DescriptionRobert “Bob” Champion talks about growing up as a deaf child, attending the South Dakota School for the Deaf, communicating with parents who didn’t know sign language, dealing with getting a job among hearing business owners, job training, moving to Billings, working at Sportman’s Supply Warehouse and the US Postal Service, work accommodations, raising a hearing child, his thoughts on cochlear implants and the state of deaf education in the U.S.TypeTextCreatorHunley, LaurenGenredocumentsLanguageengDate2024-4-3ContributorInterviewsDisabilitiesInterviews--MontanaDeafDeafnessAmerican Sign LanguagePostal serviceDeaf peopleContributing InstitutionWestern Heritage CenterGeographic CoverageBillings, MontanaSouth DakotaYellowstone County, MontanaDigital CollectionCommunities with Disabilities Oral History ProjectDigital Formatapplication/pdfDigitization SpecificationsDigital word document saved a pdfDate Digitized2024Contact UsFor questions about our oral histories, email us at archives@ywhc.org
