Social Experiment: Being Deaf For A Day

Deaf Awareness: Jenn Chia was Deaf for a day. This is what happened..

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- This video is one that is incredibly close to Jenn Chia heart. Being Deaf for a day has made Jenn more aware of the world around her. It has opened up her mind to a new worldview. Video with English Subtitles.

Before this, Jenn have always deemed the Deaf as, for lack of a better word, incapable of many everyday activities. Yes, she was that stupid and uninitiated.

After this “experiment,” albeit only for a day, she learnt that apart from hearing, the Deaf can do anything a hearing person can... and more.

Without her sense of hearing, she found herself paying more attention when communicating with other people. She became more attentive to signs, cues, and nuances that could indicate what the other person is talking about.

In the making of this video, she realised how much taken words and communication for granted; and how a genuine smile could light up a room, transcending language and senses.

Thank you so much Grab Malaysia for giving her this opportunity to experience something so invaluable.

She want to thank the team as well for supporting her and realising this mini documentary with Jenn Chia. To know more about how you can support the initiative as well, visit website: https://grb.to/GFGSoimjenn.

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Deaf Live-Streamer Helps Deaf Shop Online

A Deaf live-streamer who helps other Deaf people shop online.

HANGZHOU, China -- A Deaf live-streamer Ziwei, lives in eastern China’s Zhejiang province and helps other Deaf people shop online through unique product introductions. a live-streaming has become a leading sales platform in China.

A Deaf live-streamer, Ziwei says "I want to help Deaf customers enjoy the convenience too", Ziwei uses Chinese sign language in her live-streams is the most popular goods and trends on social media in Deaf Chinese community.

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Deaf Korean Short Film ‘Midnight Sun’

A short film based on the Korean love story in ‘Midnight Sun’ of two Deaf teenagers struggle to earn respect and love.

AsianCrush releases ‘Midnight Sun’ (미브나잇 썬) is about two hearing impaired high school students struggle to find love and respect in this poignant drama. A Deaf girl goes on a her first date, but he's not who she hoped he'd be.

English Subtitles Version.

Starring:
Seo Ye-rin
Kim Do-jin
Ryu Jun-yeol

Directed By:
Cho Yong-Won 조용원

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Deaf Romance Short Film 'Noise'

A Deaf woman forms a bond with a stranger, forcing them to communicate without language.

Omeleto release a romance short film “Noise” presenting Sophie stands by herself staring at the ocean. Lost in her own world and thoughts - as well as being Deaf - she is oblivious at first to the stranger who begins to share her spot on the pier, trying to photograph the local scene.

Eventually they strike up a conversation via hand gestures and facial expressions, and Sophie and Bemo spend the afternoon together, forming an unlikely bond that flourishes despite their lack of shared language. But that growing bond and attraction is challenged in its own way, and what seems like a straightforward romance becomes a meditation on attraction, love and the vivid, fleeting nature of it all.

Writer-director Michael Aloyan's short romance traces the beginning of an attraction, beginning with the requisite "meet cute" and proceeding until what's traditionally regarded as the next step. Charming, simply but beautifully shot and well-performed, watching two different individuals find common ground and then attraction is lovely, especially when the storytelling highlights how their lack of shared language seemingly makes space for a more intimate, vulnerable connection.

There isn't much dialogue in the film, but strong sound design offers a glimpse of what's it like to be in Sophie's head, experiencing music as rhythmic thumps and exploring a subjectivity that is rich in sensation, even if she can't hear sound. Sharing some of that with Bemo forms one of the most evocative and heart-warming moments in the film, and it's easy to see why they become so taken with one another.

Actress T.J. Carpio plays Sophie's hearing impairment lightly, but traces her growing openness to Bemo with great responsiveness and emotional honesty. Actor Shvan Aladdin plays off her well as Bemo, essaying a role notable for its warmth and kindness, and the two's connection flourishes, even if they don't seem to have much shared ground yet.

As Sophie and Bemo develop other ways to share their selves and lives outside of spoken conversation, the film seems to function as a romantic montage leading to a high point of consummation, gracefully threading through their growing intimacy in a series of beautifully etched vignettes. But in a subtle but clever set of twists, the storytelling upends those narrative expectations, making what seems like a straightforward romance into something unexpectedly meditative and even melancholy.

Without giving too much away, "Noise" seems to question just what the origin of attraction is, what role and importance common ground -- whether it's through shared language or other values -- plays in love and what do we gain or give up when rushing into romance. This narrative turn is gently accomplished without melodrama, but it's enough that when the would-be couple come back together, the emotional tenor of the story is markedly different from the beginning. It's not unlike real life, perhaps, when the beautiful "castle in the sky" created by two people's mutual romantic fantasy and momentum reveals itself as the fragile edifice it is -- and the couple must decide what's really holding it up, and whether that's enough to sustain it.

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Redeafination - Deaf Dancer & Choreographer

Can't hear? Not a problem for this Deaf dancer and choreographer from Redeafination.

SINGAPORE -- Roseanne was born Deaf, and is by nature shy and reserved. But when she discovered her passion for hip-hop 9 years ago, everything changed.

As a member of Redeafination - a dance group for both the Deaf and Hearing, she has found a new way to express herself. Now her mission is to shed light on the misconceptions people have of the Deaf.

“I want to show how Deaf people can also enjoy music and have fun," she says.

More about the series 'This is What I Hear': Four hard of hearing individuals - a boy going for ear surgery, a teenage athlete rising in her bowling career, a young dancer, and an accomplished pianist - let us into their lives to understand the challenges and misconceptions of the world of the Deaf.

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Deaf Friendship - Language Has No Barriers

WATCH [CC] - The touching story about one of the strongest Deaf friendships ever witnessed.

A travel blogger Drew Binsky posted on YouTube channel Daily Travel Vids, share the journey experience, meets foreign Deaf women for the first time.

In non-video making life, Drew Binsky said "This is a very touching story about one of the strongest friendships I've ever witnessed -- between a girl named Amni and a girl named Chia Wei, who come from the amazing country of Malaysia."

"Amni was born with about a 60% hearing loss, but Chia Wei didn't know it until the girls were 21 years old, when Amni had gone almost completely Deaf. As a linguistics major, Chia Wei was already learning Sign Language before she knew that Amni was Deaf and the rest is history. This video as much as enjoyed meeting these girls and hearing their story in real life." Drew Binsky said.

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Deaf Son Locked In Chains For Decade

Deaf Chinese son has been chained and locked up in a stone house for decade by his own mother.

DENGFENG, China -- 'I had no choice': Mum admits locking up Deaf son for decade as police discover man in chains, mum Yue Rong said her son Wang Zhiqiang, now 41, was born unable to hear or speak and as the years went on, his mental disorders got worse.

Heartbreaking footage shows a Deaf man sat in chains after his own mother locked him inside a stone hut for more than 10 years.

Wang Zhiqiang, now 41, was born unable to hear or speak, his mum Yue Rong, 77, revealed.

But as a child he still showed signs of intellect, so his family sent him to a special needs boarding school.

Only his time there proved to be a traumatic experience after he was severely bullied.

As a result Wang Zhiqiang, who lives in Xuanhua in Dengfeng City in Henan, China, developed psychological issues.

And as his poverty-stricken family could not afford to seek help and treatment Zhiqiang's mental disorders got worse.

His mother said: "He wasn't able to go to school any more, and his condition worsened while staying at home.

"It reached a point where he was attacking other villagers."

Yue explained when her husband passed away she found it difficult to cope which is why she resorted to chaining up her son.

She added: "When his father was still alive, he was able to take care of him, but when his dad passed away 12 years ago, I couldn't handle him on my own."

"I had no choice but to chain him up and lock him in the room. It's been more than 10 years."

Zhiqiang's sister, Wang Shufen, cries every time she sees her brother in the animal-like state.

Footage of their most recent meeting shows her sobbing as she inspects the marks on her brother's arms made by the wrought-iron shackles.

Now in her 50s, Shufen said: "I wish it were me chained up and that my brother were free instead.

"You never saw the times, while he was still lucid, when he begged my family to let him out."

SOURCE - Mirror

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For Deaf Tennis Player, Sound Is No Barrier

Lee Duck-hee, 18, of South Korea, is ranked 143rd in the world in a sport in which hearing the ball is considered crucial.

ASAN, South Korea -- To improve its chances in the boys’ team tennis event at the National Sports Festival here, Mapo High School in Seoul brought in a ringer from Jecheon, two hours southeast of the capital. His name was Lee Duck-hee, and he had first caught the coach’s eye when he was in elementary school.

Mapo High’s players pressed against the fence beside along the dusty hardcourts and chanted in support while Lee, 18, crushed forehand winners past his bespectacled opponent in the final. The 6-1, 6-1 win took little time - no surprise, as Lee is the best teenage player in South Korea, and a professional ranked 143rd in the world.

“Seeing the level of skill, power and returning is totally different than high school level,” said Jeong Yeong-sok, his doubles partner at the tournament.

Lee is exceptional among professionals, too. He is Deaf, and no Deaf player in the sport’s history has reached these heights. In tennis, simply seeing the ball is believed to be insufficient. Hearing the ball, top players say, enables faster reactions - a crucial advantage in a sport where powerful serves and groundstrokes mean that every tiny fraction of a second matters.

Wimbledon's Rob Walker takes a look at Duck Hee Lee. Video Credit: Wimbledon

“There are so many different spins in tennis, and I can hear a lot of them coming off someone’s racket because I know what they all sound like,” said Katie Mancebo, a college tennis coach and volunteer coach for the United States Deaf tennis team. “But a Deaf player doesn’t know that sound, so they have to focus more on what the other person is doing, how they’re making contact, and what the ball looks like as it’s coming over the net.”

Joo Hyun-sang, the tennis coach at Mapo High School, said he was skeptical of Lee’s potential at first.

“When I met him the first time, I had certain doubts that being deaf would prevent him from being a great player,” he said. “But I grew confident from watching him develop and improve. I was very confident he could do it.”

Though already the second-highest-ranked player of professionals 18 and under, Lee has not fully broken through. He has yet to play a main-draw match at an ATP tournament or a Grand Slam, though he reached the final of a Challenger event, the level below the ATP World Tour, for the first time in September in Taiwan, and has made two semifinals since... Read The Full Story - New York Times.

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Starbucks Opening Café Staffed By Deaf Baristas

A Starbucks store in Malaysia has become the first in the world coffee chain to focus on providing employment opportunities for Deaf and Hard of Hearing customers.

KUALA LUMPUR -- Seattle Times: A Starbucks store in Malaysia has become the first in the global coffee chain to focus on providing employment opportunities for those who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing customers.

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The store in Kuala Lumpur, which opened Wednesday, results from a partnership between Starbucks Malaysia and The Society of Interpreters for the Deaf, the company said.

The society provided Starbucks with two sign-language interpreters during hiring, training and coaching for Deaf employees, and to teach sign language to hearing employees, according to a Starbucks news release.

The store employs 10 Deaf employees and three hearing ones, including the store manager.

“This is an underrepresented community in Malaysia,” a Starbucks spokeswoman said. “Over the years, the team has worked with local organizations to hire Deaf partners [employees] and we wanted to celebrate and recognize the contributions of Deaf workers and people of all disabilities.”

Customers place their orders by filling out a menu ticket that they hand to the baristas. The baristas then key in the orders on a dual-screen system where customers can see if their order is correct. The order number is displayed on a large screen above the pickup counter when it’s ready.

The store also has a Starbucks Card kiosk where customers can check their card balances and reward-program points.

Starbucks currently has no plans to replicate this model beyond the Malaysia store, the spokeswoman said.

SOURCE - SeattleTimes

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Singapore Woman Insults Deaf Cleaner

Deaf News: Singapore woman at Jem foodcourt insults Deaf cleaner who mistakenly cleared her plate of food.

SINGAPORE -- A Facebook user Dave Teo commented in the Facebook link of our story, ‘RC denies affiliation with woman who berated dumb cleaner at JEM but FB shows she was an active RC participant’, about the bad experience he had with the woman who berated the Deaf cleaner at JEM and her husband.

He identified the couple and said that they go around show flat and place 5 percent deposit, and after the ‘closing’ ask the agent to treat them for dinner. He said that they took him to a restaurant and ordered food which cost him a few hundred dollars. The cheque the couple issued however, eventually bounced.

Several others who commented on Dave’s comment suggested that the woman and her husband would do anything to score a free meal.

Another Facebook user who identified himself as a property agent described the couple as ‘phony buyers”. He asked fellow agents to beware of the couple saying they bought from “PropNex and Huttons agents ranging from 2-4 units as bulk purchases,” but that all their cheques from various banks bounced.

He identified the couple as Alice and Chong Meng Chew. This Facebook user also released their personal details like address and phone numbers. He advised other agents to demand only Cashier’s Order from the couple if they ever come forward to buy any realty in the future.

“I apologise for the behaviour but I was having a bad cold that day, and I didn’t know that the cleaner was deaf and mute,” Fong told Chinese newspaper Shin Min today (5 Jun). In the video shared by Euphemia Lee of the incident however, Fong was heard implying, “he is old, he is Deaf and he is dumb, so? I must give in to him? I don’t understand!”

Fong told the Chinese newspaper earlier today that she had taken half-day off from work on that day as she was feeling unwell. She had also noticed “something dirty” in the food she had finished eating, and wanted to take a picture of it to complain. That was the moment when the 64-year-old cleaner came to clear her plate.

Fong said that she tried to tell him “no”, but the cleaner “would not listen”.

SOURCE - TheIndependent

Deaf Awareness: 'If I Were Deaf' Promo

Short film 'If I Were Deaf' to awareness the Asian communites.

If you were Deaf, how would you feel if you were called or labelled as 'the Deaf one'? 'If I were Deaf' promo by Hong Kong Association of the Deaf.

Starring Lo Sui Wah Lisa.
Co-Starring Laura Lesmana Wijaya.
Produced, Written and Directed by Yau Tsz Hung Becky.

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Harlem Shake Deaf Asia Pacific Edition

WATCH: Harlem Shake Deaf Asia Pacific Edition.

This is a colaboration between Deaf and hearing people from Asia Pasific.

Music by Baauer's Harlem Shake.

About 'The Harlem Shake' The Harlem Shake is a dance that originally began in Harlem, New York. Since its beginnings it has spread to other urban areas and became popular in music videos... Read more on Wikipedia.

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Deaf Awareness: Discrimination People of Asian

Storytelling of discrimination towards the Deaf Asian people.

General Education: This is a photo essay from the perspective of a volunteer at The Singapore Association for the Deaf.

This is a photo essay produced as part of an assignment on discrimination in Singapore. It seeks to highlight the plight of victims and people who fight against discrimination from a first-person perspective.

The producers of this video declare that:
*permission has been sought from the people featured in this photo-essay.
*All sources have been cited and no part of this photo-essay has been plagiarised.

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Deaf Korean Starbucks Barista The Signs

The Korean Starbucks Barista, It’s all in the Signs.

SEOUL, South Korea -- Deaf Korean Starbucks barista, it’s all in the signs. Although a Starbucks branch in Seocho-dong, southern Seoul, was bustling with coffee lovers at around noon on Monday, employees worked in silence.

Most baristas at Starbucks franchises receive orders from the cashiers verbally, with shouts of machiatto, mochachino and latte echoing throughout the store.

But Hwang Jin, a 33-year-old Deaf barista, receives her orders via hand gestures. Employees give a thumbs-up to signal an Americano and make a “G” sign to confirm it’s a grande.

“When making foam with milk, those who are hearing-impaired rely on the sensation in their hand when frothing the milk instead of the sound,” barista instructor Sung Jeong-min said. “They are more sensitive to the vibrations of the milk steamer and produce a smoother taste in the coffee.”

Hwang, who lost her hearing after health complications as a 4-year-old, has worked at the Seoul National University of Education Starbucks branch since November 2011... Read More Here.

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