STEMM opportunities for college students with Hearing loss to Engage in Auditory Research (STEMM-HEAR

总结 听力损失患者是社会上最大的残疾群体之一。听力损失的范围 所有种族和社会经济群体，并涵盖两个广泛的光谱：第一，损失的程度，从硬 听力（可通过助听器矫正）到深度（通常可通过人工耳蜗植入物缓解）;以及 第二，病因可以是先天性的、进行性的、迟发性的或后天的。每一个都能影响到 听力损失患者所面临的挑战之一，但任何听力损失都会对沟通产生负面影响- 社会化-在某种程度上。过去20年的重大技术进步 大大提高了听力损失的人听和说话的能力;提高听力增加 通过培训，听力损失儿童可以学习听、说和参与 主流活动。然而，主流公立学校和大学的听力损失学生仍然 与听觉信息的获取减少作斗争，并应对孤立、无知和 和隐形。尽管存在这些障碍，但仍有听力损失患者成功地执行了 以及在STEMM领域的教授职业，特别是在听觉科学领域。在这个R25提案中，约翰霍普金斯 大学（JHU）将实施一个多机构分布式指导模型，称为STEMM-HEAR。的 这一模式的成功发展将成为其他大学项目招聘代表性不足的模板 少数民族（URM），特别是残疾人，并指导研究领导者提供鼓励和 支持性的实习经验，以促进STEM的更大多样性。通过获得研究经验， 导师谁是听力损失的听觉科学家，32-52听力损失的学生将发展改善 社会和情感能力，以最大限度地发挥他们在STEMM的潜力。该模型将加速 招募听力损失的学生进入STEMM职业，包括听力科学。JHU将工作 与亚历山大格雷厄姆贝尔聋人和重听协会和听力损失协会， 美国每年招聘8-12名受训人员在俄勒冈州健康与科学听力科学实验室工作 大学、南加州大学、克雷顿大学、莱斯大学，后来在斯坦福大学 明尼苏达大学和明尼苏达大学。通过参加这些机构的暑期实习计划， 这些学生将获得和分享研究经验，通过同行网络指导计划在一个 听力损失的科学家和工程师社区。

SUMMARY People with hearing loss represent one of the largest disability groups in society. Hearing loss extends across all ethnic and socioeconomic groups, and covers two broad spectra: first, the degree of loss, ranging from hard of hearing (correctable with hearing aids) to profound (which often can be mitigated with cochlear implants); and second, etiology which can be congenital, progressive, late-onset or acquired. Each of these can affect the extent of the challenges faced by people with hearing loss, but any hearing loss negatively affects communication – and therefore socialization - to some degree. Significant technological advances over the past 20 years have greatly improved the capacity of people with hearing loss to listen and speak; improved hearing increases information received and, with training, children with hearing loss can learn to listen, speak and participate in mainstream activities. However, students with hearing loss at mainstream public schools and colleges still struggle with reduced access to auditory information and deal with the societal challenges of isolation, ignorance and invisibility. In spite of these barriers, there are individuals with hearing loss who have succeeded in executive and professorial careers in STEMM, particularly in auditory sciences. In this R25 proposal, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) will implement a multi-institutional distributed mentoring model called STEMM-HEAR. The successful development of this model will be a template for other university programs to recruit underrepresented minorities (URM), particularly those with disabilities, and guide research leaders in providing an encouraging and supportive internship experience to promote greater diversity in STEMM. By acquiring research experiences with mentors who are auditory scientists with hearing loss, 32-52 students with hearing loss will develop improved social and emotional capabilities needed to maximize their potential in STEMM. The model will accelerate the recruitment of students with hearing loss into careers in STEMM, including the hearing sciences. JHU will work with the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Hearing Loss Association of America to recruit 8-12 trainees annually to work in hearing sciences laboratories at Oregon Health & Science University, University of Southern California, Creighton University, Rice University and later at Stanford University and University of Minnesota. By participating in summer internship programs at these institutions, these students will acquire and share research experiences via a peer network mentoring program within a community of scientists and engineers with hearing loss.