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Founded in 1996, the South Carolina Chapter of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is proud of our work to empower parents, children, and adults with hearing loss to pursue their dreams and to provide support to the professionals who serve this population. AG Bell SC sponsors the K Todd Houston Scholarship each year. This scholarship is open to all high school seniors, college and vocational students who have hearing loss, use speech as their primary mode of communication and are residents of SC. The scholarship is named for Dr. Houston, a founding member of the SC Chapter. In addition, the SC Chapter hosts a bi-annual conference for professionals and parents to network and engage in cutting edge learning opportunities focused on educating students with hearing loss. Our team engages in conferences throughout the state as vendors to raise awareness of the possibilities available to those with hearing loss pursuing listening and spoken language.

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Officers

 

Lisa Jolly

President

Lisa Jolly, M. Ed., is President of the SC Chapter. She is a Parent Education Specialist with Beginnings SC. She participated in Beginnings as a parent while living in Charlotte, NC after the birth of her second child who had complications due to congenital Cytomegalovirus. With the support of her Beginnings Parent Educator, she and her husband were empowered to make choices for her son based on facts and consideration of all options for communication. She is a passionate believer in the power of early intervention and attributes her son’s successful use of spoken language to the high quality services received and family and tribes commitment to meeting his needs. She is a founding member of Hitch-Up, a social and educational support group for families of those with hearing loss. Lisa serves on the SC Council of Developmental Disabilities. She passionately educates about ability where many may see disability and firmly believes every person has a gift to use to better the world. Married to her college sweetheart, Steve, they are adjusting to the emptying of their nest and supporting their children as they pursue college and career. The Jolly’s and their 2 sons, enjoy spending time visiting the mountains and beaches for family trips.

Jason Wigand

Treasurer

Jason Wigand, AuD is an audiologist and owner of LifeAloud, LLC, a clinical and consulting practice with the mission to empower individuals with hearing loss to self-advocate and communicate more effectively through comprehensive clinical care and increasing public awareness. He has held positions in various private practice and nonprofit settings, including serving as faculty and clinical preceptor for a graduate program in communication sciences and disorders at a major state university. As an audiologist and late-deafened adult and bilateral cochlear implant recipient, Dr. Wigand is passionate about working with individuals and families while they navigate the often tumultuous waters of hearing loss and communication challenges. He continues to serve on various boards of a number of professional associations in the field of audiology. 

Kandice Hunt

Secretary

Kandice is a triple certified teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing. Her passion for the deaf began with her older brother who is profoundly deaf. She graduated from Converse College in 2010. She is currently pursuing her LSLS Cert. AVed and M.Ed in Educational Leadership. She has a passion for early language development, supporting parents, and creating change. 

 

2022 Events

March 12, 2022

AG Bell SC Biennial Conference

Our Keynote speaker, Beth Walker Wooten, M.Ed., CED., LSLS Cert AVT., will begin and end the day with an analysis of current research, integration of current research and practice to optimize outcomes of Listening and Spoken Language communication skills in children with hearing loss.

Where/When: South Carolina State Museum, 301 Gervais St, Columbia, SC, 9 am- 4:30 pm

March 26, 2022

Inaugural Golf Tournament to Benefit K. Todd Houston Scholarship

Enjoy a round of golf while supporting a worthy cause -- The K. Todd Houston Scholarship sponsored by the SC Chapter of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The scholarship is open to all SC high school seniors and college students who have hearing loss and use spoken language. This year's tournament will be held at Saluda Valley Country Club located just 30 minutes south of Greenville in Williamston, SC.

March 18, 2022 9AM - 4PM

Carter Hears Education Series: Think About It: The Intersection of Listening, Cognition and Pragmatics

Key to the development of rich spoken language skills for children who are deaf or hard of hearing is the integration of auditory skill development with language and cognition. This workshop will review cognitive development theory, higher order thinking skills and theory of mind with an eye toward informing our work in language development...

Chapter Resources and Information

 
A.G.Bell is committed to equipping you with the tools you need to take action. Here, we provide you with resources for further learning that can help you ensure your child has the opportunity to develop language on par with children who have no hearing loss.
Chapter Address:
310 Honey Tree Drive, Lexington, SC 29073
 

Certified AVT’s in SC
Upstate:
Christa Anderson Pomerlyan, MSP, CCC- SLP, LSLS Cert AVT
Speech-Language Pathologist,
Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist
Sound Beginnings, LLC
864.205.3754 (phone)
864.481.8009 (fax)
admin@soundbeginningssc.net

 

Sydney Pemberton, MSP, CCC-SLP LSLS Cert. AVT
SLP and Auditory Verbal Therapist at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

 

Susan Allen, LSLS Cert. AVEd
sallen6572@yahoo.com
(864) 399-9098
Fax:(904) 880-9007

 

Rebecca Parker, LSLS Cert. AVT
Rchapman1@gmail.com
109 Tinsley Dr Anderson, SC 29621-2491


Midlands:
Cheryl Rogers, LSLS Cert. AVT
(803) 376-4559

Dianne Dixon, LSLS Cert. AVT
sbdixonslp@gmail.com 

 

Shannon Weynand, MSS CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVEd
Lakeside Audiology
870 Gold Hill Road, Fort Mill, SC 
803-620-8250
www.lakesidehears.com

 

Laura Peterson, LSLS Cert. AVT
laura.napolitano.peterson@gmail.com
4007 Beach Club Ln, Tega Cay, SC 29708-8543


Rachel Raper, LSLS Cert. AVT
Sound Foundation
100 Bramble Road
Elgin, SC 29045
(803)530-7917

 

Gina Crosby-Quinatoa, LSLS Cert. AVT
crosbye@sc.edu
125 South Bull St Columbia, SC 20205 (803) 777-2671

 

Jamy Claire Archer, LSLS Cert. AVT
jcarcher@mailbox.sc.edu
Montgomery Speech  and Hearing Center

 

Ellie Cooper, LSLS Cert. AVT
ellieccooper@gmail.com
Columbia, SC 29205

 

Lowcountry:
Nevitte Morris
https://musckids.org/our-services/speech-language-pathology
 

 

Beginnings of South Carolina

Carter Hears!

South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind

The Quill School

SC Association of the Deaf

SC Educational Interpreting Center

SC Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Partnership

SC Department of Education

SC Vocational Rehabilitation

SC Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

Converse College: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education

Lakeside Audiolgy

Montgomery Speech  and Hearing Center

SC Cochlear Implant Centers

SC Hands & Voices

Reach Us

Alexander Graham Bell Association
for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

3417 Volta Place NW
Washington, D.C. 20007

Tel: 202-337-5220
TTY: 202-337-5221
Fax: 202-337-8314

info@agbell.org

Our Mission

Working globally to ensure that people who are deaf and hard of hearing can hear and talk. 

We want all families to be informed and supported, professionals to be appropriately qualified to teach and help children with hearing loss, public policy leaders to effectively address the needs of people with hearing loss, and communities to be empowered to help their neighbors with hearing loss succeed. 



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