Deaf Lids: Making Helmets Safe for Cochlear Implant Users
Learn more about Deaf Lids, a modular helmet insert designed to protect cochlear implant users during sports. The product emerged from Ellie Howe’s effort to solve her brother’s equipment-safety problem and is nearing launch.
Turning Discomfort into Innovation
Rachel Raak created SolaceShield to reduce hearing aid feedback and discomfort under winter head wear. Social media growth and outreach to audiology professionals have connected SolaceShield with hearing aid users and parents.
Buzz Captions: The Comms App You Need to Try
Buzz Captions is a communication app designed to make live conversations more accessible. Created by Sunny Shah, it combines captioning, translation, and speaker separation for everyday and multilingual communication
AG Bell Intern Reflections: A Summer of Support
Every year, AG Bell hosts a number of college-aged interns who receive hands-on experience learning how a nonprofit organization works. These are their reflections on the impact working for AG Bell has on their future careers and education.
Summer Rewind: Youth and Young Adult Programs In Full Swing!
As we kick off Deaf Awareness Month, we look back to this past summer when AG Bell’s summer programs brought together teens and young adults with hearing loss to develop and strengthen skills vital to their personal development.
There Is No Single Deaf Experience
Throughout Deaf Awareness Month, we will be highlighting the diverse and unique experiences of individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Stories of Resilience After a Late Diagnosis
Valerie James Abbott’s second book, Late to the Party: Extraordinary Stories of Hope After Late-Identified Hearing Loss, is a one-of-a-kind collection of true stories that illustrate what happens when hearing loss is identified later, outside of newborn hearing screening.
Global LSL Symposium Brings Us Together, Again
AG Bell’s 2026 Global LSL Symposium brought attendees from 18 countries together in Arlington for the organization’s first in-person meeting since 2019, creating meaningful opportunities for learning, networking, and connection.
Hiding the Holocaust: Memoir of a Deaf Daughter
This memoir by Irene W. Leigh, PhD, explores her parents’ silence about their Nazi-era experiences and how uncovering hidden history shaped her identity and life.
Turning Uncertainty into Hope and Action
Leah and Sophie Salzberg received cochlear implants three years ago. Not only are they thriving, but they inspired their mother to start a company to support other families.
