My life story, Part 33 As I mentioned earlier, I and my brother went to Ahwaz, to my aunt’s. I asked my cousin, Zohre (who married my brother later on), Whether there is an audiology department in any hospitals that I could pass my internship there? She replied: Imam Khomeini hospital has an ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat) ward that may need your expertise. Some days later, I went to the hospital and met the chief resident of ENT ward. He was visiting patients in the clinic. The weather was very hot that day and clinic was crowded. The doctor was busy visiting patients and never looked up. After about an hour of waiting I got tired and was about to leave. He finished with his patients finally and noticed my presence. I introduced myself to him and explained that I just graduated in audiology field from Tehran university of medical sciences and I’m looking for a place to pass my internship. He kindly welcomed me and came with me to the head of the department’s office and introduced me to him. He interviewed me and asked me a few questions about my field and was very satisfied with the answers and told me you can start tomorrow and set up our new audiology lab. I had some time before my internship officially began, so I started working there and helped the department to design and set up an appropriate acoustic room for audiometry lab. A few weeks later I received a mail from scholarship office to complete my documents an interview for a scholarship to London. Our field was newly founded and most of our professors were foreigners who fled the country after 1978 revolution. So the faculty decided to send the most elite students who were fluent in English to study in London and after earning their postgraduate degree return to Iran and teach the next generation of audiologists as their professors. But it was not as straight forward as you might think…