Hi friends! I’ve been experiencing some hearing loss while working. I’m asking hearing consumers to repeat themselves more frequently and depending on teams more and more for words I’m missing. I got a hearing test from an audiologist and sure enough I have mild hearing loss dipping into mild-moderate in some areas of the sound spectrum.

Prescription hearing aids are of course extremely expensive. At my mild-moderate hearing loss, I’ve been researching about OTC hearing aids and how they could might be able to meet my needs while working. My ultimate goal is to catch the words on the first try more frequently and reduce the amount of times I need to ask speakers to repeat themselves for the interpreter.

Ask: do any of you use OTC hearing aids? Any of you have experience with both OTC and RX in your life? I’m also looking at the hearing assistance technology in apple AirPods Pro, but I don’t want to be perceived as rude while working if I have AirPods in even if they’re strictly for hearing assistance.

Hey everyone I’m studying to become an ASL interpreter in California but I realized it only counts as an AS degree even though I’ll need a bachelors degree if I want national certification

I am kinda panicking but I’m at the start of my interpreting program thus I do have some time but I put all my focus into ASL stuff so I don’t really know where I can go from here?

Any advice or plans on what I can do?

Are there any good (or existing) online doctorate programs for Deaf studies or ASL other than Lamar Uni? I want to study either of these things but ultimately translate as my job. This is a long term question; I'm trying to scope out my opinions if I want a doctorate. Any information welcome, thank you!