In this podcast Dr. Pratesi discusses her path to becoming an audiologist including her diagnosis, living with and without accommodations and assistive devices, working with disability resources in college, helping others request accommodations in the workplace and finding a way to engage with her passion of theatre and music as a person with hearing loss. Dr. Pratesi thoughtfully reflects on why, as a person with degenerative hearing loss, she makes an empathic and informed audiologist.

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Key Words: Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Audiology