Magic Ears
My 13-year-old daughter, Harper, is a tenacious and determined teen. She has possessed gusto since the moment she entered the world, which is what led her to publish a children’s book about hearing loss.
Parent Support Line: Help Your Child Grow From Cradle to Career
It’s truly an honor to be asked to help parents and grandparents who are on the journey with their child who is deaf or hard of hearing and is learning to listen and talk. For many, this is an unexpected journey…
The Perfect Vision
Jack McConnell describes the kid-version of himself as “a basic, bland kid who liked his comic books,” but he is anything but basic or bland. At age 11, he started his own nonprofit called 20/20 Hearing, directed at funding audiology equipment and services for people who needed them.
A Star is Born
Our son, Phoenix, is a born artist. He has always been passionate about film and television. He has a mature sense of analyzing film as an art and dives deep into each genre. He watches and researches all types of film—foreign, classics, the ‘80’s, etc.—and loves to be challenged about the medium.
How Practitioners and Families Can Ensure a Successful Telepractice During COVID-19
Left to Right: Courtney Pakenham, Grace, Lindsay Zombek Written By: Lisa A. Goldstein At the end of March 2020, when much of the U.S. was under lockdown due to COVID-19, […]
Five-month-old Becomes One of Youngest Patients to Receive Cochlear Implants
After becoming profoundly deaf due to bacterial meningitis, a Pennsylvania baby becomes one of the youngest people in the United States to receive cochlear implants—and all during the pandemic, when doctor’s offices and hospitals were severely limited in terms of visitation.
A Conversation with Jenna Voss and Susan Lenihan, AG Bell’s New Chairs
AG Bell’s new chairs, Susan Lenihan, PhD, CED, and Jenna Voss, PhD, CED, LSLS Cert. AVEd, are entering their respective leaderships at an interesting time, to say the least.
Legislation for Audiology and Speech Language Pathology-Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC) Aims to Bring Professionals Across State Lines
In an effort for qualified professionals to reach more families, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), in collaboration of the National Council of State Boards of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology…
LOFT in the Time of Coronavirus
Yet another of AG Bell’s annual highlights, the Leadership Opportunities for Teens (LOFT), remained unthwarted by the pandemic this July. Though the event moved online, it still brought together teenagers who are deaf and hard of hearing from around the country…
Planning for School During COVID-19
The school district in St. Augustine, Florida, where Tina Morris lives is providing synchronous teaching for families who choose online. Initially, the plan was for Morris’ son—who is deaf or hard of hearing and wears cochlear implants—to log into each class period every day…
