Season 11 | Episode 141 Part 1: Hearing Hope with Amanda Tibbets and Aline Jackson-Diggs

Hearing Hope: The Hearing Aid Apprentice | VR Workforce Studio Episode 141 What happens when lived experience becomes the pathway to a new career? In Segment One of Hearing Hope, Episode 141 of the VR Workforce Studio, we meet Amanda Tibbits, whose journey from teaching to the healthcare field demonstrates the growing possibilities of Registered Apprenticeship. After experiencing hearing loss herself, Amanda ultimately found a new professional direction as a **hearing aid technician apprentice**—turning her own experience with hearing into an opportunity to help others communicate, connect and live more fully. Her story challenges the traditional idea of apprenticeship as something limited to construction and the skilled trades. Today, Registered Apprenticeships are creating pathways into an expanding range of occupations, including careers in healthcare. Hearing Hope: The Hearing Aid Apprentice and the Hope Dealer also features nationally recognized motivational speaker **Hasan Davis**, known as *The Hope Dealer*, along with resources and updates from the **National Clearinghouse for Rehabilitation Training Materials (NCRTM)**. 🎧 *Prefer to listen?* The complete audio edition of the VR Workforce Studio is available on *Spotify* and at **VRWorkforceStudio.com**. Subscribe to the VR Workforce Studio YouTube channel for more stories about vocational rehabilitation, employment, apprenticeship and the people whose journeys remind us what's possible. *VR Workforce Studio — podcasting the sparks that ignite vocational rehabilitation.*