Nick Middaugh

So like I had a hard time anyways, and I'm deaf. So I'm like trying to press the button and I press in the wrong.

So like I had a hard time anyways, and I'm deaf. So I'm like trying to press the button and I press in the wrong.

So like I had a hard time anyways, and I'm deaf. So I'm like trying to press the button and I press in the wrong.

cadence or whatever too many times so then it yells at you yeah so then you're more deaf yeah and uh yeah they the booth doesn't lie no the longer the short of it is uh i ended up getting um disqualified yeah so i uh super bummed because that's like what my dream was and then uh fortunately um i kind of had this epiphany that i need a plan b

cadence or whatever too many times so then it yells at you yeah so then you're more deaf yeah and uh yeah they the booth doesn't lie no the longer the short of it is uh i ended up getting um disqualified yeah so i uh super bummed because that's like what my dream was and then uh fortunately um i kind of had this epiphany that i need a plan b

cadence or whatever too many times so then it yells at you yeah so then you're more deaf yeah and uh yeah they the booth doesn't lie no the longer the short of it is uh i ended up getting um disqualified yeah so i uh super bummed because that's like what my dream was and then uh fortunately um i kind of had this epiphany that i need a plan b

And I had been neglecting school cause I'm like, ah, school, whatever. I'll go in the army. I'll do college later. Like whatever. Um, but I'm like, how can I serve in a different way now that I can't serve in the army? And a couple weeks after I got the DQ, I was on the local fire department at 17. Had to go get screening. My mom and dad had to sign.

And I had been neglecting school cause I'm like, ah, school, whatever. I'll go in the army. I'll do college later. Like whatever. Um, but I'm like, how can I serve in a different way now that I can't serve in the army? And a couple weeks after I got the DQ, I was on the local fire department at 17. Had to go get screening. My mom and dad had to sign.

And I had been neglecting school cause I'm like, ah, school, whatever. I'll go in the army. I'll do college later. Like whatever. Um, but I'm like, how can I serve in a different way now that I can't serve in the army? And a couple weeks after I got the DQ, I was on the local fire department at 17. Had to go get screening. My mom and dad had to sign.

And then because I was going to turn 18 during training, they're going to welcome me on. just a little small town rural department, middle of nowhere. They didn't care about the hearing stuff? No. Did you tell them? Um, no. So what happened after, so what happened after, uh, I got DQ'd is my mom took me to this place called Hearing Consultants in Sterling Heights.

And then because I was going to turn 18 during training, they're going to welcome me on. just a little small town rural department, middle of nowhere. They didn't care about the hearing stuff? No. Did you tell them? Um, no. So what happened after, so what happened after, uh, I got DQ'd is my mom took me to this place called Hearing Consultants in Sterling Heights.

And then because I was going to turn 18 during training, they're going to welcome me on. just a little small town rural department, middle of nowhere. They didn't care about the hearing stuff? No. Did you tell them? Um, no. So what happened after, so what happened after, uh, I got DQ'd is my mom took me to this place called Hearing Consultants in Sterling Heights.

Um, shout out to Donna, um, and Melissa, uh,

Um, shout out to Donna, um, and Melissa, uh,

Um, shout out to Donna, um, and Melissa, uh,

to go and try out these lyrics these hearing aids and um i got them and was like since i hadn't been wearing hearing aids since like sixth grade i was like it had to be life-changing yeah it was crazy because like i could remember being able to hear better with the hearing aids but like going six years without them yeah it's a long stretch um i realized me i'm like yeah no i didn't get in i can't hear anything um so i got those and then

to go and try out these lyrics these hearing aids and um i got them and was like since i hadn't been wearing hearing aids since like sixth grade i was like it had to be life-changing yeah it was crazy because like i could remember being able to hear better with the hearing aids but like going six years without them yeah it's a long stretch um i realized me i'm like yeah no i didn't get in i can't hear anything um so i got those and then

to go and try out these lyrics these hearing aids and um i got them and was like since i hadn't been wearing hearing aids since like sixth grade i was like it had to be life-changing yeah it was crazy because like i could remember being able to hear better with the hearing aids but like going six years without them yeah it's a long stretch um i realized me i'm like yeah no i didn't get in i can't hear anything um so i got those and then

I was like, can I be a firefighter with these in, you know, and they were like, yeah, we have cops that use them. We have fire EMS, all that stuff. I'm like, okay, cool. You know, so I didn't even mention the fire department. I just showed up with them in, um, and went through firefighter one and which cool part of that in Michigan. I don't know if they do it anywhere else.

I was like, can I be a firefighter with these in, you know, and they were like, yeah, we have cops that use them. We have fire EMS, all that stuff. I'm like, okay, cool. You know, so I didn't even mention the fire department. I just showed up with them in, um, and went through firefighter one and which cool part of that in Michigan. I don't know if they do it anywhere else.