In the American Midwest, three hearing teenagers come of age in the vibrant Deaf community. With feet in two worlds, yet | dG1fSGtBMEdLT2pxVUE
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00:00I come from a culture that most people don't understand they think I was raised by awful
00:22or stupid people I mean I could hear but I did not like talking at all I've always I've
00:39always wanted to be deaf CODIS we're not deaf but we're not hearing either the experiences
00:52that we share only we can understand no matter where we are in the world our age our gender we
00:59still can relate everyday life is kind of lonely for so many years I wanted to be deaf
01:05when we're in the hearing world it's like we're not really there I feel like the middle man
01:19I'm pregnant it's my child gonna be deaf or hearing I have no idea I don't think my
01:49fully understand what like being a CODA is really about no please don't be sorry like
01:57you don't understand how happy I am in this like position and just
02:18don't worry