When you wake up, what do you hear? Being in the 10% of population who suffers from mild tinnitus, I understand and empathize how life would be for someone without hearing. I value and appreciate the gift of hearing as to me it is the most precious attribute a person can possess. There are more than 10 million people in the UK with some form of hearing loss and helping these people hear again will provide me with a humbling sense of gratification. Therefore I feel that pursuing a career in Audiology is perfect for me.
Undertaking A-Levels has given me underpinning knowledge, which will be necessary for me to thrive in Audiology. It has expanded my understanding and knowledge about the world we live in and has made me recognise how something so ‘simple’ such as hearing, in actuality is exceedingly complex. Studying Biology has offered me a direct look into the development of the world in a biological sense and it provides me with an understanding of how certain functions within the human body operate. My studies in Chemistry have allowed me to be
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I undertook work experience in the Audiology department at The Queen Alexander Hospital. This is something I have always endeavored to do, I learnt that it would help develop my passion and hunger for Audiology. It also enhanced my knowledge and gave me plenty of hands on experience, such as using an Otoscope to examine a patient’s ear. It also allowed me to understand the use of medical equipment within the field. I learnt how hearing aids are tuned and how different software on a computer can be programmed onto it. This intrigued me as computers and software developing are some of my hobbies. Working among real patients with a variety of hearing impairments, helped me acquire knowledge and a realistic awareness of the everyday realities of life within the NHS; this enriched my desire to become an
I knew I wanted to work with people; I wanted further involvement, I wanted to see the results of my hard work, I wanted to make a difference in others lives. I went back to school to become a Surgical Technologist. As a student, I accepted a job at the hospital I interned at. After being in the operating room all day, I constantly was asking to stay late to finish a case or help with whatever needed to be done. I fell in love right away with this new profession.
“Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent,” wrote the iconic American essayist, poet and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, a lofty proclamation that inspired my focus to help those with hearing loss through restoration. After a winding journey in search for an academic focus, I discovered that audiology is far more than just aiding deaf or hard of hearing individuals, but restoring balance, managing loss through therapy, and discovering new research techniques that may involve auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder. After arriving at my destination, I also learned that it is my responsibility as a future audiologist to be a leader, to work hard toward achieving a better future for myself, and a better world for humanity at large. This vision drives my aspiration to join the University of South Florida’s graduate audiology program this coming fall, and continue my examination of clinical audiology as a member of your community.
This is causing audiologists in the future to pursue careers in research, military audiology, and academia, instead of private practice. However, since hearing loss is associated with aging, individuals continually demand services from audiologists. Also, members of the baby boomer generation are all now seeking services from audiologists. It is projected that the profession of audiology is to grow approximately 37% within the next few years, and the field is to continue expanding.
With my education and teaching background, I am very comfortable in establishing rapport with clients and professionals, and staying organized with documentation for various sources. Essential audiology skills that I am also proficient in are administering hearing screenings and tests, along with performing hearing aid troubleshooting and cleanings.
Throughout this researched that I investigated I became interested in this field in a way. If I had an option in medical field I would take the option. Knowing that you are helping patients out is an amazing feeling. I would work with infants rather than adults. I would cherish every moment because you would never know if that’s the last time to work with the patient not just because of death but maybe cause they might recover from there sickness.
As I sit here in front of my laptop with just days left of my first semester of my 6 year journey to begin a career as an Audiologist; a career I have become very passionate about, I wanted to take the time and use Walker Percy’s essay, “The Loss of the Creature”, to analyze my experience thus far. Audiology is a field of study that is very specific to communication disorders and plain and simple, the ears. Not a single class I took this semester related to Audiology, but they were requirements, mere stepping stones, necessary to reach my end goal. I vow to come back to this essay after I graduate with my Master’s degree to see if I feel the same way, but I have a strong feeling that my views on college credits won’t change. I want to use this final essay to examine each class I took this semester and view it from a perspective that Percy would use towards the college experience.
In addition, the experience was great because been assigned to a specialized area, one is expected to know all the basic for caring a patient, that just undergo a procedure. For instance, vital sign,
Though some of the hearing community might take on an unknowingly negative approach on deafness due to a lack of knowledge, for those in the deaf community, their hearing loss is not a burden or a disability, but instead an important component of their identity and culture (Sanger-Katz). Many see being deaf as a positive attribute (Sanger-Katz). The motto belonging to the deaf community is “the deaf can do anything but hear” (“Deaf, not I...
Audiology inspired me by fulfilling my need to give back to others in a professional capacity, satisfied my electronic savvy skills, and being able to work with all ages anywhere in the world. Looking ahead to graduate school with complete certainty that I have discerned my divined course of action, nothing can deter me from this burning passion. Once I am accepted into your Doctor of Audiology program at Indiana University in Bloomington, I will work vigorously for the next four years until that diploma is in my hand. Then I’ll be off to work at a hospital where I will focus on pediatric auditory habilitation and rehabilitation. I aspire to work in the neonatal units doing Auditory Brain Response testing on newborns and helping parents understand and better prepare their child with a hearing impairment for a challenging, yet successful future. I possess a certain amount of obsession for children, not unlike the possessive nature parents feel for their young. Years of volunteering at the Church Nursery growing up and now working with preschool to 3rd graders, tutoring after school, helping with ballet classes, or even women’s shelters, I’ve found the age group that I am truly dedicated to and passionately work to help. This gives me great understanding and
As I thought of this article, many of the issues I have faced as a single Hmong woman in her mid-twenties came to mind. Should I discuss the functional reasons why marriage is so important in the Hmong culture, especially for women? Or do I talk about the lack of eligible, older Hmong men? Better yet, should I complain about the attempts by my relatives to find me a good husband as if it were an unfortunate circumstance that I was single instead of a conscious choice? Thinking it over, though, I decided that all those questions boiled down to one fundamental truth – the Hmong community is still trying to learn how to treat the increasing number of Hmong women who, like me, are making the choice to stay single in their mid-twenties.
(Baker- Shenk & Kyle) Despite many social problems and unnecessary prejudices, deaf people dot consider themselves as having a disability. Having the lack of hearing is not about just being Deaf, but accepting that challenge and being all you can be with yourself, and going through life the strong individual you are. The real issue is if the Deaf want to stay Deaf or rise above and get the surgery for the hearing aid, or cochlear implant. Deafness does not have to mean you are disabled. The approaches on a Deaf person’s life are just as significant as a hearing persons (Vicars).
I had seven weeks of experience at the medical floor, where I learned a lot about skills and how to work in the hospital environment. After the break
As the instructor, you are responsible for operating the Master Radio. The student Slave radio controls only the throttle, pitch, yaw and roll. Even when the Slave radio is given control of the joysticks, the Master radio controls all the switches, including those for setting the flight mode, Arming and Disarming the drone and triggering Position Hold or Return to Home. When the student is flying FPV, wear the second set of goggles in case you need to take control. Another student will serve as an additional line-of-sight spotter. Follow all training recommendations to feel confident operating these essential safety features.
in Hematology on a regular basis, but there were still things I learned by going through
To fulfill the requirements to apply for graduate school, I started my internship as a medic last summer in a local hospital back in China. It was not only a great experience for improving professional techniques, but also I learnt the meaning of life and the responsibility I had on my shoulders.