orientation to deafness

Throughout the course of the semester, especially in the first week or two, I developed relationships with my fellow classmates and even with the second year students in the Interpreter Training Program. I was absolutely terrified to go on the observation, because I didn’t know what to expect, so I pushed it off until the absolute last minute possible. I forced myself to take a deep breath and put on my brave face, and walk in the audiologist’s office like I didn’t have a fear in the world, the same way I did on the first day of school this year. It turns out I really enjoyed myself, and learned so much from that experience.
Learning about the history of deafness, and how it was perceived from ancient times, until now has been an extremely fascinating educational journey for me. I felt like my brain couldn’t keep up, and even though I probably didn’t read the text book as often as I should have, I really enjoyed the fact that very detailed notes were given. I guess I took for granted the struggles underwent by the Deaf community, which is not something that I will do twice.