Advice to “work with what you know”, is routinely given to people starting a new career path, or changing tack. Both these students are doing just that – while entering careers not previously open to students with hearing issues.
Read: Saratoga Student Takes Speech Pathology At UW
Until very recently, the notion of a deaf student taking speech pathology at university would challenge most people, but the field of deaf education covers hearing (audiology), SLT practice and classroom management.
Read: Career in deaf education – from lived experience
In the big picture, it’s fantastic to see more groundbreakers opening up new career fields – and leveraging their lived experience of hearing issues.
More Reading
- Nursing – A Nurse With Hearing Issues Retrains In Audiology
- Nursing – A Nurse Qualifies, Twenty Years After First Applying
- Teaching – Deaf Masters Degree Student Trains As A Teacher
- Medicine – Study Supports For Doctors With Hearing Issues
- Veterinarian – Deaf Veterinarians Guide On Digital Media Access
- Healthcare – Healthcare Careers Highlighted to Deaf/Hoh Students
- Journalism – Technology Boosts Journalists With Hearing Issues
- Firefighting – Heard About The Firefighter With Hearing Issues?
- Airline pilot – Deaf Pilots Harness New Hearing Technologies
