Career Podcast

Career Podcast

Assistive Technology

1)      Arnold Palmer

Arnold Palmer is a legendary golfer who has overcome hearing loss. He has won 92 professional golf championships in his career including won the Masters Tournament four times, 1958, 1960, 1962 and 1964, the U.S. Open in 1960 and the British Open in 1961 and 1962. He also holds six honorary doctorates and is the founder of the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children & Women. Arnold Palmer has conquered his hearing loss by using hearing aids, a small device that fits in one ear to amplify sound. Arnold said that hearing aids helped him hear the hit of the golf ball better. He also stated that hearing aids boosted his overall confidence when golfing.
http://www.betterhearing.org/about/celeb.cfm

2)      Tom Whittaker

Tom Whittaker is a famous mountaineer with a prosthetic limb who has climbed to the peak of the World’s largest mountain. Tom led an adventurous life, although a car accident left him without his right foot. He chose not to give in to the disadvantage of having a missing limb, and through training he was able to accomplish his lifelong dream. Tom is the first handicapped person who has reached the summit of Mount Everest.
http://prosthetic-limbs.co.uk/famous-people-with-prosthetic-limbs.html

3)      Jeff Float

Jeff Float was captain of the 1984 U.S. Olympic swim team, which set a world record in the men's 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay. Mr. Float had viral meningitis at the age of 13 months that caused a permanent loss of 60-80%. Jeff Float wore two hearing aids that significantly helped him in communicating effectively in a hearing world. Jeff was able to be taught by all his swim coaches using his hearing aids.
http://www.betterhearing.org/about/celeb.cfm

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt and the River of Doubt

In December of 1913, Theodore Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt, and a small group of men embarked on a journey to explore an uncharted river in the Amazon, The River of Doubt. When they got to the river, Kermit hollowed out logs for the men to use as canoes when floating down the river. Once the canoes were carved and ready, they set off to explore. The River of Doubt flowed over 1,000 miles long and had a few tributaries.

While exploring the Amazon terrain one day, Teddy cut open his leg. He ended up with Malaria and several infections. Teddy did have a dose of morphine, and he was planning on taking it so he wouldn’t slow up the rest of his fellow explorers from reaching civilization. They were running out of food and supplies but Kermit strongly encouraged his father to keep on going as he carried him to civilization. The canoes were gone so the men had to travel on foot. Kermit and the other men raced to a civilization to get help.

Finally, the men got to a civilization but their health had declined and Teddy had lost 50 pounds and was unable to walk. He was in very critical condition. Shortly after, the men came back to America to get help. All the men would have issues that would stay with them for the rest of their lives because of the trip. Teddy would be plagued with flare-ups of malaria and inflammation so bad that they would require hospitalization for the rest of his life. The River of Doubt was a treacherous journey.