CODA: I'm the thumb in my family

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Humera Iqbal enters the remarkable world of Children of Deaf Adults, or CODAs. At a young age they take on the mighty responsibility of interpreting for their mums and dads outside the home…in a world built for the hearing. That means they are often emotionally switched on, assiduously punctual, confident and super-organised. Humera, associate professor of psychology at University College London, meets CODA children as they chat and translate while their parents are out and about getting things done.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I'm Dr. Himeric-Val, join me over the next half hour as we enter a fascinating and little
0:11.7	no world.
0:15.7	It gives you a really cool understanding of language.
0:18.7	It's a huge part of me and I love my language, I love it.
0:22.7	You're more like emotionally aware.
0:24.4	It does help you develop good sense of empathy.
0:26.7	I talked to my friends about it, they all said I was freakishly confident from a young
0:31.1	age and that comes from my upbringing.
0:35.1	I never let anything ever.
0:36.6	Literally never.
0:37.6	Wow.
0:38.6	I'm really good at adulting.
0:39.6	Yeah.
0:40.6	Do you know what I mean?
0:42.6	It's made me who I am and I hope my mum and dad would never ever feel guilty.
0:50.3	So who are these emotionally switched on ever punctual, super organised linguists?
0:55.3	And what is the childhood secret they share?
0:58.3	I'm Associate Professor of Psychology at University College London and my research is all
1:03.6	about different types of family relationships.
1:06.5	I've worked with brilliant young translators from migrant backgrounds, exploring their
1:10.6	place within the family.
1:12.3	Join me today as I meet another extraordinary group of people who call themselves Kodas.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.