r/deaf

It's 6 in the morning and a dog has been barking nonstop for over an hour. I have no clue where it is coming from and I can't stand it, it's driving me crazy! I just want to confront the person and let them know that I'm concerned about their dog and that it's been barking nonstop for a long while. Has anyone, who is hard-of-hearing, had this issue before?

I don't have my hearing aids and I still faintly hear it (it has high-pitched barks). I don't want to wear headphones, sensory issues. What can I do?

Do any of the mobile companies in the USA still have the Deaf plan? If so, which company & what is the reach out info?

Thanks!

Hi everyone!

I’m preparing a presentation on the limitations of AI-generated captions versus live human captioners for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing accessibility. I’m especially interested in real-world examples where auto captions were confusing, inaccurate, inappropriate, or even created dangerous situations.

I’ve seen examples ranging from harmless/funny misunderstandings to serious issues in education, healthcare, workplace training, meetings, public events, and emergency communication.

If you’ve personally experienced or witnessed:

• Zoom/Teams caption fails
• YouTube auto-caption disasters
• Workplace or classroom misunderstandings
• Accessibility barriers caused by bad captions
• AI captions missing tone, sarcasm, or context
• Situations where inaccurate captions caused confusion, embarrassment, exclusion, or safety concerns

I’d love to hear about them. Screenshots/examples are welcome if you’re comfortable sharing.

I’m hoping to highlight why accessibility requires more than just “turning captions on” and why human oversight still matters.

Thank you for helping educate others on this issue.

My wife and I have two sons that are HoH. We are both hearing, but support them with ASL and hearing aids. Sometimes at night, when we are in bed watching tv or relaxing, one of them will come and knock on the door. Since they have been in bed, they often don't pop their hearing aids in before they come to our door. They can't hear when we respond with, "Come in!" Obviously, we don't mind getting up to open the door, but we would like a solution where we can have a light that flashes to indicate he can come in. Any ideas?

I'm HoH but I'm late to the party. My partner is born Deaf.

One day I would love a small farm with goats, chickens, fruit trees, and vegetables. I would make money from selling at farmers markets, online, and maybe to stores or kitchens. I want the public to be able to pay to pet the animals and maybe experience some chores. If it is big enough I would want to hire people. I also would like cabins for people to visit and experience farm life. If enough people live or visit there I would want a small theator, community meal and event hall, and some other things. I would like a program similar to what I saw in a monastery, where people could stay on the farm and work for a few months, or maybe longer if they wanted to stay.

Because my household language is ASL, I would want to hire Deaf people or people who are fluent and know Deaf culture. I would start with farm hands and then maybe administration or supervisors if it was big enough.

I am still dreaming about this and can't start yet. In about 5 years I should have the money to start something small.

While I dream, do you have any ideas to make the farm an amazing place to work and enjoy? Do you think a lot of people would like it? Does it seem like a business that would be successful?

The reason is to create a happy and healthy place to live and work both for people and animals.

I’m a 24 y/o CODA. Both parents deaf, but not raised by one. Other parent taught me sign but stopped once i was old enough to communicate enough for conversation. Got a step parent that learned enough to communicate for my deaf parent. Didn’t understand how un-fluent i was until my deaf parent brought it up to me, but we lived in no deaf communities, most family didn’t learn sign, etc. That parent moved to where there are deaf communities when i was a teenager and I got to actually see more deaf events, etc. But i feel like i’m in the weirdest bubble where i’m always second guessing myself, my knowledge, my validity as a CODA, etc. I don’t talk much to my parents due to personal shit. I follow deaf creators, try to learn more, take lessons to keep up with asl where i can. I’m feeling frustrated about all of this today i guess lol and no one in my personal life can understand so i thought id yell into this void :,)

Hi r/deaf !

I’ve been helping to work on a project called Sign on Screen as a person with hearing loss, and wanted to spread the word of a resource we're developing. It's a global database of feature films, shorts, series, and documentaries that either:

• include sign language dialogue, or
• center on Deaf characters.

You can find it here: https://signonscreen.com/film-finder/

It currently has 1,544+ entries - which appears to be the majority of what exists worldwide. The database launched in June 2024, and we are continuing to work on it until our funding runs out (which sadly, is soon.).

Who it’s for:

• Deaf & hard of hearing viewers looking for representative content
• Academics and creatives needing data for projects
• Anyone curious about sign language on screen

We want this to be a community resource. If you know of a film/show we’ve missed - especially works in different sign languages (ASL, BSL, Auslan, etc.) - please let us know through the email on the website. I actively update the database, and we’d love to add your recommendations.

Two ways to access the data:

1. This website link
2. A public, read‑only Excel spreadsheet

If you are conducting research, community or industry work about sign language cinema, you are welcome to download our complete database for your own use. If you use the data in any publications, please credit Sign on Screen by citing us:

Gemma King, “Film Finder”, Sign on Screen, accessed [date], https://signonscreen.com//film-finder.

p.s If you happen to be based in Canberra, Australia, we are hosting a free film festival this Friday-Sunday. We'd love to see you there.

I was born hearing but later developed hearing loss/deafness, and I’m looking into whether it may have been caused by antibiotic overdose.

I wanted to ask if anyone here has gone through something similar and actually pursued medical negligence/legal action and if so, what was the outcome? (In my case I don't see much negligence)

Did you win, settle, or decide it wasn’t worth pursuing? Was there enough medical evidence? How difficult was the process emotionally/financially?

I’m not asking for formal legal advice, just personal experiences from people who may have been through this themselves.

I’m based in the UK, but experiences from anywhere are welcome.

Bit of a weird one this. I've not heard or read about anyone having this problem.

I have BAHA implants (abutments) on both sides. I take the processors off for bed of course, but I still get very loud "tapping" noises in my abutments from the pillow.

There is nothing wrong with the abutments themselves; I've had them for years now, they're implanted very well and don't move.

The only thing I can think of, is the threads in my pillow "twanging" against the abutment as I slightly move during the night (like when I breathe!). It's not the occasional tapping noise, it's lots of them, all the time.

My cure is to wear a sleep mask which covers the abutments, and stops the rubbing (like a sock prevents the skin rubbing against the shoe).

Does anyone else have this? Am I the only one?

ASL interpreters, I'd like to hear your origin story -

Terps have become that way when they have a personal experience with the language. Some are CODAs, some have a Deaf best friend, as well as some who start learning the language and fall in love with it.

Feel free to share with us here your story of why you became an ASL interpreter.

ETA: also crossposted to r/aslinterpreters for relevance.

My mom Sorenson video phone uses the same Amazon fire tv remote as my mom’s (97F) TV

She is in a small apartment and the tvs have to be in same room.

Anyone have any tricks on how to make it so that the tv remote doesn’t turn on/off phone and the other way too?

I’m going to try electric tape on the Sorenson so that maybe it always stays on and the remote for TV doesn’t change it. But wondering if there are any other tricks…

I have EVAS and was diagnosed when I was around 5 or 6. I grew up in a strictly oral environment, to the point that I didn't understand other dhh people or sign languages existed until I was maybe 12. I didn't meet another dhh person until I was 18. I'm 27 now and have been learning sign this whole year. I go to Deaf events when I can and have made friends in the community, I've been learning about different phone features to help with accessibility, and I've been more open about advocating for myself. Stuff like that.

Anyways. The more I experience Deaf community, the harder it is to be around hearing people. I love my hearing friends, don't get me wrong, but it can be so draining. It's not a personal attack on them by any means. I expressed this to a (hearing) friend of mine and they ended up saying something along the lines of, "You never seemed to struggle before you started signing and making Deaf friends and acting more deaf though." Well...yeah. When you don't have the experience to realize you're struggling...idk.

I wanted to invite my mom to Deaf church this weekend too but I think she would be upset. Take it as some sort of attack on her for how I was raised or make her feel dumb. That's not my intention, just how I think she'd respond.

I'm just a little sad. That's all.

a me piace un ragazzo sordo lui ha 17 anni io 14 e a me sembra che lui sia interessato. secondo voi potrebbe funzionare? riusciamo a comunicare ma non so se a lui interessa veramente stare con me o no perché sono udente. inoltre io ballo e mi piace un sacco la musica. lo vedo sempre a scuola.
Quindi un sordo sarebbe interessato a stare con una persona udente o no?

Is it hard being a coda kid? My boyfriend was a coda kid with a deaf mom, dad was normal. worked a lot. 6 days a week. many hours. Im just trying to empathize with him. Cause i think hes too clingy to his parents. Hes telling me to try and understand how hard it was being a coda kid growing up. he is now 39. He just has been overly attatched to his parents far too long.

Hi, so I'm a 23-year-old male and I've been in the Deaf community for about 5 years as my nephews are both Deaf. About 2 years ago I got an exam with an audiologist because I started noticing difficulty hearing significantly and loud tinnitus. At the time he said my ears were normal with mild SNHL. And for a signal to noise ratio, moderate loss. And he was on the fence. If I have hearing loss or audio processing disorder so I started addressing myself as hard of hearing. And I just went in again for my test and somehow my left ear was doing better than 2 years ago. And he's leaning more heavily towards potentially audio processing disorder. And now I'm curious if anyone else has a feeling of imposter syndrome that their brain says either " your hearing isn't bad enough or because you were born hearing you don't belong" or "omg youve been lying to people for years". And I'm just curious if I would still be part of the Deaf community as it appears I may not be actually losing my hearing. From what I've heard, I would still be somewhat because my nephews are Deaf. But I'm for lack of better words. Wondering if I'm still welcome in the community.

Hello, I am trying to find an accommodation for a deaf teammate. What I am trying to solve is a quick notification method when someone is concentrating elsewhere. For the hearing we may yell "HEY HEADS UP" to get someone's attention. Is there a vibrating pager where co-workers could have a simple transmitter? The idea isn't to replace texting and the current methods, but to find something to fill that need for a quick/ time sensitive attention grab. If a deaf teammate is giving crane signals to a crane operator and his attention is rightfully focused on the operator, how can we interrupt him quickly if needed?