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Newsweek
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Deaf Woman Films Video in Apartment—Everyone Warns Her About the Same Thing
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. When 34-year-old Rikki Poynter shared a video filmed inside her apartment, she didn't realize it would go viral for an unexpected reason. Content creator and disability advocate Poynter was prepping a quick dinner the night before a flight, and unbeknownst to her she'd left her microwave timer beeping in the background. In a video shared on July 9, Poynter, who is deaf, responded to a comment left on a previous TikTok: "You have something beeping in your apartment Rikki." Her reply video, cheekily captioned: "Deaf person can't hear jack in her own apartment," shows her investigating the noise. "Flashbacks to when people on Snapchat kept telling me my smoke alarm batteries were dying," she wrote in the video caption. Pictures from Rikki's TikTok where she shared how she found the unexpected beeping noise. Pictures from Rikki's TikTok where she shared how she found the unexpected beeping noise. @rikkipoynter/TikTok Speaking to the camera, she says: "Let's all figure out what it is together, shall we." As she walks around her apartment, hunting for the source of the sound. A few button presses on the microwave later, and the mysterious beeping stopped. "I didn't expect 1.2+ million views and a bunch of comments to come from it," Poynter, from Nebraska, told Newsweek. "I'm someone who is often stuck in the 300 view jail so it was surprising to me." Read more Server gets note from table mid-shift, what it says leaves her "sobbing" Server gets note from table mid-shift, what it says leaves her "sobbing" What started as a playful moment became a subtle commentary on how everyday experiences are shaped differently by disability. Her original video hadn't been about the beeping at all—it was about discrimination between people with different types of disabilities, an issue she regularly tackles. But the microwave timer became an unexpected punchline. In 2024, study by NORC at the University of Chicago study for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that 37.9 million Americans have hearing loss in both ears. While bilateral hearing loss grows exponentially after age 35, leaving one in three people ages 65 to 75 and about three out of four people age 75 and older with some form of hearing loss. "I didn't originally plan to share the video," Poynter said. "It just so happened I forgot I had the timer on... and then I wanted to keep the sassy going. Over the last decade, Poynter has built a platform focused on advocacy, accessibility, and connection—especially for deaf people who, like her, grew up without access to American Sign Language or proper support. It is estimated that around one million people throughout the U.S. use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate as their native language, making it the third most commonly used language in the U.S. after English and Spanish. ASL is used by the deaf, hard-of-hearing and those with communication disorders, giving people an essential tool for communication. Despite this, 98 percent of deaf people do not receive education in sign language, and 72 percent of families do not sign with their deaf children. "I want people to know that they have a community that's out there waiting for them if they would like to be in it," Poynter said.
Associated Press
26-02-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Rikki Health Introduces its Digital Health Experience Platform (DHXP), Ushering in a New Era of Healthcare Innovation
Rikki Health, an AI-native healthcare startup, today introduced its Digital Health Experience Platform (DHXP) —a breakthrough solution that reinvents how digital healthcare applications are built, expanded, and scaled. By leveraging the most powerful advancements in Agentic AI, Rikki's DHXP removes traditional barriers to innovation, empowering healthcare organizations to transform ideas into enterprise-grade applications and features with unmatched speed, flexibility, and ease. 'For too long, healthcare innovation has been limited not by ideas, but by the complexity of execution,' said Jyoti Mokal, CEO of Rikki Health. 'Rikki changes that. We're giving healthcare innovators the power to build, enhance, and scale solutions—20x faster, without engineers.' Designed for Product Teams, Not Engineers Unlike other solutions to build healthcare experiences, Rikki's DHXP was built for product teams—not developers. It provides the sophistication of custom-built solutions without the time, cost, or constraints of traditional development. 'Existing healthcare solutions depend on engineers and specialized training, and lack the flexibility needed to support the enterprise demands of the healthcare industry,' said Mark Nathan, Executive Chairman of Rikki Health. 'Rikki puts the power directly in the hands of business teams, enabling them to create sophisticated digital experiences—without front-end engineers. At the same time, it offers complete control over branding and styling, with the ability to tailor content and features for different cohorts. This unlocks deep personalization at scale.' Atomic Features: The Key to Future-Proof Innovation At the core of Rikki's architecture are Atomic Features—independent, modular features that can stand alone or be combined in limitless ways. This approach allows companies to build entirely new products without starting from scratch, or enhance existing ones in a fraction of the time. By enabling a modular front-end and a fully composable architecture, Rikki ensures organizations can rapidly evolve, adapt, and scale in an ever-changing market. Unparalleled Flexibility: Build, Boost, or Buy Rikki provides healthcare organizations with a flexible path to digital transformation, whether they are creating something new, enhancing existing products, or leveraging pre-built solutions: Build – For organizations developing new digital healthcare applications from the ground up. Rikki delivers enterprise-grade functionality with complete design freedom—all 20x faster, without engineers. Boost – For companies looking to upgrade and expand their existing digital products. Boost enables faster release cycles, seamless feature enhancements, and greater agility in a competitive healthcare landscape. Buy – A portfolio of pre-built healthcare applications and experiences, combining the speed and ease of pre-built solutions with unparalleled configurability. Empowering the Future of Healthcare By removing the complexity of application development, Rikki's DHXP frees healthcare organizations to focus on what truly matters—optimizing stakeholder experiences and consumer engagement, improving operational efficiency, and driving innovation at scale. 'The future of healthcare isn't just about bold ideas—it's about making them a reality,' added Jyoti Mokal. 'Rikki exists to empower the innovators shaping that future.' Rikki Health is a Brooklyn-based AI-native healthcare startup revolutionizing digital innovation with its Digital Health Experience Platform (DHXP). Powered by Agentic AI and a proprietary Atomic Features marketplace, Rikki enables healthcare organizations to rapidly build, enhance, and deploy enterprise-grade digital solutions with unmatched speed and flexibility. Its Build, Boost, or Buy model gives organizations the freedom to drive digital transformation on their terms—eliminating traditional barriers and accelerating healthcare innovation at scale. Randy Foliente Rikki Health SOURCE: Rikki Health Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 02/26/2025 08:07 AM/DISC: 02/26/2025 08:07 AM
