When you make a gift to AG Bell, you are giving families the resources they need. And you are strengthening the ability of teachers, hearing and speech therapists and audiologists to help those babies learn to hear and talk.
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Written By: Melody Bertrand
For individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, there is no shortage of self-advocacy strategies one can use on a daily basis. However, during the holidays, those strategies may not be enough.
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Written By: Lisa Chutjian
Lauren and Johannes were surprised when they discovered their brand-new baby daughter could not hear. No one in their family had hearing loss and Lauren says that Rophe was the first person she ever met who was deaf.
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Written By: Lisa Chutjian
Since 1996, a group of very special adults who are deaf and hard of hearing have shared their life experiences to help teenagers with hearing loss learn to lead and to speak up for themselves and others.
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Written By: Lisa A. Goldstein
Traveling abroad requires more preparation for any traveler, but even more so for people with hearing loss. Consider lining up accommodations, which means researching any museums, exhibits, and events you plan to visit.
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Written By: Ivette Cejas and Alex Mestres
Adolescence is a difficult developmental period for all children. Add a hearing loss into the mix, and a child’s life becomes even more complex.
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Written By: Lisa A. Goldstein
Holidays with hearing loss were always painful for Shoshana Adelman.* She could never take part in the conversation around the table. She was taught not to interrupt anyone and instead to just sit and listen.
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Written By: Lyndsey Fedorko
If you would have asked me what my journey into motherhood looked like years ago, I would have never guessed it would look the way that it does now.
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Written By: Ryan Brady
In May 2019, Representatives Allison Russo and Casey Weinstein introduced House Bill 243 into the Ohio Legislature. The bill is referred to as “Madeline’s Law,” named after a young girl from Shaker Heights,
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Written By: Rin-rin Yu
The American Disabilities Act (ADA) stipulates that venues open to the public need to accommodate everyone, including the deaf and hard of hearing. But sometimes separate accommodations don’t always mean equal accommodations.
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