Current Champions
Fall 2025 Cohort
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Scott Tobias & Ann Abraham Group
It began with One. One is a childrens book by Kathryn Otoshi that Charlie, a student at 做厙輦⑹s Child Development Center, read with his parents. His mother taught at the center. The book uses colors and numbers as characters and deals with issues of bullying, standing up for ones self, the power of numbers and the power of one. Charlie and Sarah Knapp, a 做厙輦⑹ alumna and kindergarten teacher at 做厙輦⑹'s Child Development Center Inspired by this book, Charlie and his parents visited the 做厙輦⑹s CARES Center (Crisis Advocacy Resources Education Support) an...
Me: what if I dont have what it takes? God: you dont have to, because I do. This is the quote Aliyah C. Tipton sees every time she opens her phone. Tipton said her educational and career journeys from Michigan to Mississippi to Ohio have been heavily influenced by God. Tipton has gone from student to employee to founder and owner of her own communication agency in just a few years. Currently, Tipton serves as assistant director, communications in the Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement at 做厙輦⑹. She also just founded her own boutique pubic...
Digital
Digital hearing aids utilize digital signal processing (DSP) chips, which became available in 1982. Experimental body-worn digital hearing aids were developed soon after.
Electric Carbon
These are based on the telephone principle; however, Alexander Graham Bell had nothing to do directly with their development. These appeared first in limited quantities in a table model about 1899, but in wearable and practical instruments beginning only in 1902. Carbon aids were popular through the 1940's. Most of these used a rather large 3-volt or 6-volt battery but did not have enough power to assist those with more than a moderate hearing loss.
A.) Microphone
B.) Headset
C.) Battery
Electric Vacuum Tube
Unlike the carbon instruments, these had adequate power for severe hearing losses but were also usable by persons with a lesser loss. The first one appeared in 1921, but this type did not become practical until the early 1930's, and did not appear in a wearable version until 1934. Vacuum tube aids required two batteries, so costs were rather high.
A.) Ear Receiver
B.) Microphone/Amplifier
C.) Batteries