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People Had No Idea Subtitles Can’t Replace Sign Language Until This Woman Pointed It Out

I am pretty sure that people who don’t have hearing loss will never fully understand all the issues that deaf people can go through, thus it’s normal to have questions. In fact, according to the 2021 American Community Survey, around 3.6% of the U.S. population, or approximately 11 million people, consider themselves deaf or have substantial problems hearing.

Luckily, one woman went viral, collecting over 500k views after answering Elon Musk’s tweet explaining the point of importance of sign language in videos despite having subtitles. 

More info: TikTok

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