deafgal001

you should have mention that instead saying " someone lost her hearing because she had her tonsils removed!"

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Anij

Because you like working with young children - what about starting to learn ASL, as well as find some peer mentors to help you learn not only ASL, but to learn how to navigate the world as a Hoh / Deaf person?

You could, with a few years of university become a teacher of the deaf (anything from preschool - highschool, whatever YOU want), or a counsellor at a school or organization for families with Hoh/Deaf children.

There are LOTS of options - almost anything that you WANT to do, you CAN do ... it may take some re-training, learning a new language (I learned ASL as an adult, and I LOVE it... it just "makes sense" to me!), finding out how to access and use various accommodations etc ... but as long as you have Faith in yourself, and decide what you WANT to do ... you CAN get there!!

There are Hoh/Deaf people who are Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Social Workers, Counsellors, Librarians, Mechanics, Musicians, Dentists, Educational Assistants, Professors, Principals of Schools ... almost anything you can imagine - people with hearing loss, people who are Hoh, deaf/Deaf CAN and DO do. You can too ...


If you love teaching Montessori pre-school ... then you could start learning ASL and look into setting up a Montessori Pre-school class specifically for those who are Hoh/Deaf (or come from a Hoh/Deaf family), or hearing children who's parents would like them to learn in a Bi-Bi (bi-lingual, bi-cultural) environment. The Hoh/Deaf program could be in the same building as the "hearing" Montessori school", but with it's own classroom. For this Hoh/Deaf class you could have a Hearing educational assistant (or other teacher) to be the "ears" - however with the proper visual signalling devices (visual smoke alarm, visual class bells, visual doorbell, visual phone/TTY ringer etc) you'll soon likely realize that in that environment you really don't need your ears - because you can SEE everything you need

In starting a program like this - so that YOU can keep doing what you love ... you also OPEN the doors to sooo many Hoh/Deaf children and their families that might not otherwise have an opportunity to attend a Montessori type class/school ... you're challenge/struggle - may in time, become a gift to dozens (& over the years) even hundreds of ecstatic, enthusiastic, bright, kids - who happen to be Hoh/Deaf - and for that reason alone may not otherwise have the opportunity to experience the joy, fun and creativity of a Montessori learning environment.

The biggest barriers we face in life - are the ones we make ourselves.

tigersharkdude

Gosh, I feel the same way. I was in school to be a rad. tech (x-ray tech) but that was a no go when my hearing took a dump over the summer.

Depending on how my current situation goes, I may/not(gov't stuff) be looking into a new career.

Angelus

In case I never said this over a year ago when I posted I LOVE ALL OF THE EFFORTS AND AFFIRMATION AND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT YOU PEOPLE PUT INTO THIS THREAD. I can NEVER say thank you ENOUGH~! This is truly the only place I get the affirmation in this area that I need. UPDATE: Still considering looking for work- re reading all your posts comforted me all over again. I am still doing daycare- but have become a power seller on Ebay and working with Amazon as well. The post about the opportunity to explore being an entreprneur was right on the money. (No pun intended). I need to come back here more often!!!~!

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Smithtr

you struggle on something job? struggle something issues tough! want to wise on increase hours!

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Angelus

Hi there: Sometimes working from home can be ahrd- the hours are long....and the pay can be great or not so great..I still look to see if there are jobs I might be able to do with this hearing loss...but everything said on this thread is true. It changes you. I thought it changed me for ther worse- but I now realiZe- I would have never gotten as far as I have on Ebay if I were not HOH.

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Smithtr

Oh Really i understand clear you struggle something issues problem!

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Danb

I dont' know if this has been mentioned but have you ever thought of getting a cochlear implant? It opens up more avenues for jobs. One of my audiologists actually has 2 cochlear implants. If i didn't have other health problems i would definately get into that field.

If that's not possible you can look into MTurk. Its an amazon.com job service for different kinds of data entry. Pay is not good but it will definately keep you busy.

Other than that maybe its a good time to try out your creative side? You could start small. Maybe small crafts, or painting.

Recently i've been restricted to my house and the amount of things i can do because of autoimmune flare-ups. It is very aggrevating. I can't put too much time into work as I use to. I try to do creative things, and it helps keep me positive. I do mostly wood working projects and will get back into painting soon. Most of the creative past times can be learned through google, so it won't cost much.

sallylou

Wirelessly posted (droid)

Have you connected with your local Deaf/Hoh community? You can get help advocating for reasonable accommodations. As for communicating with parents, preschool sent a written report daily, which I greatly appreciated. Now, I rarely communicate with a teacher in person or by phone. Everyone emails and texts. If you don't have a laptop and smart phone, you need to get them.

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whatdidyousay!

Did you read the whole post ? The OP is worried about not being able to do her job!! I can't stand people telling others how they should feel about losing their hearing!