Hear Me Out! [CC]

Bridging the Gap Between the Hearing & Deaf Worlds

The Hear Me Out! [CC] Podcast

Check out the posts below where you can listen or read the transcripts of The Hear Me Out! [CC] Podcast.

‘Let’s Use Subtitles to Improve Children’s Literacy Rate’ with Henry Warren from ‘Turn on the Subtitles’

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Welcome to The Hear Me Out! [CC] Podcast, an audio show (with transcripts included) where we listen to stories from fascinating individuals in and around the d/Deaf community and from your host, yours truly, Ahmed Khalifa.

In this episode, I got chatting with Henry Warren who is running a campaign called ‘Turn on the Subtitles’ where he is encouraging broadcasters and technology platforms to turn on the subtitles as research has shown that it can help improve children’s literacy rate.

Listen to podcast or read transcript of interview with Henry Warren

‘Stop Language Deprivation & Encourage Language Acquisition for Deaf Children’ with Kimberly Sanzo from Language First

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In this episode, I got chatting Kimberly Sanzo of Language First who has an incredible insight in the world of language deprivation that d/Deaf children can go through and the importance of having the right environment to encourage language acquisition.

Like all interviews on this podcast, I come away with a different on a topic that I don’t have lot of knowledge about but after chatting to Kimberly, it has opened up my mind about the power of sign languages, and I’m sure it will do the same to you too.

Listen or read the interview with Kimberly Sanzo here

What Can Deaf People Do (and Can’t Do)?

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It seems that many people are confused on what deaf can do and can’t do. A simple Google search starting with “can deaf people…” will bring up a list of search suggestions that seems very…interesting (which you can see in the shownote).

So I thought this would be a good time to talk about what d/Deaf people can do and dispel any myths that anyone may have about us.

Find out what can d/Deaf people do (and can’t do) here

‘Behind-the-Scenes of ‘Song for a Whale’ – An Interview with Lynne Kelly

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After reading ‘Song for a Whale’, I had the pleasure of interviewing the author Lynne Kelly to get a detailed “behind-the-scenes” access of the book, learn more about the characters and how her day as a sign language interpreter has helped to play a part in shaping this book.

The interview contains no spoilers so if you haven’t had the chance to read ‘Song for Whale’, you must get yourself a copy of the book.

Listen to podcast or read transcript of the interview with Lynne Kelly

If You Don’t Provide Transcripts & Captions for Your Content, You’re Missing Out

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After recently experiencing of a listening to a podcast by a well-known person, and from years of similar experiences from a number of podcasts and videos, it’s time to call it out if you are not providing transcripts or captions to your content.

Since I have less patience about bad quality content and experience, this is an opportunity for me to call it out on people who don’t make their content accessible. But it’s not just about making it accessible because you feel like “you have to”, but you will get a lot of benefits out of it too.

Listen to the podcast or read the transcript of episode 20 here

‘Being a Deaf Personal Trainer of The Deaf Gym’ – An Interview with David Edginton

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In episode 19, I interview David Edginton who is a Deaf Personal Trainer and the co-founder of The Deaf Gym.

We discuss everything from his own personal challenges of being a PT to the issues on how d/Deaf people are restricted from the general gyms due to communication barriers and shares advice that is suitable for the general gyms and d/Deaf people alike.

Listen or read the episode with David Edginton here