UI Health Care nurse wins Olympic gold medal

Her young patients likely don't know about her Olympic gold, or some of the specialized tools she uses as a nurse with a hearing impairment. She wears hearing aids in both ears and has a Bluetooth-enabled stethoscope that connects to her phone, which in turn sends the sounds to her hearing aids.

"Working on a respiratory unit, you're constantly listening to how kids are breathing," she says, "so it's important that I can hear them."

She also uses closed-captioning online or turns the volume up on her phone to hear someone on the other end.

"It's all about adaptability and making it work the best way I can," she says.