Clinical Humor - JAMPHL
Volume 1 Number 1, Winter 2002

CLINICAL HUMOR

Top 10 Reasons To Be Part of AMPHL

    10. People literally understand me
    9. I can be multiply stimulated (CART, sign language, and audio!)
    8. I like electronic toys
    7. I crank up the dB until it Hz
    6. Everyone else's voice sounds like mine
    5. I don't have to worry about dead batteries
    4. I can't get away with bluffing
    3. People know I'm not crazy when I say I'm hearing things (tinnitus)
    2. I'm usually not the only one with a bed vibrator

    And the number 1 reason to be part of AMPHL is:

    1. Largest gathering of healthcare professionals with hearing losses

    Submitted by Samuel R. Atcherson and featured in the 2nd AMPHL Conference Program
Taking the GRE

    When they sat me in front of the computer, they gave me pencils, scratch paper, my driver's license, and... earplugs. I just took off my implant during exam. It would've been even funnier if I'd told them I'm deaf.

    Submitted by Julia Fitzer, Psychology Major, Washington and Lee University
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