Frank Hochman

Frank Hochman was born in New York City on December 26, 1935. He was born deaf. He started school when he was three years old at the National School for Speech Disorders (MP4). When he was five he changed schools. He went to the New York School for the Deaf. He also went to Stuyvesant High School.

City College of New York

He went to college at the City College of New York and received a bachelor's degree in biology. He also became a chemist (MP4) and physicist (MP4). He worked in several different hospitals as a chemist. He worked in laboratories and blood banks (MP4). However, he wasn't happy with his job. He wanted to become a doctor.

Many schools did not want him to attend because he was deaf. They did not think a deaf person could be a doctor. However, he finally got into a school called Rutgers Medical School. He sat on the front row and got class notes from his friends.

Once he graduated he decided to work in the East Bay area. There wanted to work with deaf people so he worked near the California School for the Deaf and the California School for the Blind. He reads lips and uses sign language. He has special devices that help him listen to heartbeats (MP4) and let him know when he is being paged.