I found this forum out of my anxiety waiting for a response! I am glad to hear that I am not alone!
I applied to one school ...ONLY...because I am married with children, my son is Hard of Hearing ,and services for his disability are in place that I can't think of leaving San Diego. So obviously SDSU is my first and last choice school.
Glad to be on this board with future Audiologists to be!
Just a little bit about me: I graduated from Cal State San Marcos with a degree in Human Development in 2002. After my son was diagnosed with hearing loss and volunteering my time at his Oral/deaf preschool I decided to get my second degree in Communicative Science and Deaf Education at Utah State University. I received my diploma the Spring of 2013. I did my student observations at a Pediatric Audiology clinic in Encinitas and my focus of becoming an SLP quickly changed into a love of Audiology. I have been in the medical field for over 10 years now and just recently started working as an Behavioral Intervention Instructional Assistant in an Autism classroom. Oh and I am a mother of 3 children: 2 hearing daughters and one son who has moderate to severe hearing loss and wears bilateral hearing aids.
Glad to be here! Hoping this will give me an outlet to express my anxiety! Thanks for starting this group!!