The 2026 Bellman ALD Scholarship

Bellman is sponsoring two $1,000 scholarships for AuD students and recent graduates pursuing careers in hearing healthcare. The scholarship invites applicants to expand the conversation around total hearing healthcare, including how assistive listening devices, alerting and notification technology, and personal amplification can support patients beyond traditional hearing devices alone.

Applicants are invited to demonstrate how these tools can be identified through intake and case history, recommended based on real patient needs, and incorporated into best-practice care. Submissions may focus on alerting and notification ALDs, personal amplification, or both, with winners selected based on clinical understanding, practical thinking, and the ability to connect technology recommendations to meaningful patient outcomes.

Applicants may choose one or both topics, with no fixed submission format, length, or template required. Applicants may also choose to have their submissions considered for publication on our website and shared with our followers and professional network, with citation references added where helpful. The goal is to encourage open thinking, thoughtful exploration, and the freedom to approach the topic in a way that best reflects each applicant's clinical perspective.

Who Should Apply

Who Should Apply

Eligible applicants include active students in a credentialed U.S. AuD program or recent AuD graduates within the past three years who have active student loans and currently work in hearing healthcare.

Awards may be issued as one-time scholarships or as payments toward student loans.

Topic 1: Alerting and Notification Solutions

Topic 1: Alerting and Notification Solutions

Explain why alerting and notification ALDs should be considered part of hearing healthcare and a more complete hearing solution.

Show how a case history or intake questionnaire could better identify patients who may benefit from these solutions.

Explore practical use cases in which home alerting technology may be critical when used alongside hearing aids.

Identify actual alerting and notification products that could support the patient needs you describe, connect those products to your findings, and justify why they would be appropriate in that care scenario.

Topic 2: Personal Hearing Amplifiers

Topic 2: Personal Hearing Amplifiers

Explain why personal amplifiers should be considered within hearing healthcare as part of a more complete patient care plan.

Consider patient profiles that include moderate-severe hearing loss, hearing aids that are often left unused, and physical, cognitive, mental, or acoustic needs.

Explore practical use cases in which a hearing amplifier could support conversation, meetings, or listening environments when hearing aids are not meeting the patient's needs.

Identify actual hearing amplifier products that could support the patient needs you describe, connect those products to your findings, and justify why they would be appropriate in that care scenario.

Award

$1,000 Scholarship

Two one-time awards are available as scholarship funding or student loan payments.

Deadline

September 15

All scholarship responses must be received by the submission deadline.

Results

October 15

Selected recipients will be contacted with instructions for receiving scholarship funds.

What to Include in Your Response

There is no required format, length, or template. Applicants are encouraged to respond in the way that best reflects their clinical thinking, whether that is a written response, case example, patient profile, intake form concept, product recommendation, or practical care plan.

Strong submissions should clearly connect hearing technology recommendations to patient needs, explain why the selected approach supports more complete hearing care, and show practical understanding of how alerting, notification, or personal amplification products could be identified and implemented in real-world clinical settings.

How Submissions Will Be Reviewed

Responses will be reviewed for clinical understanding, practical application, clarity of reasoning, patient-centered thinking, and thoughtful use of Bellman products within a total hearing care approach.

Applicants do not need to submit formal research papers or follow a specific citation format.

Questions to Consider

What patient profile or real-world setting are you designing the recommendation around?

What patient need is being overlooked by traditional hearing care alone?

What limitations, barriers, or listening environments should influence the recommendation?

How could intake or case history questions better identify that need?

Which Bellman products would you recommend, and why?

How would your recommendation improve safety, communication, independence, or participation?

How would you explain or introduce this technology to the patient, family, or care team?

How could this approach fit into best-practice hearing healthcare?

About Bellman

Supporting the Next Generation of Hearing Care

Bellman supports hearing care professionals by bringing greater awareness to assistive listening, alerting, and notification solutions. Through this scholarship, Bellman encourages future AuD professionals to explore how practical technology can improve safety, independence, communication, and quality of life for people with hearing loss.