School-Age Financial Aid Program

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

This program is for students between the ages of 6 and 21 who are have moderate to profound hearing loss. Spoken communication must be the student's primary mode of communication and applicants' bilateral hearing loss or auditory neuropathy must have been diagnosed before the child's fourth birthday. Students with unilateral (one-sided) hearing loss do not qualify. Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a parochial, independent, or private school in which they participate in a mainstream educational program; students at public or homeschool programs do not qualify. Applicants must live in the United States or Canada. Preference may be given to members of AG Bell, although this is not a requirement.