Communication With Deaf Blind People

Fascinating look at methods to communicate with people who are both deaf and blind.
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[@sj4iy]

There is an emerging language for the deafblind now, called Protactile. It's honestly fascinating what human beings can do with language and communication.

[@francescobono7878]

😮

[@spidertamer9383]

This is fascinating, I looked it up wondering how someone could live like this? It's encouraging that these people do lead happy lives.

[@jesusvillalba2453]

sam

[@davidsurbey9352]

My wife is deaf blind. These people are not in prisons (well, they could be, idk them personally). They are normal, every day people. If this happened to you, you'd eventually live a normal, fulfilling life.Your priorities would be different but your disposition would likely be about the same.

[@stone4070]

David Surbey I'm happy that your wife is living a good life.

[@azores15]

Indeed.

[@davidsurbey9352]

likenikey justdoit no way, just in love

[@vickirosstudor490]

Bambo Sunny I don’t get it either. Especially if they were born deaf-blind. Seems extremely difficult to learn anything as they have no frame of reference. Also, how do they perceive time? Example: Say I’m 8 years old and I’m deaf-blind. My mom wants me to know that my birthday is coming up in 3 days and asks what kind of cake I want her to bake. How does she accomplish this when: 1. I don’t know what day/month it is since I can’t perceive daylight & darkness to indicate how much time has passed. 2. I have no clue what are the various flavors of cake? What it looks like or what it even is? How do you describe something new to someone who can’t see it or hear it? 3. How do I know the person trying to talk to me is my mother and not someone else? How do I recognize my own mom and distinguish her from others? There are other questions to be asked but to your point, it seems fairly cumbersome to teach and learn. God bless their perseverance.

[@renaudlemieux1]

You're wrong to say if that happens to people it would be just like another things in life. You're big time fool here just one of those 2 change your life forever for the worst so having both blind and deaf must be one of the most horrific thing that can happen to a person in life. Assuming we will just continue to have a normal life you're terribly delusional. It destroys a life entirely.

[@crystalmorales7196]

Many of us deafblind individuals live good lives. We might not be famous or wealthy but we get to experience the world differently. I graduated University in 2008 with a Bachelors degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling and teaching. I love to teach as well as compose music which I’ve done with my twin sis who’s DB as well since we were 6. Our hearing and vision was better back then.. but we lost a lot of it over time as we aged. We post our music on KZbin; Thesynthfreq and MsMotif6. Thesynthfreq is our band name which my twin chose for us because we design sounds ourselves using synthesizers which many hearing people don’t do anymore! We use analogue, vintage synthesizers including a Jupiter 8 to compose music and design sounds which we can hear using our heading sids with a music program installed. We tend to compose in minor chords and in mid-range as neither of us can hear bass or higher range notes or frequencies but we can feel them. It’s so so unique to play the baby grand piano or a B3 organ and literally feel your insides being moved necessary of how strong vibrations can be. Once I played too long and became nauseated lol. Anyhow- anyone who’s deafblind no meter the spectrum they’re on, always try your best to do whatever it is you love! Don’t let any impairments stop you. God bless you all. Crystal of The Synth Freq Band.

[@inekogary8870]

I am deaf blind. I went blind at six months old in the hands of my birth mother. And then the age between 11 and 12 1/2 I started losing my hearing. And now today I only have light perception and without hearing aids and totally deaf and with hearing aids I am profoundly profoundly hard of hearing. So my first language is English and then my second language is a SL

[@111madguy]

How did you type this???

[@thomasbellamy1]

Yeh bro. Im totally deF and blind too. Have been since birth

[@lmprioteasa]

I found this very touching. I was quite surprised these techniques were being used in the 60s and I am glad these individuals were included and understood.

[@Shalomakako]

Thank you for sharing this video. I'm an Intervenor for the Deafblind in Canada. Wow, technology has come a long way!

[@Ergav]

so many people are talking about how they would rather die than to be deaf blind... and here I am thinking "now I want a hand massage"

[@guerra_dos_bichos]

that was an unexpected twist

[@tiborneudl20]

The Grim Reaper LOL😄!!!

[@ladiemae-jenkins3947]

Wow! This is so fascinating 👏. I've already been fascinated with Helen Keller because of everything she accomplished as a deaf/blind person. Its because of her that I started to learn to read braille, wanting to master sign language, hand sign language, get things done in the dark, listen to vibration and using sight w/o hearing and hearing w/o sight. Its so interesting and important to know.

[@joken9395]

quarantine didnt bring me here. I searched it up

[@sai.riegrow]

Same

[@happypiano4810]

Same

[@spellonyou7987]

That Lady in blue dress is amazing, she can already guessed what the guy question half the way. It is shows how adaptive human could be given their situation. It is true when you take things as what it is and be positive about it there is nothing that human can't strive. And another note for oneself to have gratitude and not taking our physical sense for granted.

[@AdisturbedLLAMA]

what a what to open up a conversation at 7:00 with someone whos deaf, "my hobby is music" "music, hha"

[@boredweegie553]

Look how much of a life Helen Keller lived...people seem to forget this.She was amazing.❤️

[@lauriecoulthard9777]

This would be extremely sad as it would be like being trapped in a black void of silence

[@alsorachel3522]

I'm here because of Tyler Oakley's new video with nyle

[@K-daz_TF2]

Racist.

[@K-daz_TF2]

B L A C K void of silence + black dude profile pic, none of this is innocent. Racist.

[@renaudlemieux1]

@@diamond_lover2826 Even if you born with it, it still suck and make your life very ugly sayin otherwise is pure deny.

[@rigzmoviediaries654]

They live a good life and dont need to be reminded of that. Theyre capable.

[@dce040186]

This video makes me feel like shit about myself. It also makes me wonder how there is even a word like "can't".

[@ddn_2017]

dce040186 actually, I watched this video yesterday night and it's been in my head all day today Made me depressed :(

[@avgeeks]

1964.

[@SebastianPerezG]

Amazing ... this is amazing how people try to comunicate besides his disabilities.

[@KaraWithaKay]

Wow- this is incredible.

[@mujeebbaburi3320]

there are parents who are probably watching this to see what the future hold for their child then they read such comments as I would rather die etc.. technology has turned everyone into robots without respect or feelings

[@azores15]

Sadly, people have always been like that. Most have no compassion for the handicapped until they've suffered a similar misfortune. I unexpectedly lost some hearing in my right ear a couple of years ago, and could lose more in either one without warning. Before that, I never thought of deaf people, and anyone else's hearing loss was simply an irritation to me. I am now ashamed of my previously unfeeling attitude toward the handicapped.

[@ddn_2017]

Mujeeb ur Rahman Baburi wise

[@444stick]

Wouldn't you though? Being born like that is alright in a way, at least you don't know any better. the people commenting weren't born like that. I could lose either my hearing or my sight, but to lose both. Well I probably would rather be dead than feel like I'm trapped in a silent abyss.

[@junbh2]

+j c Most people who get huge life-changing disabilities partway through their life (blindness, paralysis, amputation, etc) do find it very very hard at first and go through grief... But then they adapt. Really. A few years later they are about as happy or unhappy as they were before.

[@andrewkestenbaum634]

This video is the biggest fucking lie she litterally says it to him there is no way she writes all those letters in time

[@BooksFriends]

I love this way of talking to people..its fun I wish if i have a deaf and blind friend so i can talk with him like that and i will help him.

[@NathanLoveridge]

This video is so incredibly inspiring!

[@howcin]

Who is that narrator that is so cliche in these vintage videos. Like the duck and cover for nuclear attack, moon landings, and I think the Twilight Zone.

[@itsnouse-yourswillbeastill2562]

The least it wasn't one of those rapid high pitched voiced announcer types used from early 1900 to late 1950

[@vinylhedgehog5574]

I get what you mean, it's always this same deep, slightly droning voice. Not always the same guy though. I think it was just the popular thing to do as a narrator then.

[@forestdenizen6497]

@Spencer Roper "received pronunciation" for British speakers. "General American" for the USA. Having a standard accent means that foreign and ethnic minority speakers do not need to be familiar with regional accents to understand the worldwide broadcasts from American and British services. If you were familiar with just how diverse regional accents can be, the reason for this standard accent in an era before automatic subtitles and where illiteracy was commonplace, becomes obvious. Even native speakers may have trouble understanding certain accents. The deaf can also have difficulty lip reading strong accents. These days broadcasters, go out of their way to be as "diverse" as possible, employing narrators with thick working class, and minority accents, all in the name of "diversity" and "representation." This is a step backwards in the name of not hurting feelings.

[@StaLkeRg2033]

@Spencer Roper look up alan watts....he has almost same voice I think

[@MrWildBunnycat]

Simply amazing.

[@Puran.gurjar.]

Thanks a lot for this video 🙏🙏

[@user-kn6vo8pt1r]

This is so interesting and wholesome 💙

[@user-kn6vo8pt1r]

The first one is so precious

[@ZJMTHUNDERWOLF]

This is incredible.

[@misshelloareyouthere]

I LOVE this video. I’m bi vision ( 1 eye visually impaired and other eye legally blind).

[@zionthomas6871]

I am legally blind so I communicate by using my ears body and voice. Throughout my live I have learned sign language and brale to help me communicate with my family and friends. Today I learned how to talk to a deth and blind person. Al's how to sign with one hand and more.

[@davidhensley76]

This video was made several years before the profession of American Sign Language interpreter became a thing. Most Deaf/blind people now read signs, not just letters, from others using their palms, like the two people here discussing their lunch plans.

[@behindyou2025]

that brell typing is cool. I wonder is it still using in blind deaf society?

[@RandomDirectors]

This is amazing! But soon we will hopefully have apps that can transcribe everyday speech and translate it to signals in a glove so that even the deaf will be able to understand speech around them :)

[@Meemsly313]

And how will one communicate in return? The gloves are capable of taking spoken word into sign language?

[@julia.veleski]

We already have that in my country lol

[@paperboyjohn]

This is fascinating :D

[@Petra44YT]

Amazing! I'd love to know how much of this has been replaced by newer technologies and how much is still used as is.

[@BooksFriends]

me too.

[@thatrecord5313]

This is really neat!

[@pikkuadi]

Amazing.

[@tikoakinney4781]

I pray for peace 🙏 and happiness for them

[@SEHUNiceEXOXO]

very informative.

[@FluBluBoy]

But what if someone was BORN deaf blind

[@Sendboi]

Helen Keller was deaf and blind at 19 months so effectively the same thing

[@mattaddison4794]

Brendan Colford and she was a fraud manipulated to promote the political causes of her teacher

[@koolguy9531]

@@mattaddison4794 I don't know. The woman at 15:30 went deaf and blind at 2 years old and has learnt to speak. It may be possible Helen Keller was real.

[@acmarston]

I can imagine food and drink would be like their only pleasure in life. He looks happy enough. Makes me feel like complaining less about my own life.

[@shisa44]

wow the CC captioning is incredibly wrong and off. :(

[@jayehydra76]

Wrongful... No sign language deaf or blind special need...

[@XaeroDegreaz]

No words

[@davojans]

Can anyone explain to me what person thinks if he borns blind and deaf? Or gets these very young till 1 years old... How he realise world?

[@tiffany4628]

I've asked myself the same question

[@JebeTheGreat]

Damn, if only I'd be deaf-blind, I might get a definitive Yes/No answer from my girlfriend.

[@opticaltips907]

Wonderful even if there is progressed technology. This helps us neophyte signers begin to understand how to communicate with those that are both deaf and blind. These ones are many many times highly intelligent, we just have to be smart enough and care enough to tap into their world if they accept us.

[@HagoCacaEnTuLeche]

How do you know if he "anticipates" the word or sentence correctly?

[@Zoink110]

What sort of iphone apps they like?

[@michaelnorth6286]

How could you learn Brail if your already blind and deaf)

[@tiborneudl20]

Not bob determination by student &, teacher's!!!

[@junbh2]

If you already knew spelling in one of these tactile ways than you could use that to teach them the alphabet. If they knew tactile sign you could sign a word and then show them the braille word. If they were born deafblind you would have to e.g., show them an object and then sign or spell it for them. And sign or spell what you're going to do before you do something so they learn what the words mean (which is kind of how babies learn any language anyway, though it takes a lot more effort to do purely by touch)

[@happypiano4810]

You don’t need sight or sound to read braille.

[@aservantofg-dofheaven.1137]

Drawing alphabet on hands, sure takes a lot of time.

[@BooksFriends]

yes but it's a fun way to talk..

[@CanadiAnnie]

How does a blind deaf person know what a letter is, or what it represents? It’s fascinating.

[@MPP5]

5 years now.. hey man you still there?

[@AmY-gm2qs]

@@CanadiAnnie they had to have known it before they went deaf blind.

[@lucylee3768]

Ok i dont understand how that works i am really interested in this so I apologize if my questions are stupid If they never are deaf blind since burth how do the know what the words mean that you spell on the glove or sign in there hands hopefully someone can explain it to me like I said before I am really interested in this subject

[@bubblegum8845]

well, you dont know english when you're just born do you? they learn it as their first language so it'd just take longer than learning normally

[@kellym.7113]

They learn what words mean the same way hearing and sighted people do

[@robossthinking1056]

interesting, how would they learn if some how this happened at birth And does there voice go low?,, but I mean. Even when this happened how do you understand which dot or what ever means what to English?is there like some symptoms that ur about to go blind?

[@madelinemassey9354]

When was this video published?

[@Galluxi]

What if you couldn't hear, see and feel?

[@happypiano4810]

It’s almost impossible to wind up with no sense of touch anywhere.

[@Max-rh1sd]

im gonna cry

[@Taylor-wt9zv]

6:40 its like texting

[@srubi74]

What year is this from?

[@winros]

As a CODA, this is hard to watch .However old school.

[@snakelemon]

When was this video made?

[@Nabee_H]

ok good I know how to read and write so if this ever happened to me I can still communicate this video helped me mainly because this is my biggest fear unless I also lost my sense of touch

[@qrower]

I like that guys voice not gonna lie

[@kipbly948]

I hope some of these people are alive. Maybe they can see or hear with way science is going now days.

[@goyaw2467]

If they could make it so that a small bluetooth keyboard is connected to the glove, giving rapid electric impulses to different parts of the hand, she could use it on the go to communicate with anyone... Btw These people must know the true meaning of sensuality. :)

[@mickeymouse12678]

I have no idea what that woman is saying at just before the 16 min mark.

[@winros]

CODA here! Look up George Redhawk😊

[@YangSing1]

how does he learn how to talk?

[@vinylhedgehog5574]

I assume he was not born deaf

[@PauloSantosPHDS]

14:01 The lady who was born deaf and blind learned by touching the other's mouth and reproducing the vibration. The explanation is in the movie.

[@azores15]

It was said that "Larry" went deaf and blind in his early teens.

[@MaxXFalcon]

̷P̷a̷u̷l̷o̷ ̷H̷e̷n̷r̷i̷q̷u̷e̷ ̷D̷o̷s̷ ̷S̷a̷n̷t̷o̷s̷ that lady wasn't blind and deaf since birth either

[@lilliansue6631]

The same as you really. You find they way to make the sounds with your mouth and throat.

[@Nathgta09]

One thing I don't understand is how do they manage to speak without shouting? Because when you are completely deaf you can't hear yourself speak not even in your head like you can when you cover your ears

[@fepeofflatearth3794]

You can relatively, through practice and coaching, determine the loudness of your speech through the vibration you feel in the torso when you speak, even though you may not be able to actually hear yourself. It may be that this man was deaf-blind his whole life, yet with proper coaching on how to position his tongue and lips, he can even speak english with enough time

[@azores15]

When one of your senses is "turned off," your brain is able to devote more attention to input from the others. To demonstrate this, take your favorite movie and listen to it without watching. It's friggin amazing what you'll notice. Without sight and hearing, you're probably better able to determine how loud you're talking just by the way your throat feels when you speak.

[@aservantofg-dofheaven.1137]

British uses the second method for older generation

[@ComplyMusicDubstepPromotion]

maybe not, if you were born like that.. It's all you know, and one would be satisfied with that because they wouldnt know better. Until they figured out how to communicate. Which would be a huge feat adding to their understanding of the world.

[@lovesanimalshatesrats6339]

How can a person who is deaf and blind speak normally? I’m very confused... if you can’t hear your own voice don’t you speak with a different tone?

[@miapopova1030]

It is possible to speak perfectly if you lost your hearing later in life, because you'd already know how to produce sounda. On top of that even people who were born deaf still can feel what the speech organs do inside their bodies (like the vibration of the vocal folds, or their tongue & lip position), so they can modulate their voices based on that. I study phonetics and phonology in school and we have a step by step detailed descriptions of the productio of all sounds in English.

[@lovesanimalshatesrats6339]

@@miapopova1030 never saw your reply until today! Thank you

[@mewznpurrz]

Why were they given stage name when credits already showed their real names? Were they really deafblind?

[@signer16]

Captioning the video would make the video accessible to Deaf people who work as SSP's with Deafblind people and to Deafblind people with some remaining vision (as most Deafblind people do have some vision). To be truly accessible, a transcript should be provided.

[@Terszel]

Yeah I guessed that lady was blind, seems weird to not mention it from the beginning

[@s0n1c88]

+Potpourri the sound is about being able to hear.. i think first two ones were able to hear but that lady cannot hear since she was born.

[@boredweegie553]

How do you teach words if you can't demonstrate what they mean..I mean,,yes and no are easy but words like coffee.how do they know what that is? Or means same with other words I'm confused.Its different if you're not deaf)blind by birth so you already know what coffee is etc..

[@Catdadonamission]

What year is this ?

[@Juuxr]

1964

[@autisticgirlawareness7420]

This Reminded me of Helen Keller .

[@winros]

Beautiful observation.

[@EastBayFM]

Being paralyzed from the neck down would be probably equally awful.. but at least id have my vision and listen to music. Deaf and blind is living in a world of silence and darkness... id take paralyzed over that. There is also technology that allows fully paralyzed people to comunicate using their eye movements via computer... sort of like how fighter pilots aim their guns uskng their eye movements in their Helmut.

[@ankushmanhas3648]

👍🏻

[@juliaofalltrades402]

What do people who were born blind and deaf do? They wouldn't know letters.

[@vickirosstudor490]

Julia Of All Trades I have the same question. If you ever find the answer, let me know.

[@miapopova1030]

I suppose they learn the words the letters make, rather than the letters themselves - English actually doesn't have a perfect correlation between written word and spoken sound to begin with. Also some deadblind people use sign language, and "read" the signs by touching the other person's hands while they are signing.

[@marshmallow2708]

if you can't hear or see how do you even know your on earth or alive there is nothing indicating that you are anywere or with anyone, I would loath not being able to have those two

[@BronzeSpaceComet]

Sara J But there’s nothing to teach you that that means that you’re alive on this earth.

[@vickirosstudor490]

I understand what you mean although it comes off a little offensive. To be born deaf and blind and have a good quality of life seems foreign to us. But humanity always finds a way to thrive. Their other senses (taste, smell, touch) are probably amplified 100x over. I think they adapt and make the most out of their situation.

[@happypiano4810]

Touch, taste, and smell. Look up Laura Bridgman. She lost everything but touch, but she got an education.

[@vickirosstudor490]

If you go deaf-blind and happen to be claustrophobic, you’re pretty much screwed.

[@mlonyenioner]

It is ridicolous that a person who is born deaf and blind should be able to learn how to not only speak but to speak in a particular language, but fuck me if carol did not prove my ass wrong. I imagine what it must be like to not hear language, but feel it. The thought just blows my mind. Also, how do we know that what they discuss at 10:38 is lunch, it definitely seems to me like Ms. Densworth is up to something

[@morganfitzp]

I'm confounded by the end credits-Are these folks just actors?

[@bjlejeune2001]

No, theses are deafblind people playing the role of other deafblind people. I know some of these folks although some have passed away now. This video had to be made back in the 1950's or 1960's.

[@morganfitzpp]

bluejeans47 That's great. What I love about this film is its ordinariness. While adjusting to disability can seem like an extraordinary feat, we are highly adaptable beings and the filmmakers show these folks' humanity and agency through their means of interaction. Sometimes it is the easy questions like, "How do you take your coffee?" that are important to be asking.

[@azores15]

I looked up Lewis Hoskins, the man who portrayed Larry. He died in 1999. He actually was deafblind IRL.

[@chanyy6838]

3:00 this guy nearly predicted deltarune characters

[@StarCrusher.]

What if you're born deaf and blind?

[@Joe_Rebel]

U r then fucked

[@ricarleite]

StarCrusher I always wondered, since I was a child, what would it feel like to be deaf, blind, and without sense of touch.

[@Joe_Rebel]

ricarleite It would be like being dead.

[@vinylhedgehog5574]

now with modern technology you can get cochlear implants to hear at least

[@bmona7550]

You'd be like that girl in Marie Heurtin (a French movie about a girl taught to communicate even though she's deaf and blind; it took a lot of work but it's possible).

[@signer16]

This video NEEDS to be captioned and/or a transcript needs to be provided.... This video is not accessible to Deaf or Deaf-blind people...

[@Roadkilledhorse]

that's very depressing...

[@snakelemon]

This is funny xD But no, seriously, when was it made?

[@pankajhiwalay]

How is this possible? How can he speak when he cant hear?

[@Skullkid359]

LOL

[@nathanielpillar8012]

what if they also had no hands?

[@tiborneudl20]

Nathaniel Pillar Feet &,toes tongue!!!

[@nathanielpillar8012]

Tibor Neudl what if they didn't have those either?

[@JamieStallingsworth]

Nathaniel Pillar Nasty lol

[@GETURHANDSUP916]

@@nathanielpillar8012 dick and balls, welcome to 2019.

[@ACEAndKTrainProductions]

@@GETURHANDSUP916 Welcome To 2020 Now

[@tomrobey2962]

Life is fucking with me big time all the time. Wtf is life. Wtf is going on

[@crustbucket2725]

Hope you’re doing good now bro

[@kristinagallagher2030]

Did anyone hear the subliminal msg in the beginning say “white people”

[@lucashallo4760]

sad

[@regnaroc9089]

My girlfriend uses the vibration method, if you know what I mean.

[@JizzyJazz]

@ David Kohout Then that guy is probably dead.

[@Amamkoncahuanquichu]

Did the narrator say "white people" in the first second?

[@loopedchopped]

Dude, totally got what you meant!

[@chrike01]

0:00 sounds like "white people".

[@JJMakesAVideo]

Jeezee why is this so scary..?!!?

[@azores15]

Because the prospect of being deaf and blind is indeed scary. But they need compassion, not fear.

[@EastBayFM]

Being 100% deaf and 100% blind would be the absolute shittiest way to exist.

[@SkaffaS]

i'd rather be dead then have to live like this

[@FlubberFlops321]

I agree. I give these people mad props for being able to function like this without sight or sound. I know myself, I would not have the willpower to carry on.