A rant about hearing people!

SJCSue

SJCSue

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I cannot believe the graduate schools ONLY want hearing people to become audiologists WHEN they ususally do not what life is like with a hearing loss. They don't know how frustrating it can when communicating orally with hearing people.

Imagine you are a hearing person with a deaf/hoh child. Would you rather a hearing audiologist or deaf/hoh audiologist? When a deaf/hoh audiologist can tell you about the frustration of living with a hearing loss.
 
SJCSue said:
I cannot believe the graduate schools ONLY want hearing people to become audiologists WHEN they ususally do not what life is like with a hearing loss. They don't know how frustrating it can when communicating orally with hearing people.

Imagine you are a hearing person with a deaf/hoh child. Would you rather a hearing audiologist or deaf/hoh audiologist? When a deaf/hoh audiologist can tell you about the frustration of living with a hearing loss.
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Hearing. For frustration issues I'll ask a deaf / hoh person.

Would you ask a color-blind person to comment on your colour painting?
 
SJCSue said:
I cannot believe the graduate schools ONLY want hearing people to become audiologists WHEN they ususally do not what life is like with a hearing loss. They don't know how frustrating it can when communicating orally with hearing people.

Imagine you are a hearing person with a deaf/hoh child. Would you rather a hearing audiologist or deaf/hoh audiologist? When a deaf/hoh audiologist can tell you about the frustration of living with a hearing loss.
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Actually, errr...a deaf audiologist isn't something you see too many of...but have there been ANY deaf audiologists that you know exist?? If so, I'd be interested in seeing some of his or her credentials.

I may be uneducated in this matter, but doesn't an audiologist have to have a fair amount of hearing in order to conduct hearing tests, or do mappings on those with cochlear implants, or administer speech and hearing training? Same way that a doctor would be required to use a stethoscope effectively or a street policeman would need to have good use all of his arms and legs?

Sue, I think a deaf audiologist would be terrific if it were possible...but you don't even have to be an audiologist in order to talk about the frustrations with living with a hearing loss. What about a psychologist or psychiatrist or guidance counselor that is deaf? I think that'd be awesome! There is definitely not enough of those.
 
I don't have any experience with audiologists, so take my comment with a grain of salt. That does seem correct to me, however.

Does a doctor have to have had cancer in the past in order to treat a cancer patient? How can a doctor who hasn't had cancer know what its like to have had cancer?

Does a person who was a victim of a violent crime have to seek counseling from the police officer, even though the officer hasn't been a victim of a violent crime? Does that make the officer not worthy of doing what he/she does?


For the cancer treatment, let the doctor go to school and do what he does best...treat the patient. When it comes to support, let the cancer patient seek other cancer survivors who know what its like. Same for the violent crime victim...let them get help from the police, but then get peer support from other victims.
 
Cloggy said:
Hearing. For frustration issues I'll ask a deaf / hoh person.

Would you ask a color-blind person to comment on your colour painting?
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Hmmmm. If you want to know about monkeys, do you ask a monkey or an anthropologist? Or Levonian?
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(Dang, this opens up a can of worms...By that logic, if one wants to know about a woman, do you ask a woman or a guy? Hee hee *ducking*)
 
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Yes Virginia there are deaf audiologists

As I noted in an earlier posting, I have a friend in Indiana who is a deaf audiologist. He was diagnosed at age 5. He wears hearing aids and lip reads. I had the pleasure of working with him for a year. He is a wonderful person and great at what he does. He is able to sympathize with and understand his clients. We were working for a sattelite clinic of a county hospital. I was the office manager and I never received any complaints. The only reason he does not see little G is he doesn't do pediatrics.
 
Here's another one;

Sandra Mintz

So, it's possible. Maybe trying out another graduate school will pay dividends if you're frustrated with your current choice.
 
Try Gallaudet maybe......Gally might be more sympathetic to dhh audis....
 
When I was talking to an audiolgist at the Cdn. hearing Society in Toronto I noticed he wore a hearing aid, and he then showed me in other one, he was young but I was just completely stunned with an almost jaw drop expression.

Then I was told that's there two audi's there with hearing aid.

I can't tell you their qualifications, I haven't the slightest clue but the guy did tell me he was an audiogist (sp?).
 
And another one in North Carolina. She is audiologist for Cochlear Implants.
 
yeah, we need to hire DEAF INTERPRETERS!!!!! I'll be the first to fill out an application!!!!!1 :D
 
view from a future doctor

I would agree with Taylor - I am training to be a doctor and hope to be very understanding and empathetic with my patients even thought I may never have been through the same health issues as them. Male obstetricians seem to do alright.


However that is not to say that there should not be deaf audiologists. Also hearing audiologists should consider learning more about deaf culture and some sign language.
 
Well, I have two opinions on that.
Yes, I would love to have a deaf/hofh person do it but the fact is when a job requires a specification there isn't much that you can do about it.

It's not that they aren't being fair, it's just what the job requires.

Just like ASL interpreters. I considered being hofh going into such a field. But then when I talked to my Deaf friend she said those that do have a hearing loss have to struggle because they do not hear everything that they have to interpret. Like for instance, we all know if you are hofh/Deaf you need people FACING YOU inorder to read lips. Well, I am up at the front and whoever I am interpreting for is behind me. I can't possibly be able interpret. I would be constantly running after the person, trying to lip read while I signed.

So, don't take it to heart. I know experiences means the most.
Try and find something that maybe you can work, along side of an audiologist.

Other than that, just my two cents.
 
SJCSue said:
I cannot believe the graduate schools ONLY want hearing people to become audiologists WHEN they ususally do not what life is like with a hearing loss. They don't know how frustrating it can when communicating orally with hearing people.

Imagine you are a hearing person with a deaf/hoh child. Would you rather a hearing audiologist or deaf/hoh audiologist? When a deaf/hoh audiologist can tell you about the frustration of living with a hearing loss.
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I'm hoh.. I prefer a hearing audiologist.. b/c she/he hears sounds well enough to test our hearing.. It's important to be able to handle all sounds for an audiologist.. this means a hearing audiologist would do the best ..

Of course, I don't mind seeing a deaf audiologist.. Anyway, I prefer a hearing audiologist although I'm a hard of hearing person ( I have severe to profound loss bilateraly )

Cloggy said:
Hearing. For frustration issues I'll ask a deaf / hoh person.

Would you ask a color-blind person to comment on your colour painting?
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:gpost:
 
The professor of the audiology course that I had to take last year asked me if I would be interested in becoming an audiologist. That was my initial reaction: don't you have to be able to hear to be an audiologist? She said no, and when I got to thinking about the hearing tests that I have had, there's really nothing you have to hear to be able to diagnose the hearing loss. You would need to be able to hear the clients responses during a speech discrimination test, and I asked her about that; she said you could have an assistant help with that part of the test.

Deaf people probably don't consider audiology as a field, because they don't know it's a possibility. So spread the word......it can be done!
 
DeafInTX said:
The professor of the audiology course that I had to take last year asked me if I would be interested in becoming an audiologist. That was my initial reaction: don't you have to be able to hear to be an audiologist? She said no, and when I got to thinking about the hearing tests that I have had, there's really nothing you have to hear to be able to diagnose the hearing loss. You would need to be able to hear the clients responses during a speech discrimination test, and I asked her about that; she said you could have an assistant help with that part of the test. Deaf people probably don't consider audiology as a field, because they don't know it's a possibility. So spread the word......it can be done!
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I only have a mild hearing loss (30dB). According to my hearing parents, I have 30dBs in the low fruencies. Thanks for the info! :bowdown:
 
Malfoyish said:
Actually, errr...a deaf audiologist isn't something you see too many of...but have there been ANY deaf audiologists that you know exist?? If so, I'd be interested in seeing some of his or her credentials.
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Dr. Mark Ross at Self Help For Hard-of-hearing (SHHH) People. Their website is http://www.shhh.org/

If I recall, Dr. Ross has both an Au.D and a Ph.D.
 
SJCSue said:
I cannot believe the graduate schools ONLY want hearing people to become audiologists WHEN they ususally do not what life is like with a hearing loss. They don't know how frustrating it can when communicating orally with hearing people.

Imagine you are a hearing person with a deaf/hoh child. Would you rather a hearing audiologist or deaf/hoh audiologist? When a deaf/hoh audiologist can tell you about the frustration of living with a hearing loss.
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I was a pre-audiology major at Minnesota State University-Moorhead during school year 2002-2003. I was the only hoh person and, by the end of spring semester, I changed my major, as these peoples' attitudes (not all of them, mind you) stunk. I felt like I was treated like a dumb bell.
 
The*Empress said:
yeah, we need to hire DEAF INTERPRETERS!!!!! I'll be the first to fill out an application!!!!!1 :D
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That's great!!!!! Here's your first "Interpretation" job ... can you tell me what this means? :fingersx: what about this? :deaf: how about this? :crazy: maybe this? :applause: this? :ily: this one, too? :ty: I did not add the other ones for obvious reasons.
 
ecevit said:
I'm hoh.. I prefer a hearing audiologist.. b/c she/he hears sounds well enough to test our hearing.. It's important to be able to handle all sounds for an audiologist.. this means a hearing audiologist would do the best ..

Of course, I don't mind seeing a deaf audiologist.. Anyway, I prefer a hearing audiologist although I'm a hard of hearing person ( I have severe to profound loss bilateraly )
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:ugh: TROLL ALERT EVERYONE!!! A HEARIE AMONG US!!!!!
 
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