Deaf Gain - A Documentary Film

[@SummerBrenner]

been learning a few words here and there for years, but this film is just so inspiring, thank you!

[@mikeybarrett5218]

It was such a huge honor being a contributor to this beyond wonderful film! Thank you, Ashley Larson :)

[@ashleylarson5382]

Aww thank you so much Mikey! Thank you for being a part of it 😊

[@GeoNeoFilmProductions]

@@ashleylarson5382 Good Job movie deaf Much happy smile :)

[@wandaburki948]

It’s true!! The only way to change people mind us through education. I have hope for the next generation of people learning ASL & Deaf culture.. thank you!!

[@vanivani4314]

u number get i deaf yes

[@mandarinas1828]

Im glad this documentary was actually useful, despite the bad first impression. I've been watching some short films on KZbin about being deaf and they were all about pity and hearing people's perspective

[@ashleylarson5382]

Thanks, I appreciate that! There is definitely a lack of understanding when it comes to the concept of Deaf gain. I’m glad you enjoyed it :)

[@XmXm999]

Hi, i am a Nursing student. I started learning AMS , and i learnt the alphabet. It’s so interesting, and i want to communicate with Deaf people.

[@destinypowers1146]

this was a great video. Ty, everyone was great. i become officially hard of hearing in 2017, and learning asl, but also learning deaf culture and seeing things from deaf eyes. now signs I am informed I need to learn are Midwest USA dialect. tho I recognized a lot of signs today. I've been told two ways. watch signing and try to pick out signs, then put together, and don't look at captions. others told me its ok look captions to confirm that's signs I seen.

[@destinypowers1146]

i need to include i have alot of deaf in my family, and my male companion is deaf. .. so I have more reasons need to learn. i find books doesn't always have some signs we need. then I have to go to these sights look up. .. but then they want you to pay

[@andyvan5692]

great doco, nice to 'see' what the culture of the language means, I have Autism, and can hear, but many of my "ASD community" can't speak, or have any Language to communicate what their brains think ( our brains are like basic computers, we can only 'do' so much at once,sometimes certain brain areas are under developed,or not there at all), so I understand how important this is to people, as it is a voice, not just for deaf, but any person who can't for whatever reason communicate, ASD, Stroke, mutism, or many others we are all NOT disabled in a negative way, we are 'Neuro-diverse', we think, and act diferently.

[@LisaHaisha]

Brilliant documentary. Congratulations Ashley.

[@mandarinas1828]

The international sign for person we use it in Uruguay too!

[@GeoNeoFilmProductions]

I was born deaf/hard hearing but few month back im lost rest hearing due to covid but thankful im know ASL and accepted by the deaf community

[@kitdubhran2968]

Really liked this. Especially the fade-in/fade-out sound at the beginning and end. It was awesome to watch the sign as I’m learning ASL and every little bit of practice helps.

[@esk7290]

A very beautiful short, thanks for sharing.

[@christadauria4362]

I am interested in Deaf Gain.- Thumbs-Up!!😊🥰👍👍

[@dieterkellermann6840]

From Germany I think that ASL gain more important for hearing people while deaf gain right for deaf people.

[@NoWayAroundIt_]

Very good video actually

[@brendapowers5684]

i been learning asl for a while now. i wish ik more than i do but i will and i do not see ppl being deaf as a disability because they can do anything but hear

[@jensmeier5148]

Beautiful Deaf l love

[@gr33nl4ndsh4rk]

This is really cool! Great job with the film!

[@christadauria4362]

Potentially I really agree with Deaf Gain at honestly.👍👍‼️- In my real life, I am last-born and youngest one then I have my hearing parents ( deceased), my oldest deaf brother, my hard-of- hearing brother, my hearing brother, and my hearing sister in my D’Auria Family on American soil. Otherwise my recent genetic testing results have shown that I have: COX-26 as recessive gene causing Genetic Deafness in my D’Auria-Doria Family Tree from one generation to another generation in my longer lineage in timeline in my family genealogical history in a fact. Well, I speak in ASL, PSE ( Pidgin Signed English), SEE( Signed Exact English), Home-Made Gestures, and Italian Gestural Language in proficiency when I grew up as I have been a fast learner in nature. Strongly I originally came from my strong, intellectual, conservative, well-educated, and college-educated Italian American middle-class family with privileges in Uniontown, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. So that I am Bi-Lingual (ASL-English), then I have been strongly an avid reader as I reply on the written notes in my strong English language skills to communicate with other hearing people in public. And then I socialize with other deaf and hard-of-hearing people speaking in ASL in public so well. In my good educational backgrounds, I have B.A. ( Bachelor’s Degree of Arts) in double-majors of Biology and Chemistry from Gallaudet University, Washington, DC with Class of 1981 ( Monday May 18, 1981). Strongly I finally have favored ASL, and International Sign Language in approval in a fact. 👍👍‼️🤟✌️🫶✨

[@bonniekoss9169]

Is there a way to turn off the captions on this video?

[@ashleylarson5382]

No I’m sorry, they’re imbedded

[@norykyron]

Hi! how can I contact you for film content, please? Thank you

[@ashleylarson5382]

Hi! You can contact me through my email: [e-mail]

[@wandrews4123]

What a great documentary! However this will not benefit to hearing parents of deaf children because of no voice on this video... It would be a good idea to include voice/captions for everyone. Accessible for everyone is important! Again, thanks for the documentary.

[@ashleylarson5382]

I'm not sure what you mean, there are embedded English captions...

[@wandrews4123]

@@ashleylarson5382 What I mean is that hearing parents/viewers who will not understand their signs and would need those signs convert to “voice” for them. Hope you get it what I mean. Thanks for asking!

[@ashleylarson5382]

@@wandrews4123 Do you mean for parents learning ASL? It’s the same information written in the caption as if it was voiced, it just requires reading.

[@wandrews4123]

@@ashleylarson5382 Ahhh… yeah.. I apologize for not making it clear… Kudos for putting captions on this video. I mean that for some hearing people with poor vision can’t read it… for instance, my 94 year old hearing mother can’t read captions, and prefer to listen of what they say. Am I making it clear? Again, sorry for confusing you over this. This documentary is a very unique educational piece!

[@ashleylarson5382]

@@wandrews4123 Ah I understand, I’m sorry it isn’t accessible for her. I originally made this film for a college Film Production course so having ambient sound at the beginning and end and not having a voice over in the middle was an artistic choice so hearing people would get the sense of how deaf people experience the world and media. It’s amazing it has reached so many people now, I never anticipated that when I was making the film. If I had known I might have changed my approach. I appreciate you clarifying your comment and advocating for more accessibility!

[@shakiramoguel3433]

Excelente! Me encantó :) Soy de Honduras y aquí usamos el LESHO

[@ashleylarson5382]

Muchas gracias!

[@zeebrook]

Although this is a very clear and well photographed video, I wonder if there could have been some voice over for those who have some hearing and are learning to sign, also maybe a little slower when they are signing. I don't mean these comments as a criticism merely an observation as one who is learning to sign with some hearing. Jim.

[@ashleylarson5382]

Hi Jim, I chose not to add a voiceover because I feel that films or interviews in ASL that have English voiceovers often distract from the real “voice” of the signer. The film is also focused on the importance of ASL as a language in its own right so overwriting it with English to cater even more to a hearing audience than subtitles already do, felt wrong. I also use sound as a device to illustrate a transition from the hearing world to the d/Deaf world and back to the hearing world so that was part of the decision as well. This film also wasn’t intended to be studied as a way to learn new signs for ASL students (although watching any signing is great practice), rather to educate hearing audiences on the concept of Deaf gain. This film actually is a part of the UCSD ASL curriculum now but as educational material on the subject of Deaf gain, not necessarily to practice vocabulary, so the speed of the signing was dependent on the preference of the individual I was interviewing. I hope this answered your question :)

[@zeebrook]

@@ashleylarson5382 Hi Ashley. Thank you for your reply. Your explanation was first class and did answer many questions, and I understand why you chose to do it in the way you did now. I hope you will do more in the future, and listening to other peoples stories helped, as I’m sure it will others. I have met some wonderful people in our deaf community. Sadly, our deaf club closed many years ago due in part to lack of support plus, when I joined there were many older people who have now passed on. Living in a relatively small town in England, there would not be enough to keep another one like that running due to costs. However, I have just learned of a church that once a week hold a bridge and whisk meeting for the deaf community, and it is just £1 to enter plus, they serve tea and coffee. Once the lockdown is over, I will go and have a look. I have some hearing but, as I am getting older it doesn’t hurt to brush up on latent skills. Once again, thank you for your reply. Jim.

[@ashleylarson5382]

Hi Jim, thank you so much! I’m sorry to hear about your deaf club closing :/ that is unfortunately a very common phenomenon :( but I’m glad you found another place to interact with your local d/Deaf community! I hope that goes well for you when you get a chance to check it out! Take care!

[@zeebrook]

@@ashleylarson5382 Thank you so much.

[@pockettes3918]

I love this

[@michaelhenry3322]

Answers

[@jasrai3126]

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[@AusticHardOfHearingSinger]

I sign faster than they sign. Hmmm... I've only neen signing SEE abd ASL off and on for half if my life. But my speed of signing improved to very quick speed after just under one year. I mean very, vrty quick. My interpreters even had to ask me to slow down, at times. Lol. I prefer SEE as I was borne hearing, but I learned ASL for my son who was borne deaf before his surgery he had to help him hear.

[@mezmos5866]

Deaf n normal maybe can play a role in this Covid 19

[@deb1920]

Deaf and hearing people. Not "normal."