How AG Bell’s Interns Help Make a Difference: Part I
AG Bell is deeply grateful to the group of interns from Georgetown University who have collectively given hundreds of hours to our efforts to keep you informed, share knowledge, and provide support for Listening and Spoken Language.
LSL Pandemic Challenges in Latin America
It’s been a challenging year for parents, educators and children as the Covid-19 pandemic has forced them from their brick-and-mortar schools into full-time virtual learning. Nearly a year into the first shutdowns, many children have yet to return to the classroom.
Making Goals
Luke Chrzan has been playing hockey since he was 6 years old. Now 16, the New Jersey Titans goalie has dreams of playing in college and one day, the Deaf Olympics.
Abbey’s Road – A Journey Through Abbey’s Cochlear Implantation
My day to day life as a new cochlear implant (CI) user has been improving as I continue to adjust and learn. My cochlear implant has found itself attracted to doorknobs and my metallic bed post, has gotten tangled in my hair, and has fallen off almost every time I take off my mask.
Applying Infant-Directed Speech to Intervention With Late-Identified Children
Although there is widespread agreement that early identification of hearing loss is important for long-term positive effects, neonatal and infant hearing screening is not yet implemented across all countries.
How AG Bell’s Internship Program Brings Real-World Experience to Students
Interns are an integral part of making AG Bell run smoothly. Every year, a new team of interns join us from universities around the country to help organize the day-to-day management of our membership, communications, events-planning, fundraising and more.
My New Life With Cochlear Implants
“You should already have a cochlear implant in your left ear!” said the new, untried ear-nose-throat (ENT) doctor. It was February, 2018. His comment sparked the idea of receiving an implant, once again.
Creating a World Class Virtual Conference for LSL Practitioners – a Q&A with AG Bell’s Global Listening and Spoken Language Symposium Co-Chairs
With the continuing COVID-19 pandemic limiting travel, AG Bell set out to adapt its annual Global Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) Symposium as a virtual event, which was well received this past summer. Planning is well underway to provide an improved virtual symposium in 2021.
Supporting AG Bell Families Financially Through COVID-19
We have four children: Dylan, 17; Amanda, 14; Amelia, 5; and Denton, 3. Dylan and Amanda are typical hearing children, while Amelia and Denton both are profoundly deaf with cochlear implants.
AG Bell Student Earns Marshall Scholarship
AG Bell congratulates Caroline Yuk, who has been mentored by Dr. Tilak Ratnanather who leads AG Bell’s STEMM-HEAR initiative, on her award of the Marshall Scholarship. Caroline is a senior at the University of Alabama who will study neuroscience at the University of Oxford and audiology science at University College London next year.
