Editor:
I am an itinerant teacher for the deaf and hard-of-hearing through the Linn-Benton-Lincoln ESD. This year, I serve three school districts in two counties. However, I’ve been an itinerant teacher for ten years, all over Oregon and Idaho. Like a speech therapist, I pull kids out of class and provide instruction 1:1 or in small groups on coping with their hearing loss, managing their hearing aids, and supplementary instruction in reading, writing and language.…