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Pre-K teacher Michelle Puryear was no stranger to recognizing children’s behavior and learning. However, when her own child, Claire, was born, it took nearly six months before they realized she had hearing difficulty.

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This summer, AG Bell welcomed 12 interns to its virtual office to help out in a number of capacities. Interns are a critical part of the AG Bell staff and bring a wide breadth of knowledge and skills to the organization.

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As a teacher, Ann Lovett did more than just teach the students in front of her. She helped teach their families, too.

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For more than half a century, Dr. Madell, a pediatric audiologist, speech-language pathologist, and certified LSLS Auditory-Verbal Therapist, has blazed trails and encouraged others to do the same.

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This past year was, to say the least, not a normal one for students of any age. But for our graduates, milestones still come whether there’s a pandemic or not.

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George H. Nofer was more than just an enthusiastic lawyer and educator. He was dedicated to advancing the education of children who are deaf and hard of hearing, and was particularly passionate about encouraging young, talented people to achieve their full potential. He passed away on April 19, 2021 at age 94.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Coronavirus lockdown has been difficult for many of our AG Bell families. For some, it’s been harder than others—they’ve had pay cuts, lost jobs, or had to stop working to help their children through virtual schooling.

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Following the success of this year’s event, AG Bell has announced its dates for the 2021 Global Listening and Spoken Language Virtual Symposium to be July 8-9. Co-chairs for 2021 are Jane Madell, Elizabeth Tyszkiewicz, and Fernanda Hinojosa.

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Abigail Russell, or Abbey, an AG Bell intern and a Leadership Opportunities for Teens (LOFT) graduate, recently decided to get her first cochlear implant—at the age of 23. Born with a condition called Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct (EVA), which affects hearing in children, Abbey’s hearing fluctuated in and out for the first few years, although she says she could usually hear.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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John Stanton serves on AG Bell’s Board of Directors. As a lawyer, he has advocated for AG Bell in a variety of legal matters. He served as AG Bell’s counsel in court cases impacting the rights of people who are deaf and hard of hearing, as well as more generally for people with disabilities.

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Every summer, AG Bell welcomes four interns to work alongside its staff to experience how a nonprofit works, to learn about the AG Bell community, and to provide support for its functions and events.

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Looking for a fun place to go but not sure if it’s going to be fun or accessible? Good thing the answers are right at your fingertips. Here are a few handy apps that can help you decide what will work for you.

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Restaurants, unlike museums or theaters, are less controlled experiences, and the environment varies considerably at different times of the day.

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For Gregory Scott, trying to date with hearing loss required preparation ahead of time. “It was important to find quieter venues so I could better connect with my dates,” he says.