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Many of us will develop some form of hearing impairment as we age and the prevalence of such impairments will only increase over the next (few) decades as our societies grow older. But hearing impairments are not limited to older adults: many children also live with hearing impairments. Some of the consequences of hearing impairment that affect all ages include difficulties with speech comprehension and decreased participation in everyday social activities. Prescription of he

Creating a welcoming working environment and building teams with a range of backgrounds and perspectives strengthens the quality of our work. When people feel comfortable contributing their ideas - and when those ideas come from varied experiences - our labs, departments, and projects benefit. A key step in shaping a community that reflects the people we aim to serve is ensuring that applicants from many different paths feel encouraged to enter a search pool. People decide wh

Academic career paths are not all the same. People may not always believe in you, which can be demotivating ... but believe in yourself . Success stories come in different forms. If I had listened to the people who told me how unlikely it would be for me to succeed … well, I didn’t. This is my story. My career path has been non-traditional, lucky at times, but fun in many ways. Growing up, I played a lot of soccer, enjoyed working with tools - mostly building things out of wo