You are the best asl teacher I've ever found. You're clear and thorough but also easy to listen to. I really appreciate that you show multiple signs and show the sign from different views
Hi Chelsey! Thanks so much for the kind feedback. Glad you find this helpful in learning ASL! If you like my teaching style, I provide more free lessons via a monthly email - you can sign up at aslmeredith.com/newsletter :)
Nursing student here. Thank you so much. This would have been great when I was an EMT. I’d never substitute for an interpreter, but I want to learn more ASL because as a nurse no one talks to a patient more in a hospital than us. I need to be able to ask simple emergency questions, answer some basic questions from patient, basic communication and such. Last year I was able to talk to a patient and her son. She was so excited. I know very little, but took the time to spell out some basics questions and answers, and she taught me the signs for those words. I will never forget that day. It was my first practical application of ASL. I will strive to learn more, and for the love of God increase the speed I read sign at! That old lady was so fast! Haha.
Thank you for making this! I work in Cardiology and I float to the ER and sometimes the ASL interpretation system doesn’t work, or log ins are forgotten because it’s not used much. I always say I know “street ASL” because I learned how to sign from my sister in law who is deaf. We had a deaf patient and no way to interpret. I did my best, and told the patient (in sign) that I am only so-so with sign, so if I don’t know a sign, I’ll ask them to spell it, and to go slow. The pt was in a state of euphoria though so it took me 30 minutes just to get the answers I needed. This helped so much! Ty!!!
I have been studying ASL for almost 2 years now and I am so happy that I found your videos. I have been teaching what I have learned and now I am learning how to read it from other signers. that has been my hardest thing for me to learn. I can fully understand what you are signing! God is so amazing to have made this beautiful language. thank you!
This is very helpful. I know, especially in hospital settings, an interpreter is required. But I'm a firefighter and medic and we have never come across an emergent situation wherein we had time to get one, especially when time counts.
For anyone who dislikes this video; Go somewhere else with that thumbs down; You need love and a hug and not be in this channel… Because This is Awesome and Helpful!
I found this video so helpful. I care for pts that are unable to speak due to being ion a ventilator. And have to be able to communicate with them. After learning some basic signs, I have been able to teach them how to use certain signs so that we can communicate basic needs.thanks again
very helpful. I have not hearing family members and I really would love to know sign language. I will continue to watch all of your videos. thank you for these helpful lessons. You are a great teacher.
Thank you- this is like the twelfth medical ASL video I have seen tonight and it is by far the best using the terms I need at work and not wasting time. I wish it did not cover so much of the other vocab because I assume everyone that wants to know this lexicon is past those. But thank you for this
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do more videos like this for emergency medicine professionals! The Possible answers to these questions perhaps? I can find other videos I’m sure but your teaching style is so great ; as many others have said
I have worked with a lot of ASL users but did not have any formal training in ASL. As part of my job, I am a CPR/First Aid instructor and was looking for ways of including more signs to supplement this training. your videos are great for this, thanks!
Hello Meredith, I love your videos and I have always find them helpful. My doctor's office is interested in learning some ASL to communicate better with patients. Could you make a video of that? Perhaps a video of common questions that doctors ask patients, pain levels, domestic violence, depression, homelessness?
Thank you so much! I learn so much from you, I can now sign basic things though not as fast but I am catching up, I just want to learn this just in case someone needs my help, thank you for teaching. God bless you dear.
Fantastic❗️ - I love that you have an interpreter speaking instead of using subtitles below. ♥️ It is so much more useful to be able to watch You in the Video as opposed to reading then trying to learn the signs 😏
Hi Meredith it's been an honor and a pleasure learning a cell with you you are a good teacher very clear and consistent impatient as well. My son's wife's mother and father both are deaf and they speak to my grandchildren in sign language I've been taking the you tube classes for the last few weeks, the only issue I'm having is not reading well enough when people talk to me in ASL . I do sign to them and say PLEASE GO SLOW move slow cuz I'm just beginning and I know very little.IVE BEEN USING little helpful hints that you taught me is there anything else that you can you tell me to make things easier for me to understand someone who is talking to me in ASL?
as a lifeguard, we don't really have access to anything we can scribble on or someone to interpret for us, so I really apricate this. We had a deaf family as guests recently and I was so concerned because none of the staff knew ASL.
I love how you teach ASL. But i noticed in some of the videos like this one, there are no words/CC with your signs, & i dont know what your signing. Im deaf, so CC is a huge necessity for me. Other than that, your the best teacher ive found.
Hi, thank you for this important comment! Some videos have full open captions, other have vocabulary words on the screen. And all should have closed captions! This video, for example, *does* have closed captions. Have you clicked the video menu and selected CC ? It's available! I hope that helps.
I love your videos!! If it’s possible, could you do a veterinary medicine sign video? I’m working as a veterinary technician and we’ve had partially deaf clients come in and I’d love to be able to ask about their animal! :)
Hi Samantha, thanks for this great question! I'm so glad you're learning to better communicate with Deaf clients. If you have specific words or phrases that would be most useful, please submit them to aslmeredith.com/request -- otherwise I wouldn't know what would be most important in your work context. (Also note that extremely technical words that the average person wouldn't know, you'd likely fingerspell. But phrases to use with the client - submit to that suggestion form. Thank you!)
Hi Natasha, thanks for the request! I have a playlist for the home, and the third video includes furniture: th-cam.com/video/nHnqAu_1K-c/w-d-xo.html For other "stuff" in the home, feel free to submit a request here: goo.gl/kkgo8c
My daughter wears hearing aids but when she doesn't she can't communicate if im not there. The staff doesn't know how to sign she i and I both do but its a hassle did I mention she has cancer.. so we live at the hospital this is so important to get the basics out thanks.
I am liking your videos but your signing is sped up and hard for me to follow. I am hearing but I'm trying to watch your hands and face, but I keep having to listen instead lol
Thank you so much for your videos Meredith! I’m about to start an ALS class and familiarizing myself with some basics makes me feel more confident. I have a question, what is the difference between the sign for “heart” and “tend”? They appear the same to me. Thank you!
Great that you're getting a head start! It'll certainly help. Good question about HEART and TEND. Both do use the same hand shape. For HEART, the middle finger *taps* above the heart (left side). For TEND-TO, it moves directly out from the chest (same side as arm) in one fluid movement -- so it's not a tap like HEART is. TEND-TO also often has a mouth movement with it, where the lips come apart. *However...* in compound phrases like "heart problem" (seen in this video) the double tap of HEART may be reduced to one small tap instead of two. Note this is still a slightly different movement from TEND, which is sharper. I'll try to record each of these to share in a 'similar signs' video on Instagram (and maybe post here) to highlight the difference more clearly for you than can be done in text!).
Hi Brett, thanks for kind feedback! If you need to slow down the video at any point, you can click the gear icon and select Speed > 0.5 :) Hope that helps!
Ohhh interesting suggestion!! I'll start coming up with some relevant signs. If you could provide a list of about 15 words or phrases that would be most useful, then please let me know! :) thanks so much !
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Do you have a phlebotomy specific video. I’m a phlebotomist at a hospital and I had a deaf patient and I wanted to learn phlebotomy specific signs I was able to communicate with her cause I took some college classes and use to have a deaf coworker I would talk to all the time
This is very helpful! Thank you! Also, just to clarify, the word "finger spell" or "finger spelling" basicly looks like you playing a piano really fast? :3
Haha I guess like a young NYU medical school alumn. An ER doctor or psychiatrist. It's the hairstyle possibly. All you need are a stethoscope and name tag 🤗
Did you speed this up? I prefer slower. I think you should stick with your previous methods normal pace. Over all keep up the good work. It’s good and necessary particularly when it comes to health needs or concerns. Great idea.
Hi there; thanks for the feedback! Good question - No, this video is signed at normal speed. Only the first ~minute and 19 seconds were sped up a bit (at a speed of ~1.25) as I go through the necessary disclaimers. I sped it up intentionally to help people reach the content they're looking for (signs and phrases) more quickly after I drone on about legalities and disclaimers. From about 1:20 onward, the video is at normal/actual speed. Hope that helps clarify! If still too quick for you, you can see the signing at slower speed by clicking the gear button (or the three-dots button, depending on device) below the video select "speed" = .5 -- this will slow any TH-cam video down to half speed! Hope that helps!
Very good that’s very considerate of you to do that for people. I have no complaints or problems with it thank you for explaining it to me keep up the good work you’re very pretty girl. You’re highly intelligent. God is using you to help people communicate that’s wonderful. Don’t ever stop what you doing. God bless you
Hi! Thanks for your feedback, I'm so glad you enjoy learning from these videos. This video has closed captions! Some students find the always-on subtitles distracting, so you can enable captions by clicking the "CC" button on TH-cam. Hope that helps!
I want to learn sign language so I can take my brother to church he said as soo as I learn he will go with me. I am 57 yrs old and I learned the alpha be asl in four days so I fingerspell to him but can you help me I would love to pay you to help me if you have video chat available? or any other suggestions? ohh thank you for this video as well
Meredith, when you sign "allergic", you touched your nose with main pointer finger and then did you touch pointer fingertips or did you cross fingers? My eyesight isn't the best with details even when slowing down the video
Yes, touched nose with index finger and then both fingers touch before moving apart. They might touch at the tip or might actually cross while touching - either will be understood!
FYI you do NOT have to hire an interpreter. the hospital is required to provide one legally due to the ADA. our hospital uses a video interpreter for over 40 languages
Yes - that's what is meant here! That the PROVIDER must hire an interpreter. (Given that this video is geared at emergency medical providers, the "you" refers to them -- not the Deaf patient.) Hope that's clear!
Hi Mariah! THanks for visiting. I actually have an old video that teaches many school signs: th-cam.com/video/xHYLZRigskE/w-d-xo.html There are closed captions available on that video, so be sure to click the "CC" button and turn sound on for voiceover. I'm hoping to re-do this video in the future so do subscribe if you haven't already so you'll be notified when I publish it! But in the meantime, hope that video is a useful start for you :)
Hi Meredith, So the sign I see you use for "experience" looks like the sign I've seen for "peach". What is the difference, can you do a short video? I'm so confused about that one.
Great question! They're VERY similar. In most cases (and like most other similar or identical signs), *context* will help you know which is which. For the signs, though, 'experience' is signed with a more downward movement (down the cheek), whereas 'peach' is more outward.
Hi Roscelle, thanks for the request! Please see this post about where to find religious signs: th-cam.com/video/BDzKSKY_kQg/w-d-xo.html Hope that helps!
+redroadmedicinepath Thanks for the feedback! The first about minute and 19 seconds were sped up a bit (not 2x) as I go through the disclaimers. I sped it up intentionally to help people reach the content (signs and phrases) more quickly after I drone on about legalities and disclaimers. From about 1:20 onward, the video is at normal speed. Hope that helps clarify!
You can slow down videos. Also, as a learner, you need to become accustomed to this speed even if you don't understand. It's about training your eye. This applies to any language you learn. Practice slow and study slow, witness fast. This actually helps your acuity and comprehension subconsciously.
Without seeing it I couldn't be certain, but seems like you might be describing the sign "continue"/"ongoing"/"persist" -- look it up and see if that's what you mean.
Sorry, @ASLMeredith but I have to ding you on one mistake. For #9, it is not the sign for "Lungs". What you signed is actually the sign for "Breasts". So if an EMT actually signed that to a Deaf patients, imagine how awkward it will become. This is the proper sign for "Lungs": www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=3513 Source? I'm Deaf. As for Diabetes, most people sign it as the sign for sugar. Most don't spell it out, especially not during an emergency when EMT is trying to determine what is going on. So for sake of brevity, just sign it as "Diabetes" (Sugar) on the chin.
Great question! The reason it's not signed how you would SAY it in English is because American Sign Language (ASL) has a grammar that is entirely different from English grammar. The two are distinct natural languages, and so they don't always use the same word order. In ASL, questions tend to have the question-word last, such as "YOU USE WHAT?" or "YOU LIVE WHERE?". Hope that helps! Let me know if other questions.
Also, because ASL is a language it like many other languages are not sequenced the same way our English sentences are if that makes any sense. Like Spanish has to be conjugated and they have different ways of creating a sentence but words are not in the same order. Because of this, of course it's a lot harder to learn other languages but that's just how it is. In school and college, I took Spanish, Italian, and lastly sign language. And I think sign language is probably the most interesting language to learn and one that I actually remember and want to learn more signs and it think knowing these medical signs are important.
I'm writing a report for my EMT class about the importance of ASL in Emergency Medicine! This is so helpful! Thank you! :)
What a great issue to highlight for your class! Glad this video was of use to you :)
You are the best asl teacher I've ever found. You're clear and thorough but also easy to listen to. I really appreciate that you show multiple signs and show the sign from different views
Hi Chelsey! Thanks so much for the kind feedback. Glad you find this helpful in learning ASL!
If you like my teaching style, I provide more free lessons via a monthly email - you can sign up at aslmeredith.com/newsletter :)
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You are AWESOME CHELSEY!🌎🚴🎶🎶🎶🎶
Nursing student here. Thank you so much. This would have been great when I was an EMT.
I’d never substitute for an interpreter, but I want to learn more ASL because as a nurse no one talks to a patient more in a hospital than us. I need to be able to ask simple emergency questions, answer some basic questions from patient, basic communication and such.
Last year I was able to talk to a patient and her son. She was so excited. I know very little, but took the time to spell out some basics questions and answers, and she taught me the signs for those words.
I will never forget that day. It was my first practical application of ASL. I will strive to learn more, and for the love of God increase the speed I read sign at! That old lady was so fast! Haha.
I'm a security guard and the other day a had a distressed woman that was using sign language ,i felt now i should know common sign language.
yes, this will help guards working hospitals etc.
Thank you for making this! I work in Cardiology and I float to the ER and sometimes the ASL interpretation system doesn’t work, or log ins are forgotten because it’s not used much. I always say I know “street ASL” because I learned how to sign from my sister in law who is deaf. We had a deaf patient and no way to interpret. I did my best, and told the patient (in sign) that I am only so-so with sign, so if I don’t know a sign, I’ll ask them to spell it, and to go slow. The pt was in a state of euphoria though so it took me 30 minutes just to get the answers I needed. This helped so much! Ty!!!
Omg! I’m so happy you made this video!
I am an EMT and I wanted to learn ASL for my patients, thank you so much!!
Thanks for sharing - I'm SO glad you find this useful!! Keep up the good work
Awesomeness, thanks for your work.
I have been studying ASL for almost 2 years now and I am so happy that I found your videos. I have been teaching what I have learned and now I am learning how to read it from other signers. that has been my hardest thing for me to learn. I can fully understand what you are signing! God is so amazing to have made this beautiful language. thank you!
Thank you so much for the positive feedback! Glad you find these useful in your learning.
Working in the Emergency field this is so helpful thank you!
OMG!! Ty!! I'm in the Coast Guard, and this is perfect for us, ty so much!
Fantastic! Thank YOU ! I'm so glad you're learning some basic phrases to communicate with potential patients.
I'd love more specified videos like this one! Maybe for class situations or giving directions
Great! Thanks - I'll keep those in mind.
This is very helpful. I know, especially in hospital settings, an interpreter is required. But I'm a firefighter and medic and we have never come across an emergent situation wherein we had time to get one, especially when time counts.
So true. Great that you're learning to better communicate with potential patients, Amanda.
For anyone who dislikes this video; Go somewhere else with that thumbs down; You need love and a hug and not be in this channel… Because This is Awesome and Helpful!
Thanks for your support! Glad you find this helpful :)
I'm a 3rd year med student trying to learn ASL! Thank you so much for this video!
Thank you! I’m so glad you’re learning ASL to better communicate with your patients 💗🙌
I found this video so helpful. I care for pts that are unable to speak due to being ion a ventilator. And have to be able to communicate with them. After learning some basic signs, I have been able to teach them how to use certain signs so that we can communicate basic needs.thanks again
Hi Beth, thanks for sharing! It's great that you've found ASL useful for communication with your patients. Keep up the great work!
very helpful. I have not hearing family members and I really would love to know sign language. I will continue to watch all of your videos. thank you for these helpful lessons. You are a great teacher.
Thank you- this is like the twelfth medical ASL video I have seen tonight and it is by far the best using the terms I need at work and not wasting time. I wish it did not cover so much of the other vocab because I assume everyone that wants to know this lexicon is past those. But thank you for this
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do more videos like this for emergency medicine professionals! The Possible answers to these questions perhaps? I can find other videos I’m sure but your teaching style is so great ; as many others have said
I have worked with a lot of ASL users but did not have any formal training in ASL. As part of my job, I am a CPR/First Aid instructor and was looking for ways of including more signs to supplement this training. your videos are great for this, thanks!
Thank YOU for learning!
Hello Meredith, I love your videos and I have always find them helpful. My doctor's office is interested in learning some ASL to communicate better with patients. Could you make a video of that? Perhaps a video of common questions that doctors ask patients, pain levels, domestic violence, depression, homelessness?
This is still great to refer back to. Thank you Meridith for making this. It's likely that I will use this, in my work.
Stumbled upon this by accident, when this is exactly what I needed. Thanks!^^
I'm glad you found what you needed!! Thanks for the kind feedback.
I work night shift at a hospital. This video is so great bc at some point in the night the interpreter will leave and I have no way of communication
Thank you so much! I learn so much from you, I can now sign basic things though not as fast but I am catching up, I just want to learn this just in case someone needs my help, thank you for teaching. God bless you dear.
Thank you for the kind feedback, Liz! I'm so glad you find these videos useful :)
Whoa I'm glad I came across this video because I didn't know it was required by law, thanks for letting us know!
Great video Meridith. ❤
Thanks, Emily!
Fantastic❗️ - I love that you have an interpreter speaking instead of using subtitles below. ♥️ It is so much more useful to be able to watch You in the Video as opposed to reading then trying to learn the signs 😏
Glad you find this format useful!!
very helpful! I love how you also give a side view of it as well
Ohh wonderful! I'm so glad you found this useful :)
Thank you for the video. I want to learn more! I've had several strokes and no could understand anything I needed.
This is so helpful because I work in a Pharmacy and have had to sign with patients.
very glad that you posted this video, there is not an interpreter for a flight nurse!
Hope it helps, Laura!
Hi Meredith it's been an honor and a pleasure learning a cell with you you are a good teacher very clear and consistent impatient as well. My son's wife's mother and father both are deaf and they speak to my grandchildren in sign language I've been taking the you tube classes for the last few weeks, the only issue I'm having is not reading well enough when people talk to me in ASL . I do sign to them and say PLEASE GO SLOW move slow cuz I'm just beginning and I know very little.IVE BEEN USING little helpful hints that you taught me is there anything else that you can you tell me to make things easier for me to understand someone who is talking to me in ASL?
thankyou for this video on ASL emergency signs,,,,,,,,
Wow, this was awesome. So much to learn! Thanks again!!
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VERY helpful! I wish it would be mandatory for all first responders to learn some basic signs to prevent miscommunications and even trageties.
Agreed!
Meredith is shows sign is greatest, simple example sign learning, very good signs applause her whoa.
You are the best teacher ❤
Wow, thank you! Glad you find these useful for learning
i love your videos i just want to learn to be helpful to others even my 5 year old is watching to learn thankyou very much
Thank you for the kind feedback! I'm glad you both find these videos useful :)
Thank you for your videos, and they are most helpful. Can you make a video of words and phrases in an Optometrist office. I would be very grateful.
Very useful. Can you make another video that is slower so we can understand your signs better?
I'm a dental assistant and this is SO helpful! Thank you so much ❤
Thanks for watching and learning!!
as a lifeguard, we don't really have access to anything we can scribble on or someone to interpret for us, so I really apricate this. We had a deaf family as guests recently and I was so concerned because none of the staff knew ASL.
Thanks for sharing! This other video about summer / water park signs might help, too: th-cam.com/video/l49KObwr0Nw/w-d-xo.html
I love how you teach ASL.
But i noticed in some of the videos like this one, there are no words/CC with your signs, & i dont know what your signing.
Im deaf, so CC is a huge necessity for me.
Other than that, your the best teacher ive found.
Hi, thank you for this important comment! Some videos have full open captions, other have vocabulary words on the screen. And all should have closed captions! This video, for example, *does* have closed captions. Have you clicked the video menu and selected CC ? It's available! I hope that helps.
@@ASLMeredith Omgosh!
Hello.
Yes it was most helpful.
Thank you so much for that information.
I really appreciate it very much..
Would you be able to do a video on movement-like jump, jump over, run, balance, obstacle course, catch etc? Maybe also sports related?
Great! I'm always waiting for new updates
Could you do a video about phrases used in a dental office?
Meredith , you are a Damn Good Teacher , keep it up with your Video and thank you . ❤❤❤❤
I'm very happy to have found your channel. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this video, I learned so much.
Thanks! Glad you found this useful.
This is ESSENTIAL FOR
ALL HUMANS!
Agreed it'd be wonderful if everyone could sign!
thanks for the awesome videos.. it helps me continue to practice and teach others as well.
keep up the amazing work
Thank you so much for this kind feedback! Glad you find these useful.
I love your videos!! If it’s possible, could you do a veterinary medicine sign video? I’m working as a veterinary technician and we’ve had partially deaf clients come in and I’d love to be able to ask about their animal! :)
Hi Samantha, thanks for this great question! I'm so glad you're learning to better communicate with Deaf clients. If you have specific words or phrases that would be most useful, please submit them to aslmeredith.com/request -- otherwise I wouldn't know what would be most important in your work context. (Also note that extremely technical words that the average person wouldn't know, you'd likely fingerspell. But phrases to use with the client - submit to that suggestion form. Thank you!)
Can you do one of furniture and stuff in home that people use daily? Please and I love your videos.
Hi Natasha, thanks for the request! I have a playlist for the home, and the third video includes furniture: th-cam.com/video/nHnqAu_1K-c/w-d-xo.html For other "stuff" in the home, feel free to submit a request here: goo.gl/kkgo8c
Thank you for this video and your other videos. These are good to have.
You're very welcome! I'm thrilled you find these useful :)
My daughter wears hearing aids but when she doesn't she can't communicate if im not there. The staff doesn't know how to sign she i
and I both do but its a hassle did I mention she has cancer.. so we live at the hospital this is so important to get the basics out thanks.
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I am liking your videos but your signing is sped up and hard for me to follow. I am hearing but I'm trying to watch your hands and face, but I keep having to listen instead lol
No worries. You can click on the button on the right at the top of your screen to access the playback speed controls.
Bt dn again, only the updated version of youtube has dt option
Michele2luv click at the top and slow down the speed at the top right of screen
Thanks
I was going to say that's your sign is very very quick. Thank you for the tip about slowing down the video! This is extremely helpful
Thank you so much for your videos Meredith! I’m about to start an ALS class and familiarizing myself with some basics makes me feel more confident. I have a question, what is the difference between the sign for “heart” and “tend”? They appear the same to me. Thank you!
Great that you're getting a head start! It'll certainly help. Good question about HEART and TEND. Both do use the same hand shape. For HEART, the middle finger *taps* above the heart (left side). For TEND-TO, it moves directly out from the chest (same side as arm) in one fluid movement -- so it's not a tap like HEART is. TEND-TO also often has a mouth movement with it, where the lips come apart. *However...* in compound phrases like "heart problem" (seen in this video) the double tap of HEART may be reduced to one small tap instead of two. Note this is still a slightly different movement from TEND, which is sharper. I'll try to record each of these to share in a 'similar signs' video on Instagram (and maybe post here) to highlight the difference more clearly for you than can be done in text!).
ASLMeredith thank you for the explanation.
In case you missed it, it's now here on Instagram, and also in the 2 previous posts I show each sign in more detail: instagram.com/p/ByqwBCkn96x/
Can you do a video of home things , kitchen things, stuff like that?
Thanks for the suggestion, Delaney! I'll add that to my list :)
this is Excellent! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
This is such an important video!! Thank you so much for making this!! :D
Thanks for the kind feedback, Kayla!! Glad you find this useful, and hope others do :)
love the videos i just wish it was a tad slower. thank you though!
Hi Brett, thanks for kind feedback! If you need to slow down the video at any point, you can click the gear icon and select Speed > 0.5 :) Hope that helps!
I'm a hair stylist so I'd LOVE a video for going to the salon!
Ohhh interesting suggestion!! I'll start coming up with some relevant signs. If you could provide a list of about 15 words or phrases that would be most useful, then please let me know! :) thanks so much !
I know this is a lot I was trying to narrow it down lol but I'm sure whatever you decide would be great!
Haircut
Layers
Bangs
Blonde/brunette or lighter/darker
Highlights/dimension
Product
Tone(warm/cool or ash/neutral)
How would you like your hair styled?/ I would like my hair styled... or cut
Curly/Straight/Wavy
Volume
Moisture/dry
Damage/breakage
Shine
Wax/waxing
Mani/pedi
Scissor/Clipper/Razor
Thanks!
Do you have a phlebotomy specific video. I’m a phlebotomist at a hospital and I had a deaf patient and I wanted to learn phlebotomy specific signs I was able to communicate with her cause I took some college classes and use to have a deaf coworker I would talk to all the time
You're great, subscribing!
Thank you for visiting! Glad you find these videos useful :)
thanks for the video meredith asl your awesome
This is very helpful! Thank you!
Also, just to clarify, the word "finger spell" or "finger spelling" basicly looks like you playing a piano really fast? :3
Can you do a video about special needs? I’m special needs and I would love to see that! I already sent a request but not sure if you will see it. 🙃
Very helpful information
How interesting! Thank you! ❤️😁
This video is very helpful thank you!
Thank YOU! :D
Great, Thanks for this info
Thank you!
That was amazing! You look like a doctor too 🤩
Ha, how so?
Haha I guess like a young NYU medical school alumn. An ER doctor or psychiatrist. It's the hairstyle possibly. All you need are a stethoscope and name tag 🤗
Did you speed this up? I prefer slower. I think you should stick with your previous methods normal pace. Over all keep up the good work. It’s good and necessary particularly when it comes to health needs or concerns. Great idea.
Hi there; thanks for the feedback! Good question - No, this video is signed at normal speed. Only the first ~minute and 19 seconds were sped up a bit (at a speed of ~1.25) as I go through the necessary disclaimers. I sped it up intentionally to help people reach the content they're looking for (signs and phrases) more quickly after I drone on about legalities and disclaimers. From about 1:20 onward, the video is at normal/actual speed. Hope that helps clarify! If still too quick for you, you can see the signing at slower speed by clicking the gear button (or the three-dots button, depending on device) below the video select "speed" = .5 -- this will slow any TH-cam video down to half speed! Hope that helps!
Very good that’s very considerate of you to do that for people. I have no complaints or problems with it thank you for explaining it to me keep up the good work you’re very pretty girl. You’re highly intelligent. God is using you to help people communicate that’s wonderful. Don’t ever stop what you doing. God bless you
My step cousin is a registered nurse. I think this will help her in the future. I’m going to pass it on to her.
Hello Thank you for your videos, they are very nice I learn a lot. but you can put subtitles pleaseeeeee!! Thanks
Hi! Thanks for your feedback, I'm so glad you enjoy learning from these videos. This video has closed captions! Some students find the always-on subtitles distracting, so you can enable captions by clicking the "CC" button on TH-cam. Hope that helps!
Please the writing in every show or video so that i can understand what you mean. Meanwhile thank you for the videos i have learnt a lot.
Excellent info!
I want to learn sign language so I can take my brother to church he said as soo as I learn he will go with me. I am 57 yrs old and I learned the alpha be asl in four days so I fingerspell to him but can you help me I would love to pay you to help me if you have video chat available? or any other suggestions? ohh thank you for this video as well
Thank you!! I needed this one!
Thanks, Lisa! I'm glad you found this useful
Wow this could save a life.
Maybe have captions next time :) I had no idea what u were signing. Even have the words highlight for what movement you are making
Thanks for this feedback! This video does have captions - enable closed captions for English text support.
Thank you for having voice over. Some channels only have captions and I can't read them AND look at you at the same time.
The ti.e of voice and sign are kind of off. In the beginning, is a little confusing. But other than that everything is clear
Meredith, when you sign "allergic", you touched your nose with main pointer finger and then did you touch pointer fingertips or did you cross fingers? My eyesight isn't the best with details even when slowing down the video
Yes, touched nose with index finger and then both fingers touch before moving apart. They might touch at the tip or might actually cross while touching - either will be understood!
¡Gracias!
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u r great meredith ☺️☺️
Thank you, Pavan! :D
is there a website or app that you use for editing your videos?
FYI you do NOT have to hire an interpreter. the hospital is required to provide one legally due to the ADA. our hospital uses a video interpreter for over 40 languages
Yes - that's what is meant here! That the PROVIDER must hire an interpreter. (Given that this video is geared at emergency medical providers, the "you" refers to them -- not the Deaf patient.) Hope that's clear!
Hi! Can you do a school-related ASL video❤️?
Hi Mariah! THanks for visiting. I actually have an old video that teaches many school signs: th-cam.com/video/xHYLZRigskE/w-d-xo.html There are closed captions available on that video, so be sure to click the "CC" button and turn sound on for voiceover. I'm hoping to re-do this video in the future so do subscribe if you haven't already so you'll be notified when I publish it! But in the meantime, hope that video is a useful start for you :)
Thank you!!😘😘😘😘😘😘
Thank YOU!
Hi Meredith,
So the sign I see you use for "experience" looks like the sign I've seen for "peach". What is the difference, can you do a short video? I'm so confused about that one.
Great question! They're VERY similar. In most cases (and like most other similar or identical signs), *context* will help you know which is which. For the signs, though, 'experience' is signed with a more downward movement (down the cheek), whereas 'peach' is more outward.
ASLMeredith I appreciate that! Thank you so much!!!
I work at a retail pharmacy. Could you do questions and phrases for that? I am a pharmacy technician
Hi there! Thanks for reaching out! Please submit any requests with a few SPECIFIC phrases to this form: goo.gl/kkgo8c
I need more words like pastors missionaries praise and worships, leaders etc... New videos pls...
Hi Roscelle, thanks for the request! Please see this post about where to find religious signs: th-cam.com/video/BDzKSKY_kQg/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps!
I follow you on Instagram, glad I found your TH-cam 👍😊
Hi Gianna, thanks so much for following on Instagram and now on TH-cam! I hope you find these videos helpful :)
Help and Emergency? How to sign?
Great videos
Thanks for the kind feedback! Glad you find these videos useful :)
Please fix the Medical Emergency ASL video, for it is speed up to twice the speed? I don't know if you ment to do that or not.
+redroadmedicinepath Thanks for the feedback! The first about minute and 19 seconds were sped up a bit (not 2x) as I go through the disclaimers. I sped it up intentionally to help people reach the content (signs and phrases) more quickly after I drone on about legalities and disclaimers. From about 1:20 onward, the video is at normal speed. Hope that helps clarify!
Signing too fast
You can slow down videos. Also, as a learner, you need to become accustomed to this speed even if you don't understand. It's about training your eye. This applies to any language you learn. Practice slow and study slow, witness fast. This actually helps your acuity and comprehension subconsciously.
You can slow it down, but she is slowing down and breaking down every sentence.
slow it down to x0. 75
Can you tell me what putting your thumbs point to point moving away from the chest mean
Without seeing it I couldn't be certain, but seems like you might be describing the sign "continue"/"ongoing"/"persist" -- look it up and see if that's what you mean.
Thank u
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Sorry, @ASLMeredith but I have to ding you on one mistake. For #9, it is not the sign for "Lungs". What you signed is actually the sign for "Breasts". So if an EMT actually signed that to a Deaf patients, imagine how awkward it will become.
This is the proper sign for "Lungs": www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=3513
Source? I'm Deaf.
As for Diabetes, most people sign it as the sign for sugar. Most don't spell it out, especially not during an emergency when EMT is trying to determine what is going on. So for sake of brevity, just sign it as "Diabetes" (Sugar) on the chin.
🤟🤟🤟🤟 ! Your Video is Awesome .
Thanks, I'm glad you find these useful!
Question:Why is it that when signing you say "Medicine you take what?" why not sign it how we would normally talk i.e. "What medicine do you take?"
Great question! The reason it's not signed how you would SAY it in English is because American Sign Language (ASL) has a grammar that is entirely different from English grammar. The two are distinct natural languages, and so they don't always use the same word order. In ASL, questions tend to have the question-word last, such as "YOU USE WHAT?" or "YOU LIVE WHERE?". Hope that helps! Let me know if other questions.
Also, because ASL is a language it like many other languages are not sequenced the same way our English sentences are if that makes any sense. Like Spanish has to be conjugated and they have different ways of creating a sentence but words are not in the same order. Because of this, of course it's a lot harder to learn other languages but that's just how it is. In school and college, I took Spanish, Italian, and lastly sign language. And I think sign language is probably the most interesting language to learn and one that I actually remember and want to learn more signs and it think knowing these medical signs are important.