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lilraysofhope

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I am trying to decide what I am going to do when I "grow up". I have been working in customer service, teller, loans, new accounts banking for the last 10 years on and off. However, I feel like I feeling incompetent and self conscious as I am having a very hard time hearing people. Shouldn't I be used to this since I have had profound loss in my left and mod-severe in my other ear since I was 2!!!!!
Anyway, I am wondering what a good profession is for someone very HOH or deaf?? Please don't flame me, I am just soooooooooo disouraged:confused: I am not crafty (wish I was), not exceptionally detailed oriented. I LOVE kids and feel most comfortable with them but realize I have a hard time hearing them too!!!:dizzy:
 
You should try and apply as a daycare carer as you love kids. Just an suggestion? :dunno:
 
lilraysofhope said:
I am trying to decide what I am going to do when I "grow up". I have been working in customer service, teller, loans, new accounts banking for the last 10 years on and off. However, I feel like I feeling incompetent and self conscious as I am having a very hard time hearing people. Shouldn't I be used to this since I have had profound loss in my left and mod-severe in my other ear since I was 2!!!!!
Anyway, I am wondering what a good profession is for someone very HOH or deaf?? Please don't flame me, I am just soooooooooo disouraged:confused: I am not crafty (wish I was), not exceptionally detailed oriented. I LOVE kids and feel most comfortable with them but realize I have a hard time hearing them too!!!:dizzy:
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If you can work with kids somewhere, maybe you can teach them signs and that could help you out a bit. I know how difficult it is to understand kids, I've been there. I've worked with disabled kids at the Arc for a year, and most of them were very difficult to understand (listening and lipreading). Only 2 clients, that I remember of, used signs and gestures as a way to communicate. But just working for the Arc was such a stressful job, just trying to communicate with whichever kid(s) I was working with and being able to understand them in a noisy situation (kids will be kids, and there was always chattering or other noise of some sort going on).
 
Thank you for your feedback! I have taught *m*

preschool in the past and I enjoyed it. Problem is: LOW pay!!! It seems the only things I qualify pay $10hr:eek3:
 
lilraysofhope,

I know how you feel. I have lost my hearing since 2 1/2 years old, too. You're not the only one who feels this way. Don't be sorry for the way you feel, that's just the way you feel. I always thought that it's hard to get used to the way you are if you weren't born this way. That's my guess.

You could take care of children at a deaf school or go back to school and get a degree to teach deaf children?

Have you tried investigating new hearing aids in the market? Maybe there's something better...who knows?
 
Try and broaden your horizions in the childcare industry and find the proper salary that meets your needs.
 
Can be a :

teacher

physical therapist

occupation therapist

Program director for daycares or camps

Sports director for children's sports

all these fields have subfields working with children and they more likely pay more than $10 an hour.
 
Why don't you become a teacher for the deaf? With sign language, I would assume it would make the communication between children and adult a little easier?
 
I have often thought about teaching The problem

with teaching the deaf is I have been mainstreamed my whole life and do not sign!:eek3: If I only knew then, what I know now KWIM?

:ty:
 
lilraysofhope said:
with teaching the deaf is I have been mainstreamed my whole life and do not sign!:eek3: If I only knew then, what I know now KWIM?

:ty:
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That's why I started taking ASL classes while studying for my BA degree in Special Ed.
 
shel90 said:
That's why I started taking ASL classes while studying for my BA degree in Special Ed.
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:topic: I'm doing the same thing! I'm working on my BA degree in special ed and learning asl at the same time. It can be beneficial in the special ed field because there are many special needs kids (hearing and deaf/hoh) with limited communication, who sign more than speak.
and lilraysofhope, don't give up. I understand you are hesitant to become a teacher because of your hearing issues, but maybe you could be a teachers aid, or start learning sign and be a teacher. Maybe you could work with older kids that are easier to understand too?
 
Holly said:
:topic: I'm doing the same thing! I'm working on my BA degree in special ed and learning asl at the same time. It can be beneficial in the special ed field because there are many special needs kids (hearing and deaf/hoh) with limited communication, who sign more than speak.
and lilraysofhope, don't give up. I understand you are hesitant to become a teacher because of your hearing issues, but maybe you could be a teachers aid, or start learning sign and be a teacher. Maybe you could work with older kids that are easier to understand too?
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I agree..I started out as a volunteer aide working at a deaf school even though I had never learned sign language. It was a challenge but it was no different than being in an oral only environment not understanding anyone most of the time anyway! LOL!

Then I just went from there...so that is a good idea! Start out small and go from there.
 
lilraysofhope said:
with teaching the deaf is I have been mainstreamed my whole life and do not sign!:eek3: If I only knew then, what I know now KWIM?

:ty:
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I have noticed in one other post that you mention the word/name that perplex me not know what the word is KWIM. Now here is in your thread, there is the same word or name for KWIM. Is this your initial name or code name for someone/yourself or something I don't know. Will you clarify this new word KWIM for me? :ty:
 
lilraysofhope said:
preschool in the past and I enjoyed it. Problem is: LOW pay!!! It seems the only things I qualify pay $10hr:eek3:
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Do you have your CDA? or Early Childhood Education? A well run center pays well. You just have to have the qualifications.
 
shel90 said:
Can be a :

teacher

physical therapist

occupation therapist

Program director for daycares or camps

Sports director for children's sports

all these fields have subfields working with children and they more likely pay more than $10 an hour.
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I just completed my Program Management courses. woo hoo!..

I have my special education but it is a certificate... I want to do more.. I am currently in for my AS degree in Early Childhood education.. and after that I will go for more. Being married with kids and a full time job.. slowly but surely I will get my degree. just working my way up slowly..

It is a good start. On something I love to do.
 
lilraysofhope said:
with teaching the deaf is I have been mainstreamed my whole life and do not sign!:eek3: If I only knew then, what I know now KWIM?

:ty:
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Ah, I was thinking of shel90's example when I wrote this. As she said, you can learn sign language, I am sure they will offer ASL classes if you are majoring in deaf education.

Although, I don't know much about becoming teacher for deaf children, so I am asking this.

shel90, is taking ASL classes one of requirements for becoming a teacher for deaf children?
 
Bebonang said:
I have noticed in one other post that you mention the word/name that perplex me not know what the word is KWIM. Now here is in your thread, there is the same word or name for KWIM. Is this your initial name or code name for someone/yourself or something I don't know. Will you clarify this new word KWIM for me? :ty:
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Bebonang

KWIM is an acronym or abbreviation, which stands for "Know what I mean?" .... KWIM. :)
 
deafbajagal said:
Not all deaf children will learn ASL or use some kind of sign language...
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True, but I am assuming you can chose the field where you can use it? Like going to school for the deaf that supports sign language as one method of communication?
 
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