Tom (Lok Ming) Tam

Born with profound hearing loss, Tom strives to be a successful international hard-of-hearing life scientist in the United States. His dream is to advance public health and societal well-being.

3 posts

        
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    Becoming a hearing ally: how do you best accommodate non-hearing scientists?
            Creating an inclusive environment means listening to, and adopting suggestions to overcome barriers faced by people from different backgrounds and abilities. How do you best tailor our scientific research culture to deaf and hard-of-hearing scientists?
        
Tom (Lok Ming) Tam

    6 May 2021
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    6 min read
    
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    The real-life experience of a deaf scientist studying in different cultures
            How does studying in societies with varying degree of unconscious biases change the opportunities of deaf people to become successful scientists? Read the analysis of this topic through the eyes of a foreign deaf scientist in the US.
        
Tom (Lok Ming) Tam

    25 Feb 2021
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    6 min read
    
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    The Invisible Barriers in STEM Education faced by Hard-of-hearing/Deaf Scientists
            The difficulties faced by hard-of-hearing/deaf early career scientists not only come from physiological differences but also significantly from stereotypes that exist against us. What kind? Read about it in this article.
        
Tom (Lok Ming) Tam

    21 Jan 2021
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    6 min read

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