Re: Ever thought of.....degree

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In a message dated 2/17/2006 1:19:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

Barbara.T.Mellert@... writes:

it's funny - I work at Dartmouth College in computing and one of my

professors was done here with his audiogram asking me to help him

interpret it! Isn't that hysterical?!

I'm wondering how I should log *that* call?! LOL

Data processing. LOL

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Barbara wrote:

it's funny - I work at Dartmouth College in computing and one of my

professors was done here with his audiogram asking me to help him

interpret it! Isn't that hysterical?!

I'm wondering how I should log *that* call?! LOL

Barb:

I also work in the computer field (software analysis for a bank) - I believe

that " User Training " covers it all.

<evil grin>

Kris

Mom to (Profound SNL, Left Side) and Ethan (Selective Hearing)

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<<I'd thought of that at one time - my bachelor's is in music (organ

performance) and masters is in public health. Then I figured I had

enough degrees so never pursued it.>>

LOL. I have thought about a TOD program, but having gone through a bachelor's

and master's in sociology, I feel kind of like you. Plus there is no program

close enough to attend and still be here for my kids. If there were, maybe I

would try to find a way.

Rhonda Savage

Mom to Audrey, 8, hearing; and Neal, 6, CII at 2.9 years

" Hard does not mean impossible. "

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saraandchadd wrote: <<Have you ever thought of

getting your degree in deaf/hoh education or

sign language interpretation? >>

I hadn't considered this, but I have considered going back to school to be an

RN. With Emmett's many doctor's visits we've run into quite a few nurses and

nurse practitioners who have been wonderful to us (and some not so). They gave

us sound advice and listened to us when perhaps a doctor wasn't so inclined to

listen. In my former life (pre-SAHM) I was an editor at daily newspapers. An RN

would be a huge switch!

So, no. I don't think that's odd to want to pursue a career in something you

know will be valued.

johanna

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Not a degree per se, although I have thought of becoming an inventor of

a better hearing aid device for kids. I still think it's strange that

Newborn Screening is in place in order to ensure early intervention,

while the only devices being offered to HOH newborns are unwieldy BTEs.

I always got the " this is good enough " attitude from the hearing loss

professionals whenever I questioned the practicality of keeping the

BTEs on my baby's ears!

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You know my DD was wears ITEs? Check out General Hearing Instruments - I'm

pretty sure they are the only ones that make an ITE for kids. My doc thinks it

ridiculous to put BTEs on a child therefore she recommends the ITEs although we

know that isn't the norm. My thing is that there should be better FMs for ITEs.

jbkdarby wrote: Not a degree per se, although I have

thought of becoming an inventor of

a better hearing aid device for kids. I still think it's strange that

Newborn Screening is in place in order to ensure early intervention,

while the only devices being offered to HOH newborns are unwieldy BTEs.

I always got the " this is good enough " attitude from the hearing loss

professionals whenever I questioned the practicality of keeping the

BTEs on my baby's ears!

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You know my DD was wears ITEs? Check out General Hearing Instruments - I'm

pretty sure they are the only ones that make an ITE for kids. My doc thinks it

ridiculous to put BTEs on a child therefore she recommends the ITEs although we

know that isn't the norm. My thing is that there should be better FMs for ITEs.

jbkdarby wrote: Not a degree per se, although I have

thought of becoming an inventor of

a better hearing aid device for kids. I still think it's strange that

Newborn Screening is in place in order to ensure early intervention,

while the only devices being offered to HOH newborns are unwieldy BTEs.

I always got the " this is good enough " attitude from the hearing loss

professionals whenever I questioned the practicality of keeping the

BTEs on my baby's ears!

All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is the

intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright

restrictions.

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You know my DD was wears ITEs? Check out General Hearing Instruments - I'm

pretty sure they are the only ones that make an ITE for kids. My doc thinks it

ridiculous to put BTEs on a child therefore she recommends the ITEs although we

know that isn't the norm. My thing is that there should be better FMs for ITEs.

jbkdarby wrote: Not a degree per se, although I have

thought of becoming an inventor of

a better hearing aid device for kids. I still think it's strange that

Newborn Screening is in place in order to ensure early intervention,

while the only devices being offered to HOH newborns are unwieldy BTEs.

I always got the " this is good enough " attitude from the hearing loss

professionals whenever I questioned the practicality of keeping the

BTEs on my baby's ears!

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intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright

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>You know my DD was wears ITEs? Check out General Hearing

Instruments - . . . "

Hi ,

Thank you for the info. We have the GHI soft ITEs as well, and yes

for know they are better fit for our daughter's needs than her BTEs.

However, I am not satisfied. I guess I am the " build a better mouse

trap " type. My girlfriend told me the person who designed the first

CI in 1977 was a NASA scientist with no medical background.

I am no scientist, but I can imagine a hearing instrument that is

similar to a patch. While I know there are many dedicated folks

doing wonderful research, it's hard to get the picture of our House

Ear Institute ENT/Research Chair cruising down the 101 Fwy in his

Porsche convertible out of my head. He was a real arrogant jerk when

we met with him. But, that's another story!!!

Best,

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>You know my DD was wears ITEs? Check out General Hearing

Instruments - . . . "

Hi ,

Thank you for the info. We have the GHI soft ITEs as well, and yes

for know they are better fit for our daughter's needs than her BTEs.

However, I am not satisfied. I guess I am the " build a better mouse

trap " type. My girlfriend told me the person who designed the first

CI in 1977 was a NASA scientist with no medical background.

I am no scientist, but I can imagine a hearing instrument that is

similar to a patch. While I know there are many dedicated folks

doing wonderful research, it's hard to get the picture of our House

Ear Institute ENT/Research Chair cruising down the 101 Fwy in his

Porsche convertible out of my head. He was a real arrogant jerk when

we met with him. But, that's another story!!!

Best,

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>You know my DD was wears ITEs? Check out General Hearing

Instruments - . . . "

Hi ,

Thank you for the info. We have the GHI soft ITEs as well, and yes

for know they are better fit for our daughter's needs than her BTEs.

However, I am not satisfied. I guess I am the " build a better mouse

trap " type. My girlfriend told me the person who designed the first

CI in 1977 was a NASA scientist with no medical background.

I am no scientist, but I can imagine a hearing instrument that is

similar to a patch. While I know there are many dedicated folks

doing wonderful research, it's hard to get the picture of our House

Ear Institute ENT/Research Chair cruising down the 101 Fwy in his

Porsche convertible out of my head. He was a real arrogant jerk when

we met with him. But, that's another story!!!

Best,

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Here's a funny story...I have my BSN. When I was going to college, I had to do

5 years because I transferred schools and the nursing program was very

sequenced. So I had a lot space to fill with other classes. Twice I declared a

minor in deaf studies. Twice I got lazy and dropped it. Then, after I got

married, I started taking sign classes at a local college. But then I got

pregnant with and because I felt so sick, I dropped it. I'm obviously

really regretting those decisions.

Cherie (mom to - moderate/severe SNHL, - hearing, and

- sever conductive loss)

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Here's a funny story...I have my BSN. When I was going to college, I had to do

5 years because I transferred schools and the nursing program was very

sequenced. So I had a lot space to fill with other classes. Twice I declared a

minor in deaf studies. Twice I got lazy and dropped it. Then, after I got

married, I started taking sign classes at a local college. But then I got

pregnant with and because I felt so sick, I dropped it. I'm obviously

really regretting those decisions.

Cherie (mom to - moderate/severe SNHL, - hearing, and

- sever conductive loss)

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Here's a funny story...I have my BSN. When I was going to college, I had to do

5 years because I transferred schools and the nursing program was very

sequenced. So I had a lot space to fill with other classes. Twice I declared a

minor in deaf studies. Twice I got lazy and dropped it. Then, after I got

married, I started taking sign classes at a local college. But then I got

pregnant with and because I felt so sick, I dropped it. I'm obviously

really regretting those decisions.

Cherie (mom to - moderate/severe SNHL, - hearing, and

- sever conductive loss)

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I've considered a TOD degree, but I wonder if a degree in advocacy would be more

useful in the short term.

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I've considered a TOD degree, but I wonder if a degree in advocacy would be more

useful in the short term.

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There actually is a " non-degree " program in advocacy skills called Partners in

Policymaking. Most states have this, ours in GA is run through the Atlanta

Alliance on Developmental Disabilities. It is one weekend a month, you stay

overnight at a hotel (they provide room and feed you too!) lasts for about 9

months and you learn an incredible amount of advocacy skills, meet terrific

people and it is just very high quality. I was amazed when I did my MPH - alot

of the stuff covered in the MPH (like medicaid and state systems) I had already

learned in Partners. I just went to the website

http://www.partnersinpolicymaking.com and it looks like they have online

courses now also. I think you can find out who to contact in your state on

this website.

Another source for advocacy training is http://www.wrightslaw.com They do

trainings and have great resources on the web and great books you can buy.

Our state P & A agency (Protection and Advocacy) also does special ed advocacy

training. Most states have this, and they don't all deal with kids or

education. Most states also have a federally funded agency that assists

parents in special ed matters. http://www.taalliance.org/centers/index.htm

This is the website for PACER, which is in Minnesota but they have links to

all the parent centers in all the states on this page. Our agency is called

PEPP and they do trainings all year, all over the state. They also have

advocates who can sometimes attend IRP meetings.

So you really can get a " non-degree " in advocacy. There is also a masters

program in advocacy in San Francisco, I have a friend that did it. She had to

fly to SF from Georgia about once a month. Mercer Univ which is here in Macon

has an undergraduate degree in advocacy - I can't think of the name of it,

something like community leadership. SO opportunities are out there! Happy

hunting.

>

>I've considered a TOD degree, but I wonder if a degree in advocacy would be

more useful in the short term.

>

>

>

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There actually is a " non-degree " program in advocacy skills called Partners in

Policymaking. Most states have this, ours in GA is run through the Atlanta

Alliance on Developmental Disabilities. It is one weekend a month, you stay

overnight at a hotel (they provide room and feed you too!) lasts for about 9

months and you learn an incredible amount of advocacy skills, meet terrific

people and it is just very high quality. I was amazed when I did my MPH - alot

of the stuff covered in the MPH (like medicaid and state systems) I had already

learned in Partners. I just went to the website

http://www.partnersinpolicymaking.com and it looks like they have online

courses now also. I think you can find out who to contact in your state on

this website.

Another source for advocacy training is http://www.wrightslaw.com They do

trainings and have great resources on the web and great books you can buy.

Our state P & A agency (Protection and Advocacy) also does special ed advocacy

training. Most states have this, and they don't all deal with kids or

education. Most states also have a federally funded agency that assists

parents in special ed matters. http://www.taalliance.org/centers/index.htm

This is the website for PACER, which is in Minnesota but they have links to

all the parent centers in all the states on this page. Our agency is called

PEPP and they do trainings all year, all over the state. They also have

advocates who can sometimes attend IRP meetings.

So you really can get a " non-degree " in advocacy. There is also a masters

program in advocacy in San Francisco, I have a friend that did it. She had to

fly to SF from Georgia about once a month. Mercer Univ which is here in Macon

has an undergraduate degree in advocacy - I can't think of the name of it,

something like community leadership. SO opportunities are out there! Happy

hunting.

>

>I've considered a TOD degree, but I wonder if a degree in advocacy would be

more useful in the short term.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

There actually is a " non-degree " program in advocacy skills called Partners in

Policymaking. Most states have this, ours in GA is run through the Atlanta

Alliance on Developmental Disabilities. It is one weekend a month, you stay

overnight at a hotel (they provide room and feed you too!) lasts for about 9

months and you learn an incredible amount of advocacy skills, meet terrific

people and it is just very high quality. I was amazed when I did my MPH - alot

of the stuff covered in the MPH (like medicaid and state systems) I had already

learned in Partners. I just went to the website

http://www.partnersinpolicymaking.com and it looks like they have online

courses now also. I think you can find out who to contact in your state on

this website.

Another source for advocacy training is http://www.wrightslaw.com They do

trainings and have great resources on the web and great books you can buy.

Our state P & A agency (Protection and Advocacy) also does special ed advocacy

training. Most states have this, and they don't all deal with kids or

education. Most states also have a federally funded agency that assists

parents in special ed matters. http://www.taalliance.org/centers/index.htm

This is the website for PACER, which is in Minnesota but they have links to

all the parent centers in all the states on this page. Our agency is called

PEPP and they do trainings all year, all over the state. They also have

advocates who can sometimes attend IRP meetings.

So you really can get a " non-degree " in advocacy. There is also a masters

program in advocacy in San Francisco, I have a friend that did it. She had to

fly to SF from Georgia about once a month. Mercer Univ which is here in Macon

has an undergraduate degree in advocacy - I can't think of the name of it,

something like community leadership. SO opportunities are out there! Happy

hunting.

>

>I've considered a TOD degree, but I wonder if a degree in advocacy would be

more useful in the short term.

>

>

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