What to Expect at This Year’s AG Bell Global LSL Virtual Symposium
The 2021 AG Bell Global Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) Virtual Symposium will focus on thriving in a changing world. Over the past year, we have all learned how to adapt and engage meaningfully in a digital environment.
Q&A With Development Associate Brooke Kemper Alholm
Brooke Kemper Alholm is the new development associate at AG Bell. Brooke is no stranger to AG Bell: her son, Cole, received legal and financial support as the family navigated the preschool years and his cochlear implant journey.
Integrating Emerging Global Best Practices with Every Day Listening and Spoken Language Development
The keynote speakers who will present during the 2021 AG Bell Global Listening and Spoken Language Virtual Symposium represent a global perspective on the innovative and important ways to support and advance a listening and spoken language outcome for children all over the world.
Summer Activities for Kids Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing During COVID Redux
Last year, summer plans were uprooted due to the pandemic. This summer, things are gradually inching closer to normal. There are summer camp options both in person and virtually, and all are accessible for kids with hearing loss.
My Auditory-Verbal Journey
The Rumah Siput Indonesia (RSI) Foundation was founded in 1999 by parents whose children received cochlear implants and received auditory-verbal therapy (AVT) abroad in Australia, USA, and Singapore.
Brothers with Cochlear Implants Create One-Stop Accessible Mask Shop
When something as simple as wearing a mask began to infringe on accessibility issues for people who rely on lip reading, brothers Jake and Patrick deHahn stepped in.
Abbey’s Road – A Journey Through Abbey’s Cochlear Implantation
What is it like having a new cochlear implant in a masked-up world? In many ways, receiving the implant during my gap year between undergraduate and graduate schools has been the most unexpected blessing.
Listening and Spoken Language Carves a Path in France
Ophélie Dauger is an enthusiastic and experienced Speech Language Pathologist who practices in Châteaubriant, France.
Mabel Bell, the Driving Force Behind Alexander Graham Bell
Eleanor Roosevelt’s well-known quote, “Behind every great man is a great woman,” applies well to Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel.
How AG Bell’s Interns Help Make a Difference: Part II
We have long partnered with Georgetown University, located two blocks from the Volta Bureau, to help us engage many talented, motivated students from a wide background of disciplines to help us on various projects, big and small.
