Rikki Poynter | "Deaf People Are NOT Who Hearing Aids Are Designed For" @rikkipoynter | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
I’m so sorry to be the bearer of bad news to my fellow deafies, but it looks like we must no longer wear our hearing aids as they were not made for us, apparently. With that in mind, please tell me in the comments how old you were when you got your hearing aids for the first time. I was 30. I think. Math is hard. August 2021.

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Video Description:
Rikki sitting at her desk. She is wearing a grey and white striped polo cropped tee. Her hair is up in a ponytail. She is wearing neutral makeup. She is signing in ASL (American Sign Language).

Transcript:
Someone said that hearing aids were made for old people and not deaf people. So I guess I should just… [takes out hearing aids]. Sorry, fellow deaf people, I guess we’re not allowed to wear hearing aids.

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