I had just graduated from Harvard College, and didn’t know what I’d like to do in the future. I had a B.A. in Biology, and I kept “hearing” I’d have a hell of a hard time getting into medical school. My grades weren’t so great, and I knew I had trouble keeping up with my….
My last name is Adler, which means eagle in German. I included ‘ear’ for two reasons – I’m deaf, and I have been involved in the field of Hearing Research for 30 years.
I’d like to introduce myself as Henry J. Adler. I have been profoundly deaf since birth, and I am fluent in both spoken English (including lipreading) and American Sign Language (ASL). I’ve attended Ivy League institutions (I received my Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania in late 1993), and have worked as a….