She's a lawyer, a mother of two — and she's deaf. She tells us how society's preconceptions of the deaf community get it wrong.
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00:00We tend to imagine that because the patient didn't understand,
00:04as I said, that she is a bit stupid.
00:07So it has absolutely nothing to do with it.
00:09In fact, it's just the sentence that hasn't been understood.
00:19Obviously, we are sure.
00:21I would say less.
00:23It's not that it's not true, it's not true at all.
00:31On the device, I hear absolutely nothing.
00:34With the device, the only sound that I hear is a plane taking off.
00:51When you are sure, the only thing that doesn't work is your ear.
00:56The only thing that doesn't work is your ear.
00:59So we absolutely have to use these vocal cords.
01:02After that, my problem is the link between the hearing and the reproduction of what we hear.
01:10When we are sure, obviously, we don't have this model that we can reproduce.
01:15So in fact, we produce sounds ourselves.
01:26There are several situations.
01:28There is obviously the situation where people don't feel civilized,
01:33where they don't want to scare me,
01:36where they want to put me in a context that is not adapted to my understanding.
01:41So yes, I have been disabled.
01:44On the other hand, over the years,
01:49I communicate.
01:51So I say right away, don't let me talk to you,
01:55be careful, don't put me in a comfortable position.
01:59I think that if we put a wall between us,
02:02if we have things in a very serene, very natural way,
02:06it goes very well.
02:19Don't be afraid of the difference.
02:22It's really something that enriches a lot.
02:26You will learn a lot about the other,
02:30but a lot about yourself.
02:32The disability is absolutely not contagious,
02:35so you won't catch it.