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really tough," he said, adding that it's
not always easy to find a seat at the
front of the class.
King said he normally uses hear
ing aids, though he spent the past
week without them because they
needed to be repaired.
"They look really dorky, but they
help me a lot," he said. He added
that even if he can't get full word
recognition, the aids let him know
which direction the sound is com
ing from.
"If I'm able to hear what's going on
around me, mentally it's a lot easier for
me to function day to day," he said.
King said he has also used an FM
loop in class, a device provided by
the University that has a micro
phone, which the teacher wears,
while King wears the receiver so he
can hear more clearly.
"Last term ... 1 had to use it in two
of my classes, or I would have failed
miserably," he said.
Yet, even with these tools King still
struggles sometimes to get informa
tion. If students start to mumble or
have side conversations, the ambient
noise washes out the professor's
voice, he said.
"If I'm in a class where that's going
on too much, I'll turn around and
tell people to shut up," he said.
Being unable to hear dearly makes
King a little reluctant to participate in
dass.
"Back in the '80s ... I was very en
gaged, I challenged a lot, I really
wanted to make sure I understood
topics," he said, adding that he's
now afraid to raise his hand in case
he missed something. "It's a lot
tougher when you're not sure you're
in alignment."
He said he will often write down
questions and go talk to the teacher
after class. But this means he misses
out on an important part of the in
struction, he said.
"A lot of where education takes
place is in the dialogue during class,"
he said.
Graduate Teaching Fellow Lars
Schmitz, who teaches a geology lab,
said he goes over questions with King
after class whenever necessary.
"He's really into the topic and he's
trying hard to catch everything," he
said.
He said he really appreciates that
King approached him at the begin
ning of the term and told him about
his hearing.
"I knew what I should consider
when I'm teaching," he said.
King said Disability Services has been
integral in facilitating his time in class.
"They will bend over backwards
to have any disability taken care off,"
he said.
Disability Services Director Steve
Pickett said the center serves 15 peo
ple with hearing impairments. How
ever, not all students with hearing dis
abilities register with the department,
he said.
Through Disability Services, stu
dents have access to various services,
including interpreters and note-takers.
"It's very individualized based on the
degree of hearing loss and what they've
found to be useful in their previous ed
ucational experience," Pickett said.
He added that students with a hear
ing disability face different challenges.
For instance, in some classes teachers
show movies that do not have closed
captioning. In such cases, the office
would work with the professor and
media services to find alternatives and
provide the student with a transcript
of the film, he said.
"Another obstacle is some profes
sors aren't aware of how to utilize in
terpreters in their classes," he said.
Currently, three students use inter
preters for class.
King said he also credits his adjust
ment to school to the Nontradition
al Student Union, of which he is an
active member. He said he can iden
tify with many of the members who
understand the struggles of return
ing students.
"The support there is just tremen
dous," he said. "I didn't know about
them fall term and I struggled really
hard."
Junior Jeannie Hall, a member of
the Nontraditional Student Union,
said King has been a real asset to the
union by going to all the group's
events and helping out.
"He found a resource he didn't
have, but now he's a resource to the
Nontraditional Student Union," she
said.
She said King is really positive even
as he deals with his hearing disability.
"I think it's a challenge for him, but
it's not something he ever complains
about," she said.
King, who has three children, said
he came back in the fall to find that
the education system had greatly
evolved. When he first started school
in 1980, students would stand in
line at McArthur Court where avail
able classes were listed on the wall.
Now, students have to juggle e-mail
accounts, Blackboard and course
Web sites.
"It's a difference of Earth to Pluto,"
he said.
While most times he feels he's on
an even playing field, King said he
doesn't always feel he fits in the cam
pus environment.
"I really feel invisible on this cam
pus," he said. "I feel like a ghost."
But even as he speaks about some
of his tougher days at school, King
keeps his sense of humor.
"I'd like to see them have La-Z-Boy
rediners with speakers set up (in
class)," he said.
He jokes about his new-found
staiggles with technology and having
to memorize several passwords.
"I was hoping to die before I had to"
leam the technology," he said.
And his love for rock and roll.
"That's part of the reason I'm deaf,"
he said. "I went to too many concerts
in the '70s."
King, who eventually wants to get a
masters in vocational rehabilitation,
said he doesn't regret coming back.
"The energy of youth is invigorat
ing," he said. "Being in an environ
ment where you're challenged to
leam, you're challenged to stretch, to
look at old ideas and beliefs and see
how they hold up to new informa
tion, it's just really good."
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