He said he was particularly alarmed when he heard professionals such as surgeons say they needed the drug to concentrate.
"During our inquiry, we often heard professionals describe children they had responsibility for protecting as 'prostituting themselves' and turning a blind eye to their sexual exploitation because they believed that the children were at fault," she said.
And what is a Commodores player supposed to think when he hears professional athletes cursing?
I often hear professional musicians saying something along these lines: "The only thing that will really work is education at the grade-school level.
It's great that these technological advancements have increased accessibility and exposure of the medium, but it also hurts to hear professional photographers be discredited and have their talents diminished.
It is unsettling to hear professionals talk about the "earnest Islamic consciousness" and how best to make money out of it, using a concept that is in essence meant to guide Muslims to a good and wholesome life.
The ability to play the piano or sing was a basic part of a certain bourgeois upbringing, which meant audiences who went to hear professionals play had probably played or tried to play the music they were playing, or at least could relate to what the performer was doing.
There is nothing more frustrating than dealing with the attitudes of individuals who simply do not yet understand the capabilities of Deaf and hard of hearing professionals.
Hearing professionals generally support the use of such technologies especially when the patient reports hearing difficulties and has realistic expectations of the technology and a bothersome tinnitus.
Hearing professionals were eligible to participate if they had (1) experience of assessing and fitting hearing aids to patients with and without tinnitus, (2) interest in the topic of fitting hearing aids for mild hearing losses, and (3) willingness to share their opinions.
