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The Hear Me Out! [CC] Podcast

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How you can look after yourself by being selfish?

October 1, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

Post image: How You Can Look After Yourself by Being Selfish? - And Why it's important that you should do that?

Some of the topics that have been discussed here on this site are around mental health, concentration fatigue and deaf anxiety.

These are also the posts that have been getting a lot of attention lately, especially the latter.

But you also need to look after yourself, and this is why in this podcast, I talk about the importance of being selfish just so you can look after yourself.

Because if you don’t look after yourself, you can’t look after other people.

Learn more on why you need to be selfish here

‘Deaf Anxiety’: What is it & why we should talk about it?

September 27, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

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I learnt a new phrase recently: ‘deaf anxiety’.

After reading and learning more about, I realised that whenever I get anxiety, it is mostly likely because of my lack of ability to hear. And the more I read about it, the more I realised that it resonates with me and it’s definitely a thing.

It also made me aware that it’s a topic that we should be talking about more often, and this is why I decided to open up about it.

Learn more about ‘deaf anxiety’ here

‘Let’s support deaf students’ transition to college’ with Annie Tulkin from Accessible College

September 19, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

Header image with the title: 'Let's Support Deaf Students' Transition to College' - An Interview with Annie Tulkin from accessible College

In this episode, Annie Tulkin from Accessible College helps to smooth that transition for disabled students, and in this episode, we specifically focus on deaf students journey, the difficulty that could arise when they don’t have access to certain services that can help to smooth that process.

But that the transition is not always a smooth one and the consequences can be very difficult for any students let alone those who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing.

Listen or read interview with Annie Tulkin here

Why auto-captions (aka ‘Craption’) are bad for SEO?

September 13, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

Post image with the title: Why Auto-Captions (aka 'craptions') are bad for SEO? - It's tempting to just use auto-captions for your videos. but that will have negative effects on seo

You might find it hard to believe that auto-captions are bad for SEO. But if you think about it’s low-quality content; something which YouTube and Google does not like. Yet, from my own experience and research, many people still resort to using auto-captions (which is often labelled as ‘craption’) for their YouTube videos. We take […]

Let’s give sign language interpreters a break & appreciate them more

September 6, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

Post image with the title : Let's Give Sign Language Interpreters a Break & Appreciate Them More - For a job that's so physically, mentally & even emotionally tiring, we rarely appreciate that.

It’s time we give sign language interpreters a break and give them the recognition and appreciation that they deserve.

Many people don’t realise that simultaneous interpreting (and by the way, that applies to oral language interpretation too), requires a high-level of focus, listening and concentration.

And most of us don’t see that.

So let’s give them credit for what they do and appreciate it, and I’d like to start by sharing my thoughts below.

Learn why we should appreciate sign language interpreters

Which language is the easiest to lip read?

August 30, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

Image for post with the title: Which language is the easiest to lipread? - Is there a clear answer to this question? Well, not really...

In this episode, I answer the question on what is the easiest language to lipread?

This is yet another question that I’ve seen crop up on Google and Quora.

Even though the easy answer is whatever is your main spoken language, the other answer is the dreaded “it depends”.

Because it’s all well and good trying to get a linguistic to understand which language is the easiest and hardest to lip-read; but it’s all irrelevant because it never allows you to completely comprehend what the person is saying.

Listen or read about easiest language to lipread

Is a technology that interprets sign language a good thing?

August 23, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

Post image with the title: Is a Technology that Interprets Sign Language a Good Thing? - Google claims it's possible for smartphones to interpret sign language. But Is that a good thing?

As technology gets more and more sophisticated, we have seen gadgets that has literally changed our lives, and in many cases for the better. With the rise of technology such as smart speakers, we are becoming more demanding with what our gadget.

Remember how the remote control was seen as an innovative gadget? Now, it’s just something plain and normal.

But has technology gotten too far when it comes to using artificial technology to interpret sign languages? Or should we encourage it like we already do with oral languages?

Learn more about interpreting sign language with technology here

‘Let’s use subtitles to improve children’s literacy rate’ with Henry Warren from ‘Turn on the Subtitles’

August 16, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

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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

August 2, 2019 By Ahmed Khalifa

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

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

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