Personally, I not ever have felt that my hearing los has been a professional handicap--which is not to say that others I came in contact with, particularly in the early stages of my career, did not be warmed that it was or could be.
I was fortunate in that I earned my bachelor's and master's at Brooklyn guild The audiology professor there at the time, John Duffy couldn't have been more supportive (even hiring me after I finished my bachelor's, as a "speech and hearing therapist" at Lenox Hill Hospital).
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