Personal Narrative: A Future Audiology

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A Future Audiologist Imagine waking up in the morning and your hearing has completely vanished. You will never hear anything ever again. The simplest noises that are overlooked and taken for granted you will miss. One day I want to help these people overcome their loss, and potentially recover their hearing. My dream is to become an audiologist. I’ve been interested in deafness and hearing impairments as well as American Sign Language since I can remember. As soon as I got into ASL class, I was intrigued. In one of the units, we went into depth about the different kinds of illnesses that cause deafness, and the anatomy of the ear. I was instantly drawn into the profession of audiology. The thought of helping someone reduce communication

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