this channel is everything: inclusiveness, cuteness, dogs, comedy- "meet me at the bathroom" "why the bathroom????? that sounds wrong" LOL

Because he relies on watching you to know what your saying he constantly is looking at you. He looks at you with so much love. So cute.

i like that you said "we were only dating 1 or 2 years" while most high school relationships last around 1 or 2 months

The reason you learned so quickly is that the two of you speak the language of love. No joke, if you ever want to learn a foreign language, just got find a boyfriend or girlfriend who speaks the language and your learning curve gets cut in half.

“Meet me by the bathrooms” “👀bathrooms???” 😂😂 ily guys

I'm totally one of the clerks Ryan was talking about. I originally started to learn ASL decades ago, just because I think it's such a cool way to communicate, but nobody around me signed, so I couldn't really practice. But a few years ago, I was working as a clerk in an area with a lot of deaf people, and rather than write notes back and forth when my customers came in, I started learning again. Although I loved how stoked the deaf folks were that I was putting some effort into learning, it also made me sad that it's so unusual for someone to attempt to communicate with them that the action sparked such joy. For someone to be that happy that you're trying the SIMPLEST forms of communication with them tells me that hearing folks trying is a rarity. And that's fucking terrible. We need to start teaching ASL in schools as a second language. It is not that hard, and would open up so many doors for deaf people. You guys are putting out entertaining, informative content, keep up the good work! :)

I love that he still corrects you and you learn from him, it’s really cute

I’m slowly losing my hearing and I’m learning bsl (British sign language) and thanks for the tips. I only know the basics right now but hopefully I can be signing properly in a year

7:19 idk why but I watched her spell convention like five times. Its crazy how fast they do it!

I'm not sure how you two ended up on my recommended, but I sure am glad I clicked! Its been really interesting, and damn, that puppy got big quick! Awesome channel.

I just learned if you turn on captions you can read what he is doing with his hands which is cool

When u gonna put a ring on it mate?? 💁🏻‍♀️💯

Dude looks like a mix between Matt Damon and Ryan Sheckler

I just randomly came across this chanel today and I have to say I'm really enjoying all of the videos. I'm so happy I found this Chanel it's reminded me how much I want to learn more sign language.

Found this channel on the last day of 2019!!! Blessed!!!!!

oh my god, java sleeping on ryan at 8:00 is THE CUTEST. melted my heart!

he just came for all 4 years of latin i took in high school i’m SHOOK

Is there anything Ryan thinks makes a noise but actually doesn’t and Vice versa?

Java loves cuddling with her daddy she's so cute

probably someone said it before me, but I'll say it he looks like Matt Damon

You guys should do a day in life with the puppy

Omg watching both of you makes me so happy, never stop smiling of how cute and a happy you are. Keep educating people with your love guys.

My 3 month old son is profoundly deaf, yalls channel is amazing!! Thank you for all you do!! My fiance and i are currently learning sign language and teaching him as well!

I love how after they talk about her not knowing a word, spelling it out, then him telling her how to sign it, they did the same thing 7:30

I am from Nicaragua 🇳🇮 and here I haven’t ever met or be close to someone deaf but, I’ve been seeing your videos and loving them. Also becoming more conscious about how important it is to be able to communicate with someone without needing an interpreter and make them feel a little more secure about socializing with hearing people. I am a medicine student and since the beginning knew I would love to be able to communicate with patients with LSN (NSL Nicaraguan Sign Language in English). So you have inspired me to get some lessons from a deaf woman 🧏🏻‍♀️ who is doing online now since she became jobless due to coronavirus quarantine. So I’m using this time to help myself and help others in the future if God allows me to. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you so much for the inspiration

I’m a hearing person, one of my first books my mom gave me when I was a kid was “my first book of sign” I believe I still have it to this day. I had the alphabet memorize for a long time. And could sign my name and all my families names. I thoroughly enjoy watching and listening to the video and following along with the signs, and remembering signs I used to know. It inspires me to learn asl fully to be able to communicate or interpret if the need arises. Super cool!

I absolutely adore how lovingly he corrects her, and how accepting she is of the correction. No wonder she learned to sign so quickly! So cute. ❤️

I love watching y'all I know some sign language I am in 7th grade and started learning sign language in 4th grade so almost 4 years. At my church there are mostly deaf people. I can communicate with them. It helps to know that deaf people don't think it's offensive when asking what a sign is. Love y'all ❤

I JUST SAW THE BACKSTREET BOYS SONG THAT Y'ALL WERE IN I CRIED

Java is HUGE omg 🥺🥺 shes the cutest dog in the world

Such powerful souls and such beautiful people. You two have really opened my eyes in terms of discrimination in the deaf community. Thank you! I hope to one day be fluent in ASl, much love and happy new year.🖤🤟🏼

I'm so glad I found you two. I'm hearing and I know it's not offensive to try. I learned some ASL in high school. They allowed it at the start of my sophomore year, so _of course_ I signed up as soon as I found out. I was given a sign name. I can't tell you how _happy_ all of them are (that I've met). I've been on an indefinite hiatus since graduating 7 years ago. I know enough to get by. Even then I feel so bad that I know so little (I have other personal issues at play). Literally, you guys have helped my self-confidence. I joined a deaf thing on MeetUp, but I'm terrified of actually meeting up. Y'all can sign so fast and it can be very overwhelming. Love you two! Please keep this up.

I’m trying to learn sign language because my 4 year old nephew is autistic and these videos help me a lot! Such an inspiration you both are💛

,,People meet in bathroom!" This made me laugh so much 😂

Love your channel. I grew up very close with my deaf cousin and she and I would have a blast. Once in high school, I learned sign but I have forgotten a lot. I’m thankful for your channel to help me get back into signing again. Plus you guys are great!!! 🤘

I was one of those people that asked this question in the past week, so I appreciate your responsiveness!

This video is awesome. I love how you help her to learn. I started learning ASL at 15 to help my godchild who almost suddenly lost her hearing at 2yrs. The next year I found out I was losing my hearing from loud band noises from which I was singing and many infections. Years later.... After college I am only surrounded by the hearing,not deaf community, so I did less signing to help the hearing feel less awkward,then I started forgetting some signs. I used to sign at home all the time because my son who was 3-5 years old,was taking ASL in college with me and my older children were learning it too. To help keep my hands and brain active ,I started teaching each of my grandchildren before they could talk,also(reminding)my children,as well as my hubby. I'm always practicing ASL and deaf signing. When I get a fever my hearing aid don't work(there's no sound),I need an interpreter. When I'm not sick,I have an acute deafness where I can't tell the difference of words,letters,and numbers that sound alike(ex. 50,60,55,65 BPT) the hearing are not very patient to spell using words for letters nor repeating several times. I started lip reading many years ago,but it only help depending on how the person speaks. When out in crowds,I'm in my own world,but with my group,or immediate family,I get more attention. Life is a struggle. Anyways,I hope to learn more from you two in teaching my family ASL.

My grandparents on my dads side both are deaf and when I was super young I thought they could secretly hear and just didn't want to talk to me, and just when I accepted that they legit couldn't hear me I meet more of my family that are deaf and went back to thinking that they all could secretly hear me because when I would make a loud sound they would look at me. I didn't understand that they could still feel vibrations and movements from banging that I just associated with sound. Kinda funny to look back.

I’m literally binge watching all the sign duo videos it’s so goooood

Omg I love you taught your puppy to sit using sign. We taught our 3 dogs the same thing when they want a treat. You guys are so relatable to my fiancé and I!

you guys really inspire me to learn asl. I am going through some rough moments in life and it would be great to learn something new to show everyone i am capable of doing something even when i am told not to. you guys are amazing keep going great!!! love you to the max!!

I took a small ASL class at like 10 or 11 and I LOVED it, and the person teaching the class stopped. I know the alphabet pretty well and few tiny signs. I really am Interested in taking official classes in it. I have always been fascinated in it, and I am drawn to people signing. We went to Disney World in 2018 and we were watching a performance and I spent most of the time watching the interpreters lol.

After many years of watching this channel I have to say there is nothing else quite like it (for me at least). Ryan and Ellem taught me how to sign and I am teaching my 6 kids. Thank you for all that you do!!❤

I am in the first 1 min and 12 seconds and already absolutely infatuated with both of you and the way he intently and lovingly gazed at you. Wow. You have his heart girl! So rare to see this jump off the screen like this. I am going to be learning and teaching my nearly 8 year old signing so we can have a better understanding and we genuinely find it so frustrating to not be able to communicate with anyone who has hearing difficulties. I hope to be watching you more and see what I pick up and enforce with lessons. Subscribed!

I wish the highschool I'm going to has ASL classes, You both have motivated me to start learning, thank you and love you both💕

I kind of stumbled across your page and love it! I've never turned on caption until your channel. Lol! Every time I finish watching a video and my husband tells to me I am strangely aware of my hands. Have no clue how to sign but I'm watching so intently that my body wants to. I would love to learn but also have no one else to speak it with and I would lose it faster than I could pick it up.

I just wanna say THANK YOU for existing!!! People like you is how and why I get inspired to do more in life. I am studying ASL on youtube, it's been a passion of mine to learn for a long time. Please keep your videos coming. Would love to meet you both if ever your in NYC area

Beautiful Couple Who Truly Listen to And Care to Understand Each Other. They Have a Solid Foundation for Love & Communication. ❤️❤️

Thank you guys so much because I’m interested in learning sign language♥️ it’s a beautiful way to communicate and I feel bad when I approach those who know it but I don’t know it since I would love it if schools had this language. You both are adorable and just always stay together because you both shine together♥️♥️

Found your channel about two days ago on my 'recommended', and I've probably binged watched most of your videos already! I teach early childhood, so I use basic signs for my kiddos who are still developing their language but your channel has inspired me to learn more! My best friend is also a Speech Pathologist, and I think she would LOVE your channel just as much as I do so I'll have to share with her! ❤️

That’s the sweetest love story. That could be turned into a movie haha! Ellen learning to sign for Ryan in order to communicate... that’s the sweetest thing.❤️

I just recently started learning ASL in school, and I love watching your videos!

ooh i'm really early and cant wait to watch the video, I'm taking ASL this year in HS so hopefully in a while i wont need to have captions for your videos

Love when you guys post. I’m getting to a point where I don’t need to look down on closed captions. 🤟

Great video. A glimpse into the Deaf and hearing world communicating. More please!!

I'm learning sign language These are the only one I commonly know: 1- my name is (spell) 2- what's your name? 3- thank you 4- f u (lol) 5- where are you from 6- nice to meet you 7- I'm fine 8- hello 9- deaf 10- I'm still learning sign 11- how are you

Java needs to learn to sign, because she's talking and her hearing parent is ignoring her. She needs to slap dad and sign PARK. NOW. :D

You guys are so cute. I love watching your videos. I’m in so much pain rn and watching this is helping sm. 🤟🏻❤️

I came across your channel recently and just wanna say how amazing you both are. Thank you so much for making these videos and to provide insights into the deaf community and what being a hearing person in that community is like and vice verse. I've been learning ASL sparingly on my own through videos and guides over the years but only recently really wanted to amp up my learning ever since I met my other half 2 and a half years ago. He is a hearing child of deaf parents and his parents are the loveliest people ever. I really want to communicate deeper with them and your videos give me that extra push and encouragement to keep learning and being better at signing. Thank you and much love!

omfg this is so sweet. just started teaching myself ASL to talk to a coworker and you two are giving me so much motivation!

You guys should watch an anime movie called A silent voice, it’s my favorite movie and it’s on Netflix, it’s has a heavy focus on sign language I suppose, maybe you’ll like it. Love the content 🙏🏽

Wow yall are the best couple!! I love how one person can help you learn a whole new language.

I love how involved you are in each other

I’ve been practicing ASL for 9 years, great at signing songs but conversation is more challenging for me, this video inspired me to reach out more to the deaf community around me and practice conversational signing so that I gain a better understanding. Your pup is also precious, all the best

My struggle is my receptive skills and I get nervous being in the deaf community because I need to ask ppl to repeat repeat repeat and slow down all the time, if I don't there is a lot of smiling and nodding without a clue as to what's going on.

ryan looks like a mix between paul wesley and mark wahlberg

Love the videos as much as I love the multiple Java naps on Ryans lap at the 8min mark 😍

I am thankful I found your channel. Not only am I learning from your videos but you are helping me practice my ASL.

I have always wondered does he get scared and if he does how does he react like a scream or a jump?? ❤️Love you guys

OoooOoo. A sponsorship. Somebody is moving up.

taking advantage of quarantine by learning asl and french language😌✨

You guys are great. I really enjoy your videos! Java is so big now! I took ASL in college and I loved it! My sister is now an ASL teacher at a high school and she interprets on the side.

Your relationship is really inspiring, glad I found you guys! I was wondering though, you sign with both hands, but sometimes, you sign with only one hand and it seems as understandable as with two...?

Idky Java looks like Ryan at times 😂

Hi, I am single Deaf Father with 3 hearing daughters and I spend a week watching all your videos from the beginning to now and I am surprise that I get to see a few videos that show the Cream Pan bakery because we alway stop by every Sundays before we go to church. My olders daughter start watching and she like the videos.

I love this channel so much. ❤👏 And it's helped my daughter learn ASL. I learned some English Sign Language when I was 10 because I had read a biography on Helen Keller and I was very fascinated by her and then my brother and best friend learned in Jr. High, so I had a couple of people I could always sign with and then in HS we took ASL together and it's always been this thing I knew with a couple of people, but once I was out of school I completely lost it, so I had some memory but not constant use and I would use it every now and then but it was definitely on the back burner, and then I found this channel (thank you KZfaq) and now it's back in my life and my daughter is learning so I have someone to sign with again, and she loves you guys... and your dog. ❤

So i’m hearing and the little person in my head talks to me right? Well if your deaf does your little person sign or talk to you?

This is super random but I’ve always wondered this. What does Ryan think your voice sounds like, or more what would he guess it sounds like? Using descriptors of course like high/low pitched, husky/shrill, smooth/rough that kinda thing. Love you guys!

I'm so happy the KZfaq algorithm brought me here. I've learned so much, not only about signing but also the importance of communication in a relationship. But to top it off, some of the words I've learned to sign from your videos: - Relationship - Food - Out - Car - Game - I love you

I love your videos and yall are the cutest!! These vids are really helpful as I'm trying my best to be more communicative with people. I think signing is sooo important and not just for deaf culture but even to people who are nonverbal. And understanding gestures and expressions helps with communicating with all languages. Like us Latinxs use a lot of body language and facial expressions when speaking Spanish, so in many ways nonverbal communication is extremely helpful and vital!! ❤️️

Here’s a question! I know name signs are personal and have a lot of meaning behind them when given to a person, and that it’s rude for a hearing person to pick their own name sign. Here’s the question: what do your name signs mean? Ellen, when did you get yours? If it’s too personal totally fine to ignore!

I was in driver's Ed with someone who was deaf, and they had an interpreter, and I got to thinking about it, and I was wondering how is it like to drive when you're deaf? I can imagine it's kinda scary since you can't hear the cars around you. I was also wondering how do you know when to pull over if there are sirens? It makes sense if it was the sound vibrations, but I'm still curious to know 😊 Also I wanna add this, I just found your guys' channel, and I'm I love, you guys are so wholesome! 😊

he was a great teacher! you are so natural.

Love this! My grandson (also named Ryan) was born deaf. He now wears cochlears but he is also learning sign in school as well as us on our own time. I like watching this for practice to see if I'm understanding. It's so fast! Hopefully I get better at reading it.

Has Ryan ever heard Ellen’s real voice? If so what did Ryan think, and was it what Ryan expected? If not is it an option/would you like to hear Ellen’s voice?

when did you realize farts or general noises our body makes were producing sound?

y'all are SO cute! You make me smile!!

Awww "Sign Trio" at the end killed me!

Have you guys ever thought about learning how to sign in another language? Just as how I learned how to speak another language?

Would you ever consider learning a sign language in a different language? Just a thought it’s probably a lot of work though

Just now finding this channel. I was about to purchase a online class to learn ASL, but thought I would look at KZfaq first. You guys are awesome and I love the doggie too. I am looking forward to seeing what videos you guys post and see what all I can learn over KZfaq. Great video.

New Years resolution is to learn sign language...your channel popped up without even searching. It’s a sign! No pun intended. You guys should do simple phrases or words in asl before the end of each video. Looking forward to watching your guys journey..

Does Ryan have the option to get hearing aids, if so does he even considering to get them? If not can you explain the general understanding about hearing aids, I understand some people have the option to get them but choose not to.

Does Ryan have a single twin by chance? 🤷‍♀️😂

Glad I caught a new vlog!! Thank you for sharing your sweet journey together! Your such a precious couple! PS. Java is a perfect breed to adopt. I have had my Pitty for 12 years so far! She suits the "family".

I was learning ASL but then i stopped but watching you guys made continue and i know alot about ASL. I love yall💜

Yo Ryan . This question goes to you. You don't have to answer this question but were u ever bullied or picked on because of your Deafness and if so how did you cope/manage. I asked this question as many people in my high school bully me cos I'm Deaf . Again you don't have to answer as it's quite personal but I'd just thought how other Deaf people coped with rude people in general.

i’m genuinely curious about what exactly is he saying with his lips as he signs?? because if you read his lips he is mouthing far fewer things than what he is signing so i wanna know what he is mouthing. can someone help me out?

I put on my noise cancelling headphones, turn the volume of the video down to mute it basically, and not only can I concentrate more on being able to decipher signing but also really puts in perspective or gives me a minute glimpse of Ryan's, all deaf, and all HoH peoples world. I'm so happy I found this channel!

I love this channel! 💕