Blind vs Deaf - How Do We Communicate?

Tommy Edison, who been blind since birth, teams up with deaf YouTuber @rikkipoynter to answer to the popular question, “How does a blind person and a deaf person communicate with each other?”

Thanks to @AndreaLausell for being our interpreter.

Special thanks to @AbbySams for helping out with the shoot.

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Music Credits:

“Soundtrack of Sorrow” by Great Scott

“Sunday Morning” by Nicolai Heidlas

“These Moments” by Nicolai Heidlas

“Wings” by Nicolai Heidlas

Used under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 & 3.0 Unported licenses.

#blind #deaf #accessibility

[godgodson]

There was a blind student in one of my classes and the teacher would always talk to him very loudly, until one day he said, "I'm not deaf, I can actually hear much better than you can."

[spec]

Tommy: 🙈

Rickie: 🙉

The person filming: 🙊

[mattb]

"Two disabilities for the price of one"
😂😂 it's not funny but I'm laughing

[blanketdtf]

After watching this video, I feel so grateful that I can see and hear.

Edit: why are people calling me rude? this video made me realize that i take basic human functions for granted and i’m honestly suprised i don’t see more of these comments on videos. i mean seriously. both a deaf person and a blind person in the same video and you don’t even think once to yourself: “Man.. i’m so blessed that i can see and hear” ?

edit number 2 since i forgot we’re in 2020 and people get hurt over everything: literally all i was saying is I, Christopher am grateful that i can both see and hear

[victoriaf]

I never knew about tactile sign language, it's quite a gentle thing to watch

[ImRhys]

Tommy is so ace to watch. Blind man making the most of life!

[RD_MN]

Him: I'll be your ears.
Her: I'll be your eyes.

[Tula_LB]

Pro tip... If someone is cussing you out in sign language...




Turn the lights off.

[jonnypenn]

i'm assuming she is not cool with her mom. in the beginning she kept saying "the woman that i was born from" instead of saying "my mom"

[cosmiccosmic]

I guess you can say sign language is pretty HANDY :D

[brucedoyle]

Sometimes i forget that deaf people arnt mute

[aujaliquelafave]

Every person who finds out I'm deaf "YOUR NOT DEAF YOU CAN TALK!" like Bach wtf

[slorr]

If youre born deaf do you still have that voice in your head? Or how do you think about things? Lol

[height]

Me: Reading lips is easy

Me: turns the volume down all the way

Also me: nvm

[Scriptophobic]

Now I wanna see a romance movie of a deaf person and a blind person.

[goodstf]

Lol, "I don't edit them, Ben does!" He said that with the most joyful voice that I couldn't help but laugh :)

[tygillespie]

Tommy. I am using voice over while I am typing this comment. I am blind too.

[freddesk]

Im sure that the 1 % dislikes are other blind persons trying to like the video XD

[Shystichu]

I'd like to know how do you communicate with someone who is blind and deaf, I mean even from birth, how would you go about parenting such a child?

[MooniPlays]

Dear people in the comments, there are different levels of both deafness and blindness.