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Maybe. I will try. Kansas provided me with an amplified phone, though I was told that it could not be for work, but for life purposes. I don't know if they will provide hearing aids. Maybe. But I DO have aids already--I just need much stronger ones.
Also, I won't lose my employment because of my hearing--it's just a lot harder to deal with student questions and comments, and almost impossible in meetings with colleagues. But my employment doesn't actually *depend* on my functioning in meetings--it's just something that helps my status in the department, and since mine is a nontenured position, anything that helps my status helps my merit raises and my future reappointments.
I will call the Kansas disabiltiies office to see what they might be able to do.
Braillesign@... wrote:
Hey All!Tina,I have had two colleagues get new hearing aids through Vocational Rehabilitation. Is that possible in your state? They had to re-open their cases and meet with a VR counselor, who wrote up that they needed new hearing aids in order to maintain employment. I don't know how VR works in your state, but I thought I would give you that bit of information.Have joy!DawnTakes two to tango, and if one doesn't want to dance no sense whirling across the room."
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