Phillip@hikssrv.lib.purdue.edu (Rick Stevens) (02/01/91)
Index Number: 13348 I work at Purdue University with different disabled student groups. One of the students asked me to send this query out to those who might be able to answer it first-hand. He writes, How do you get a telephone with a hearing aid adapter on a college campus? I've worked with our administration for four months. The man in charge has been working on it for this time period without result. Does this seem like too long to wait? What do you suggest I do? (We have no TDDs on campus either) Lack of notetakers seems to be another problem here. The university isn't able to attract enough notetakers. (Voc-Rehab pays for it and the university lines the workers up) How can we correct this? What are students suppose to do without notetakers? (This is happening regularly) How does a profoundly deaf person hear in a class that relies on group discussion? Any suggestions? Some of these classes base their grades on class participation -- notetakers don't help here. I have a portable microphone which connects to my hearing aids. I use it to hear certain lectures, etc., but in a group situation, I don't hear what the classmates are dialoging about. What have you done to alleviate this type of problem. I lip read, but I can't read everyone's lips at once. I have heard that some folks have note takers using lap top computers to speed up notetaking activities. What does anyone know about this? That ends the student's questions. Please reply by sending e-mail to Rick Stevens I/O Phillip White (SUBJECT: student's queries?) -- phillip@hikssrv.lib.purdue.edu THANKS a BIG BUNCH