Being one of the hearing. This.. vid helps me see. Still not sure when I came across your vids. but all of your videos have been interesting, and informative. I'd say I came on them as a friend of a few people with one or more disabilities. at least one with 3 issues causing the immune system to try and hate the body occasionally. But I've stayed because of your life you've chosen to share with us in vids below isn't a comparison. just a long comment While I can't claim any reason for lip reading. i can confirm that relaxation helped back when I was in a choir at my old church. One of the holiday services we went to sing at, the church didn't give songs to the choir to sing along with the congregation when we weren't singing our own. I found myself relaxed into the tempo, and wound up singing songs by matching singing voices to lips so I could get the wording right. some of them were songs I'd never read or sang before. Haven't been able to duplicate that before or since.
I have been reading lips since I was 7 . now i like to watch people at a red light in the car behind me thru the rearview mirror. I find this fun and I think i can pick up on their conversation
Seriously, I've got to say you're a bit of a pro at this! when we hung out I didnt even know you were hard of hearing and lip reading until you told me! Great video, see you soon x
Im not deaf, but now with covid i realized how much i rely on reading lips regardless! It's subconscious. If i can't see someones mouth because of the mask, i have a hard time understanding them. Im currently learning asl, this really helped me understand. Thanks. :)
Thank you for being so amazing and helpful. This helps us hearing folk better understand those that may be lip reading, to be patient and how to be better understood, just as the lip reader wishes to be understood.
You are so adorable! I absolutely love your videos. I am a hard of hearing person myself and totally understand your struggles as a deaf person. I was mainstreamed as a child and finally attend Gallaudet University. It’s made a huge difference in my life and I wouldn’t change my identity for the world. It’s nice to see a youtuber who is deaf and is proud to be deaf.
I have a teacher whose parents did want to get her hearing aids (she’s only partially deaf, so she can hear quite well with hearing aids), so she taught herself how to lip-read.
I just had a revelation! The demonstration and description of the troubles of lipreading reminded me of how I feel when I listen to my boyfriend having a conversation with someone in Japanese. I know a little Japanese, but not nearly enough to even get one third of the words. But I listen to the few words I know to get the topic and follow tone and body language to get the gist of what's being discussed. And it's easier to follow my bf's speech, not only because of slightly easier language than natives use, but because I know him and what topics and opinions he's likely to introduce. Many of these tips for lipreading are solid advice for learning another language as well! Engage in conversation, make sure they know you're learning so they can help you, remember it's very tiring and so on. Thank you for a great video again! You have taught me so much.
I uderstand that part about it being easier to understand someone you know well. I can tell what my best friend is saying most of the time, but when it's someone else it's harder
I was born partially deaf due to being 7 weeks early but as I grew up my hearing got better... so when I was younger I relied on my brother to talk for me cause of my cleft pallet made speaking difficult, and I read lips fairly well but as I grew up I lost the ability due to being able to hear in most situations but when I don’t quite catch something I find it hard to understand/ read someone’s lips to have a clue what they are talking about
I really enjoyed how you put this video together. Both explaining lipreading with the people in your life, and the beginning in replicating your own hearing! I would love to see in the future, if possible, an entire video were the sounds reflects your hearing throughout entire day and night!
I don't even need to know how too lip read (not yet anyway), but I found this video really interesting and informative. Especially the bit at the beginning which was great at giving us an insight into what it's like to communicate from your perspective. It was kind of scary but I'm happy to understand a little bit better.
There is an amazingly hilarious channel called bad lip reading and they do a "bad lip reading" of different things in pop culture from TV shows and movies to songs. It give some insight to how hard it is to lip read.
omg thank you so much Jess! I'm hard of hearing and I've been trying to learn how to lip read but I struggle a lot with it, the video was really helpful! I commented on one of your videos a while ago asking for a video like this, and I don't know if you read it or if it was just a coincidence, but anyway thank you!!
you know, it would be so helpful if all school systems added some deaf awareness to their classes. Early. Have someone come in and talk about it. It wouldn't take a long time, but is SO valuable. I love how Jessica is generous with her time and educates people on all kind of issues.
My father was deaf and I think watching this just made me fully realise how well he 'hid' it, or rather it helped him, via lip reading. I knew he did lip read because he had said so in the past. However, for some reason this video stuck home to me about the difficult time he must have had when I was growing up and hitting puberty and my voice changing. I remember him getting really mad at me for sometime about me not speaking properly for him so that he could understand what I was saying. Not realising at the time my voice was breaking, probably going up and down and all over the place I was left a little confused, and I'm guessing the same for him too.
I started mouth reading 6 years ago for a failed engagement I'm now going to be translating in Korean thank you mouth reading for getting me through this for ex relationship in helping me move on
Wow I'm am profoundly deaf and lipread constantly I have just shared this on my Facebook to hope people can understand a bit better how exhausting it is to lipread. This video is so clear and gives a lot of info!
I learned to read lips early in life as a bartender in a high volume Irish/Music venue. I began paying attention after a patron asked me for 4 Buds & a Coors. I hit the Perlick coolers & came back with his prize. I said, “That will be $11.25. The guy looked at me confounded & retorted, “I asked for $4 bucks in quarters… FOR THE POOL TABLE!” I began paying attending because my wallet demanded it 😂 #Truth Flannagan’s Dublin Ohio circa 1997
In all seriousness, this is all fantastic advice. Due to sensory overload issues, i sometimes wear earplugs, which then turns my hearing into a kind of like what you say you hear with your hearing aids. Lip reading and context help tremendously!
i’m hard of hearing (mainly bc of cognitive impairment) & this really is super real ! i don’t tend to tell people to slow down or repeat things because i don’t want to frustrate them, so it’s always nice to hear from another hoh/deaf person that it’s Okay to do those things :)
A good place to start is by watching the news as news casters have the best and clearest pronunciation it's easy to catch on. Also learning phonetics is a big help, as it teaching you the how sounds are formed in the mouth.
What a great video! This has helped me understand the concept better, and will help me next time I’m talking with someone who is trying to lip read. (Btw, the editing was great, too! Loved the examples using different faces.)
thankyou for the advice, I'm not deaf or hard of hearing but I get easily overwhelmed and find it hard to listen to one person speaking so I normally try to rely on lip reading, this really helps
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My boyfriend is hard of hearing and often has to read my lips when we’re in loud places. He’s mentioned before that my lips are easier to read than other people’s both because I have good diction and he has lots of practice. It really is a superpower!
I just use it when we play these games that play really loud music
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WOW!! The beginning of this video really puts things into perspective! I watched it once, then again holding my hand over the subtitles & again with no sound & covering the subtitles! Even though I had just watched it twice, I could not pick out more than a few words even though we were only getting every 3rd or 4th word in the first place. Plus, you I think you still allowed us to hear more than you do, & only 1 on 1, no crazy background noise! The gentleman with the beard was IMPOSSIBLE!! I could not believe what a difference that made! This was such an interesting idea, thank you for sharing a “bit” of what your life is like with us! Much Love from Across The Pond!! 🤗💜😘
I had a co-worker who needed lip reading together with her hearing aids and after some time it just became second nature to me to make sure that I pronounced everything as clear as possible and that she could see my lips as well as possible. We sat opposite from each other with only our computer screens between us,always made sure to move over a bit so that our screens weren't in the line of sight.
We even figured out that she had am easier time reading my lips when I put on some kind of darker lipstick because my lips are almost as pale as the surrounding skin so I just started wearing lipstick to work. I understand how hard it is to lip read so I try to help as much as I can to make it a bit easier on the other person. My mother is hard of hearing,I grew up like this and I think it's not that hard to change a few things to make someone elses life that little bit easier each day. I have to speak louder and in a lower pitch in order to be clearly heard by my mom so I do it. It also became second nature to just repeat stuff or answer questions she didn't hear for her when we are out shopping for example. She doesn't see or hear the typical "Do you have any coupons/some kind of bonus card?" question when she takes out her money so I answer that for her. I know what she has and she doesn't like to ask people to repeat themselves in these kind of situations.
You are an amazing co-worker and a wonderful child! ❤️
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard I try my best. I have hip dysplasia and chronic pain because of that so I guess I just get that some people need a little extra help sometimes. My co-worker always made sure to take the elevator with me while some of our other co-workers always made fun of me taking it. Even though they knew why I don't take the stairs that much and our office was on the third floor.
I'm also just used to helping others especially ones with some kind of hearing impairment because my mother was always like that. Can't deny that we siblings never used it to our advantage that she couldn't hear us whispering even while being in the same room as us though.
I understand that it can be very frustrating and exhausting trying to keep up with people that don't have disabilities.
you are wonderful. my daughters do the same for me in supermarkets. lol. xx
Colette Clairvoyant thank you. I met a few other people with partners or family members who are hard of hearing or deaf who do the same thing for them. I would never do it with someone I don't know that well but it works very good for our family and friends so far. My mother lost part of her hearing long before I was even born(due to a workplace without enough safety measurements to prevent exactly this) so I just grew up like this and honestly forget that she can't hear that well most of the times while still helping her in these small ways if that makes sense. I'm just so used to being her hearing aid in loud environments that I don't even think about it.
jmjames1684 my mothers hearing loss isn't bad enough that hearing aids could change her situation significantly and they would most likely hurt more than they would help. She has one of these things that you can put into any room and that makes your door bell louder and you can change the ringtone etc, her cats still inform her whenever it is ringing because they are just so used to it. Just like my cats learned that I can't bend down that well on some days and they have to jump up on something to get their bellies rubbed. My former co-worker now just friend also has a cat and he never talks to her because he just kind of figured out that she can't hear him anyway(she can just not every tone). When he is hungry he jumps on her lap or touches her with his paw to get attention. He does talk to other people though.
I’ve always had trouble with lip reading and get easily frustrated. I’ve found this very helpful. Thank you.
Wyat Rhoades saame. I am trying to learn it but it is very hard
Marija Grey A lot of the people I’m around talk so fast it’s hard to keep up. And almost all the guys have beards.
"Don't be afraid to tell people what you need." Oh, that applies to so many things! Too often people don't say what they need (for a whole variety of reasons). Life is simpler when people are open and honest about their needs.
Totally agreed!
Yes! So true!
That's super interesting and impressive!
I worked with someone earlier this year who is deaf and uses lipreading. Thanks to watching your channel, I felt confident enough to ask her what I could do to make things easier for us to communicate and I was comfortable that this would be welcome and non-offensive for her. I have autism and looking anyone in the face/eyes always when talking to them seems really unnatural for me personally and she got to know this and said she really appreciated this effort. We are still in touch. 😊 Thank you for your informative channel! 😊
Well done! :)
That kiss tho is so cute!!! 😍😍😍 Always very educational and helpful videos, Jess. Keep it up!!
Jessica you're a goddess!! while not deaf myself I very much wanted to watch this in case I came across a deaf person to know what to do to make their life easier. You're so fabulous though. I wish I was this relaxed and happy and comfortable with my own disabilities (I'm partially sighted and also have Osteoporosis and vitamin D deficiency which makes it difficult for me to walk)
I'm not sure if you've covered this but if not can you please do a video on how you deal with the frustrations of your disabilities as it's something I'm newly having to deal with because of how quickly I've recently deteriorated in my ability to walk. Thanks.
No one told me how hard it would be to lip read until I started having trouble hearing this past year. This really helped me I will use these tips.
Jessica is so good/smart on speaking about LGBTQ+, Disabilities, fashion, coping, etc. She knows what she's talking about and generous with her time and knowledge. Let's share and spread the word !!
Hi Jessica, It is wonderful to show the hearing people. They will realize about the lipreading. Thank you for sharing. Amazing.
These tips are actually excellent for learning any new language.
In some situations my hearing fails and I use the techniques you mention. I'm not saying I can read lips at all, but it so much easier to understand what someone is saying if you see their faces while they talk.
Do you have any hearing disability? I think my hearing is normal, but sometimes I question it because I'm always asking for people to repeat themselves and find I understand them better when I'm facing them...
the demonstration at the beginning was really cool and enlightening! i’m autistic and have sensory processing disorder, so even though i have decent hearing, my brain just doesn’t process every word. watching this i realized i “hear” pretty similarly to you!
I have the same thing, though less strongly than in the video. I to a support my otherwise good hearing subconsciously with lip-reading especially if I there is a lot of background noise, they have a strong accent or articulate weird.
The thing is, everyone on my dad’s side does this, and my dad also often shows signs of autism, so this supports the theory that I got it from him.
I have processing issues too! because of it I've started identifying as hoh
I love any type of deaf awareness videos you make. This was very informative. I was wondering, how long did it take you to get good at lipreading? Are there certain words that you often get confused with or mix up?
It took quite a while! But I gradually came to lipread as I was loosing my hearing. I imagine it would have been much harder if I had suddenly lost my hearing! There are A LOT of words I get confused with- I read the word 'elephant' constantly! 😂
Your hair is always so lovely, and today is no exception.
I absolutely LOVE the demonstration in th beginning! I have a hard time helping people understand why I would lip read if I'm not deaf (I have auditory processing disorder). This is so accurate to my experience and I'm excited to share this with others. Thank you for making this!
As someone of normal(ish) hearing, this is informative and helpful! Thank you for sharing and teaching us, Jessica. 🙂
I just gotta say… this video is absolutely stunning! Apart from the helpful tips, the way it’s filmed and edited is just gorgeous!
"Don't be afraid to tell people what you need" had simply changed my life!! I need to read people's lips when there is any background noise, but for some reason I was ashamed that I had to ask them to look at me or to speak slowly. Now I do it so often that my closest friends already do it before I ask!
Hey Jessica. You’ve been a really amazingly positive force in my life! I am recently disabled and you’ve been such a huge help with accepting and embracing my disability. I’ve learned a lot while watching you and you have helped me feel a lot less hopeless and I know that once I learn how to work with my disability I can and will accomplish so much!
You are just entirely too wonderful!!! Just brilliant. I love the Deaf awareness videos so much. I have a severely hard-of-hearing niece and nephew and these have been so great to watch. Thank you thank you thank you.
I love how subtitles work here
Respect
I love the beginning of this video getting a little glimpse of what it's like. I'm not hearing impaired but this gives me some good tips to keep in mind if I'm ever communicating with someone who is.
so helpful!! i've started lipreading as part of my everyday life as my hearing gets worse and this really helped!!!
These tips are very helpful for people who are being lip-read too. Thank you!
I have an auditory processing disorder, which means I can hear just fine but there’s a bit of a delay between hearing and understanding. A couple of years ago I took an online course about digital accessibility, and there was an exercise where they played a video with no sound. I understood every word when I could see the speaker’s face and it really brought home to me how much I’ve been relying on lipreading this entire time. The suggestions in this video about what to ask for when you have to lipread were so helpful!
This felt so professional and helpful that now I want to learn to read lips! Thankfully in Finnish, we pronounce words always the same way they are written so that should help.. Thanks for an interesting video!!
I've never tried lipreading before - WOW that beard made it so much harder!! This has blown my mind honestly, thanks Jessica!
2:52 Thanks for the tip at the end! People can be so rude! Once a guy tested me by silently calling me a bad name and he was all shocked when I figured it out...
I still don't know why, but I've always had trouble focusing and tuning out outside noises, so I forced myself to read lips because I wouldn't hear part of what people said.
My brain takes an extra second to combine what I processed from audio with the visual, but I feel so accomplished when I do it correctly!
I find this very useful, even though I don't have any physical hearing problems, because my anxiety sometimes attacks me when someone (especially a stranger) starts speaking to me unexpectedly and I just can't hear them, it's like everything coming out of their mouths is a big jumble. It gets even worse when I ask them to repeat what they said and I still can't get it.
Maybe if I use these tricks instead of panicking and straining to HEAR better, I would be able to get the gist of whatever they are trying to say 😂 Might be hard because in my country speaking very fast is the norm, we don't even realize it. And we also make up a lot of new words, so...
(Please forgive any mistakes, English is not my first language)
Grumpy TeddyBear I thought you were a native New Yorker, lol!!! We speak ovnoxiously quickly. where are you from? have you found any particularly helpful tips for dealing with your anxiety?
Annmarie Grant I'm from Chile! (Look at the bottom left of South America on the map lol). The best way to keep the anxiety down is controlling my breathing. Fidgeting also helps (just playing with my hands helps a lot and it's not very obvious, compared to other types of fidgeting. Squeezing something helps too). And music! I wouldn't be able to go out of the house on my own if I didn't have my music.
Most of the time I can deal with my anxiety by visualizing what's most likely going to happen and giving myself a constant internal pep talk on top of the things I said first. The problem is when something unexpected happens, especially if it involves social interaction with strangers. And/or it's a very serious situation. That's when breathing becomes really important if I don't want to have a panic attack 😂 They are the worst!
I've had some sort of experience with lip reading because one of my friends is partially deaf in one ear and every time I talk too fast, she tells me to slow down a little so that she could properly understand me. I tried watching this video on mute so that I could learn more. Thank you for this very educational video Jessica!
Jessica at the start of the video: Dont Panic!
Anxiety: I bet you will.
But seriously, this is such a cool video! Not Deaf or Hard of Hearing, but I really do want to learn how to read lips, as well as learn ASL. I think both are amazing, and I want to expand my my world while exploring the world of those who need both to communicate. Thank you for the helpful tips and information!
I love this so much!! My boyfriend struggles with understanding in public places and I’ve learned an awful lot of sign language and now lipreading tips from you! Thank you SO much for doing this, you’re an amazing lady!
the video is so interesting. especially the demonstration of your hearing at first! thank you for this it was lovely to watch ❤️ (also you and your wife melt my heart literally every single time you guys are so cute)
This woman has such a mellifluous voice and such a sweet disposition!
You are an absolute beauty! This video was extremely helpful xx
I was born with gernal hearing problems (this was descovered properly when I was 7) and since i've had many operations, including to get my ear drum fixed, and many grommets. I do not rely on hearing aids but I've relied on lip reading all my life. When I was younger I was actually told of quite alot for moving so that I could see peoples faces more clearly. This video is so educational, I'm doing a disability night for a local scout group I help at and I may take inspiration from ur video :)
Jessica, I love your sense of humor! You make my day!
Amazing editing and illustration in only 3:37. Amazing.
Hey Jessica :) I have commented before about being a gay, disabled young woman, with an invisible illness, and how inspiring I find your videos! Since I last commented my fiancée and I found out that she is partially deaf in both ears, and now your videos are more meaningful to us than ever! We have been watching your sign language tutorials together every night to help us learn. We love your videos, thank you for teaching and inspiring us xx
A helpful and needed tutorial. I'm Not deaf, but now I can know what to do to help the conversation be understood- sort of. LOL. It truly is difficult, with accents, new words, physical differences, etc. I am in awe of anyone who can do this, and Jessica's help is always on point - and generous ! YAY
That was so well done!! I loved the beginning when we got to hear what you hear! Amazing!
she's very clever !
I recently lost my hearing a few months ago in my right ear due to a concussion, so in group situations it can get very overwhelming. This video is SO appreciated by me as this will be such a good tool to use. Thank you so much! ❤️
Lip reading is definitely a super power! Thanks for creating such an informative & educational video
Beautifully shot and so informative!
Oh my goodness, having to focus so hard and having CFS sounds like such an awful combination! Concentrating takes SO much energy, and I don’t have any issues hearing. 💙
If you did a sign language tutorial again, as a student nurse it would be really helpful to learn signs useful in hospitals. Such as 'please take a seat', 'are you in pain?', 'where?' or 'Sorry I'm new at learning BSL'
I actually started learning to lip read in highschool because I thought it would be cool to learn. I am not super good and I need more practice, but it has really come in handy as I have gotten older. Knowing the topic really does make a difference. Also it is nice to know that other people get tired too and that it isn't just my fatigue. I'll have to try out some of these pointers. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm hard of hearing and unable to lip read naturally (like some people are). You've actually motivated me to learn a new and useful skill.
Another comment from me lol.
I must say you truly are my inspiration. You have so many health problems and being deaf is awful but you are still standing strong and being beautiful and happy as you are. You are unbreakable. I admire you
Really helpful! Thank you gorgeous🌸
I love this video! As I am almost deaf on both sides, I used to lipread alot! However, I am Kind of getting loose with it and I Focus more on my hearing. But whenever I have the chance, i will try to lipread and also the Tips you have in the video were exactly the Tips i would give my friends!! So so helpful! Much love to you from Austria x
Woaw this video was soo interesting, you are really charismatic! Thanks for making videos such as this... problems like deafness are important and need to be discussed!
I know this is an old video but I kind of just stumbled upon it!
I have APD and I lip read a lot - it started out instinctively, before I realised there was a problem. I haven't really met a lot of other people who lip read so I thought that when I get lost or if I meet a new person (especially if they have facial hair!), it's a failing on my part somehow.
This video has really reassured me that my experience isn't singular and that I'm not alone or "failing" at lip reading ❤️
Don't Panic! - Best advice :)
Thanks you so much for these videos on deafness! I'm an aspiring author who is writing a character that is 80% deaf, and you have been SO HELPFUL.
Being one of the hearing. This.. vid helps me see. Still not sure when I came across your vids. but all of your videos have been interesting, and informative. I'd say I came on them as a friend of a few people with one or more disabilities. at least one with 3 issues causing the immune system to try and hate the body occasionally. But I've stayed because of your life you've chosen to share with us in vids
below isn't a comparison. just a long comment
While I can't claim any reason for lip reading. i can confirm that relaxation helped back when I was in a choir at my old church. One of the holiday services we went to sing at, the church didn't give songs to the choir to sing along with the congregation when we weren't singing our own. I found myself relaxed into the tempo, and wound up singing songs by matching singing voices to lips so I could get the wording right. some of them were songs I'd never read or sang before.
Haven't been able to duplicate that before or since.
That laugh at 2:35 😍...love your videos. 😁😁😁
Awwh this is great. Really helps me communicate with people that are hard of hearing now.
I have been reading lips since I was 7 . now i like to watch people at a red light in the car behind me thru the rearview mirror. I find this fun and I think i can pick up on their conversation
Seriously, I've got to say you're a bit of a pro at this! when we hung out I didnt even know you were hard of hearing and lip reading until you told me! Great video, see you soon x
Thank you dear Oliver! We should meet soon x
Im not deaf, but now with covid i realized how much i rely on reading lips regardless!
It's subconscious.
If i can't see someones mouth because of the mask, i have a hard time understanding them.
Im currently learning asl, this really helped me understand.
Thanks. :)
Thank you for being so amazing and helpful. This helps us hearing folk better understand those that may be lip reading, to be patient and how to be better understood, just as the lip reader wishes to be understood.
This is wonderful beyond what I can articulate. Thank you, Jessica, for making content like this!
she brings SO much awareness, then we can use it.YAY
How is there a human as completely lovely as Jessica?! Thanks for everything you do.
You are so adorable! I absolutely love your videos. I am a hard of hearing person myself and totally understand your struggles as a deaf person. I was mainstreamed as a child and finally attend Gallaudet University. It’s made a huge difference in my life and I wouldn’t change my identity for the world. It’s nice to see a youtuber who is deaf and is proud to be deaf.
Love this video! Just perfect - in every way!
I have a teacher whose parents did want to get her hearing aids (she’s only partially deaf, so she can hear quite well with hearing aids), so she taught herself how to lip-read.
LOVE this video sooo much!!! soo creatively made! well done Jessica and the crew!!!
I just had a revelation! The demonstration and description of the troubles of lipreading reminded me of how I feel when I listen to my boyfriend having a conversation with someone in Japanese. I know a little Japanese, but not nearly enough to even get one third of the words. But I listen to the few words I know to get the topic and follow tone and body language to get the gist of what's being discussed. And it's easier to follow my bf's speech, not only because of slightly easier language than natives use, but because I know him and what topics and opinions he's likely to introduce.
Many of these tips for lipreading are solid advice for learning another language as well! Engage in conversation, make sure they know you're learning so they can help you, remember it's very tiring and so on.
Thank you for a great video again! You have taught me so much.
I uderstand that part about it being easier to understand someone you know well. I can tell what my best friend is saying most of the time, but when it's someone else it's harder
good insight on your part.
Phillip Defranco was right, this is extraordinarily and intensely interesting. Subscribed
The little videos in the background were really cute 😄
I rely so heavily on lip reading, it's great that you're making resources for learning!
I was born partially deaf due to being 7 weeks early but as I grew up my hearing got better... so when I was younger I relied on my brother to talk for me cause of my cleft pallet made speaking difficult, and I read lips fairly well but as I grew up I lost the ability due to being able to hear in most situations but when I don’t quite catch something I find it hard to understand/ read someone’s lips to have a clue what they are talking about
I really enjoyed how you put this video together. Both explaining lipreading with the people in your life, and the beginning in replicating your own hearing! I would love to see in the future, if possible, an entire video were the sounds reflects your hearing throughout entire day and night!
I don't even need to know how too lip read (not yet anyway), but I found this video really interesting and informative. Especially the bit at the beginning which was great at giving us an insight into what it's like to communicate from your perspective. It was kind of scary but I'm happy to understand a little bit better.
There is an amazingly hilarious channel called bad lip reading and they do a "bad lip reading" of different things in pop culture from TV shows and movies to songs. It give some insight to how hard it is to lip read.
omg thank you so much Jess! I'm hard of hearing and I've been trying to learn how to lip read but I struggle a lot with it, the video was really helpful! I commented on one of your videos a while ago asking for a video like this, and I don't know if you read it or if it was just a coincidence, but anyway thank you!!
This is so helpful! Thank you for explaining it 🙂 We’ve managed to get my workplace to start training staff in Sign Language - which is a start!
Nice! I actually always wished you made a video like this and now you have!
This video was so interesting and insightful. Thank you for making this ♥
Great video I really liked how you started it! Also I would love a tutorial on how you did the 1/2 up 1/2 down milkmaid braid hairstyle
Love this video!!Thank you for inspiring us to think out of the box and educate ourselves about issues we never learned about
you know, it would be so helpful if all school systems added some deaf awareness to their classes. Early. Have someone come in and talk about it. It wouldn't take a long time, but is SO valuable. I love how Jessica is generous with her time and educates people on all kind of issues.
My father was deaf and I think watching this just made me fully realise how well he 'hid' it, or rather it helped him, via lip reading. I knew he did lip read because he had said so in the past. However, for some reason this video stuck home to me about the difficult time he must have had when I was growing up and hitting puberty and my voice changing. I remember him getting really mad at me for sometime about me not speaking properly for him so that he could understand what I was saying. Not realising at the time my voice was breaking, probably going up and down and all over the place I was left a little confused, and I'm guessing the same for him too.
I started mouth reading 6 years ago for a failed engagement I'm now going to be translating in Korean thank you mouth reading for getting me through this for ex relationship in helping me move on
Wow I'm am profoundly deaf and lipread constantly I have just shared this on my Facebook to hope people can understand a bit better how exhausting it is to lipread. This video is so clear and gives a lot of info!
I learned to read lips early in life as a bartender in a high volume Irish/Music venue. I began paying attention after a patron asked me for 4 Buds & a Coors. I hit the Perlick coolers & came back with his prize. I said, “That will be $11.25. The guy looked at me confounded & retorted, “I asked for $4 bucks in quarters… FOR THE POOL TABLE!”
I began paying attending because my wallet demanded it 😂
#Truth Flannagan’s Dublin Ohio circa 1997
2:33 Claudia looks so intense right there...and then it dissolves into giggles. So cute!
Really helpful and insightful!
Thank you x
Hey Jessica! Great vids; you're an inspiration!❤️
But I don’t WANNA wait 2 days! *stomps foot*
Loving Clara’s hair color. :)
In all seriousness, this is all fantastic advice. Due to sensory overload issues, i sometimes wear earplugs, which then turns my hearing into a kind of like what you say you hear with your hearing aids. Lip reading and context help tremendously!
i’m hard of hearing (mainly bc of cognitive impairment) & this really is super real ! i don’t tend to tell people to slow down or repeat things because i don’t want to frustrate them, so it’s always nice to hear from another hoh/deaf person that it’s Okay to do those things :)
THANK YOU JESSICA THIS HELPS SO MUCH
Your laugh is AMAZING
yes ! it goes so deep and is infectious ! 😅😁😆
A good place to start is by watching the news as news casters have the best and clearest pronunciation it's easy to catch on. Also learning phonetics is a big help, as it teaching you the how sounds are formed in the mouth.
This is so interesting! Thank you Jessica ❤️
What a great video! This has helped me understand the concept better, and will help me next time I’m talking with someone who is trying to lip read. (Btw, the editing was great, too! Loved the examples using different faces.)
thankyou for the advice, I'm not deaf or hard of hearing but I get easily overwhelmed and find it hard to listen to one person speaking so I normally try to rely on lip reading, this really helps