{"id":131278,"date":"2021-10-18T11:01:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T09:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=131278"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:55","slug":"hard-of-hearing-letthe-people-sometimes-think-im-arrogant-but-i-just-dont-hear-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/10\/18\/hard-of-hearing-letthe-people-sometimes-think-im-arrogant-but-i-just-dont-hear-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard of hearing Letthe: ‘People sometimes think I\u2019m arrogant, but I just don\u2019t hear them’"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not always easy for Letthe to sit by herself at the front during a lecture. But as she\u2019s hard of hearing, that\u2019s a must, otherwise she won\u2019t understand the lecturer. \u201cI\u2019d like to fully accept my impairment, but it\u2019s certainly no fun dealing with all the barriers I face.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s start with the good news: Letthe Riemen (26) has already obtained her Bachelor degree in Economics. A year ago, that felt hardly achievable. Following lectures was almost impossible during lockdown. The sound quality of the online lectures was too poor, and Letthe couldn\u2019t understand any of them. She wasn\u2019t given a speech-to-text interpreter either because, according to the rules, she wasn\u2019t hard of hearing enough.<\/p>\n\n\t

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