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Ocendade
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PathStep 158 Compassion hearts374 Forum posts68 Forum upvotes105 Current upvotes105 Age GroupAdult Last activeApril, 2021 Member sinceMarch 3, 2017
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My name is Ocendade (pronounced Oh-Ken-Day-D).
I am 20 years old and am planning to return to my university studies in the fall.

"When I look down, I miss all the good stuff. When I look up...I just trip over things" -Ani DiFranco
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Deaf Listener??
Safety & Knowledge at 7 Cups / by Ocendade
Last post
 June 28th, 2017
...See more Hey! So I decided a while back that I wanted to be a listener. I've been super excited and I think I am ready to make my account. There's one thing holding me back. I AM DEAF. I have read through the page about becoming a listener and it said nothing about Deaf not being able to. I am hesitant though because this site isn't the most Deaf friendly. Many of the YouTube videos do not have captioning and those that do have captioning are often labeled with unreliable captions. Also, all of the mindfulness recordings are 100% unavailable to me because they rely completely on the use of hearing. I am Profoundly Deaf meaning I can't hear anything unless it is a Jet taking off beside me. Turning up the volume is not an option for me and I don't have a hearing aid or a Cochlear Implant. The page about becoming a listener does not highlight any specific training methods to become a listener. For anyone who knows: how are you guys trained to be listeners? Is it something you read over? If it is a video, do you know if the captioning is accurate? If there is no captioning, is there a manuscript I could read to fulfill the same qualifications? I would love to be a listener and I feel like I could help a lot if people, but I don't want to sign up for it, get my hopes up, and not be able to do it because I am Deaf. If anyone know I would be so grateful if you could help me out. Thank you all so much for reading this and all you guys do for me. - Ocendade
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