Recently added articles from Volta Voices:
Advocates for Spoken Language
Jul 01, 2008; Wyant, Jay ... Dear Fellow Members, I'd like to open my first column as president by congratulating all the attendees, presenters, volunteers, sponsors, exhibitors, staff and vendors for another successful and wellattended AG Bell Convention. In addition to participating in another successful ...
Notes From Milwaukee
Jul 01, 2008; Felzien, Melody ... As I write this forward, I am currently in Milwaukee, Wis., at the 2008 AG Bell Convention. This four-day event has been an incredible experience, meeting and talking to many of you and watching all attendees rally around a spoken language outcome for those who are deaf and hard of hearing. The ...
CHAPTERS
Jul 01, 2008; Felzien, Melody ... The Hear Indiana Educational Conference, "Building Partnerships: Working Together to Support Children with Hearing Loss," will take place November 14,2008. In preparation, the Indiana Chapter of AG Bell is now accepting proposals for presentations ....
NEWS BITES
Jul 01, 2008; Felzien, Melody ... Congressional Testimony on Telecom and Video Services Accessibility On May 1, AG Bell Members Rachel Dubin and Bonnie Ahmed, and AG Bell Director of Programs Judy Harrison attended a Congressional hearing on potential legislation to make telecommunications and video services more ...
NAMES IN THE NEWS
Jul 01, 2008; Felzien, Melody ... In May 2008, Katie Schmitz received the New York State Senate Achievers' Award for her efforts advocating on behalf of the deaf and hard of hearing community. The award honors and celebrates the personal achievements of individuals who have overcome physical or cognitive challenges to achieve ...
IN MEMORIAM: Jean Marie Mac Williams Saks
Jul 01, 2008; Felzien, Melody ... Jean Marie Mac Williams Saks died February 15, 2008. Ms. Saks, who was deaf, and her husband, Andrew Saks, were founding members of Teletypewriters for the Deaf, Inc. (TDI), the first successful company to offer a telecommunications TTY network for the ...
IN MEMORIAM: Alan Love
Jul 01, 2008; Felzien, Melody ... Alan Love died June 8, 2008. Alan was born August 28, 1947 to Pauline Gross Love and Roy Love. Alan, a lifetime member of AG Bell, attended Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis, Mo., and graduated from West Texas State University. He formerly served on the ...
Celebrating Spoken Language 2008 AG Bell Convention Round-Up
Jul 01, 2008; Felzien, Melody; Murphy, Catherine ... AG Bell held its 48th Biennral Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., at the end of June. True to the theme of "No Better Time to Celebrate Spoken Language," this four-day event brought together 1,500 attendees from 15 countries, including children who are deaf or hard of hearing who use spoken language ...
AVT Videoconferencing for Adolescents: Technology Connects Families to Services
Jul 01, 2008; McCarthy, Melissa; Duncan, Jill ... By Mellssa McCarthy, M.E.D., B.A., and Jill Duncan, BSc, M.Ed., Ph.D., LSLS Cert. AVT In 2004, the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) received a major grant from the Australian Federal Government to support the ongoing development and expansion of an innovative program ...
Coping with Deafness
Jul 01, 2008; Nichols, Alana ... I have never lived a day of my life where I was not challenged because of my hearing. Every day, I come upon some obstacle, Including trouble talking to taxi drivers, listening on the phone and even understanding directions to the bathroom I Yet even with this Impairment, I lead a successful ...
Honors of the Association 2008 Recipient: Kathleen Sussman
Jul 01, 2008; Murphy, Catherine ... AG Bell President Karen Youdelman presented Kathleen "Kathy" Sussman, M.Sc., the 2008 Honors of the Association award at the AG Bell Convention in Milwaukee. The award recognizes those individuals directly involved in the hearing loss community and who are dedicated to the goals and ...
An Outstanding Teen
Jul 01, 2008; LaQuatra, Effie ... Elena LaQuatra, 16 years old, was born with normal hearing and enjoyed being the center of attention by acting, dancing, singing and putting on shows for her family and friends. All of that abruptly changed shortly after her 4th birthday when she contracted bacterial meningitis, which ...
The Spoken Language Approach: A Parent's Perspective
Jul 01, 2008; Burke, Kimberly ... In 2000, my husband, Rick, and I adopted Kelsey, a beautiful baby girl from Russia. Not long after bringing her home, Kelsey was diagnosed with a severe to profound hearing loss at 16 months old. Being an academic, I researched every communication option available to Kelsey, and Rick and ...