NC AG Bell Arts and Sciences Scholarship
Overview
The Arts & Sciences Award Program is available to students with hearing loss who are in grades
one through twelve to participate in after-school, weekend or summer programs focused on
developing skills in the arts or sciences. Programs may be offered through museums, nature
centers, art or music centers, zoological parks, space and science camps, dance and theater
studios, martial arts studios or any other program with a focus on the arts or sciences.
Awards cannot be used for programs that offer academic credit, travel or study abroad,
recreational summer camps, sports camps or sports, including figure skating or gymnastics.
Arts & Sciences Award Program Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for this program, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:
• The child must have a bilateral pre‐lingual hearing loss (diagnosed prior to his or
her fourth birthday).
• The child’s hearing loss must be in the moderate to profound range. This means
that the child must have an unaided Pure‐Tone Average (PTA) of 55 dB or greater in
the better hearing ear, in the speech frequencies of 500, 1000 and 2000 Hz.
Children with cochlear implants meet this eligibility requirement. Children with
unilateral (onesided)
hearing loss do not qualify.
Formula for calculating the PTA:
On the unaided audiogram, look at the results for the better hearing ear at 500, 1000 and 2000 Hz
and add those three numbers together, then divide that total by three. The result is the Pure Tone
Average. To be eligible for this award, the child’s PTA must be 55 dB or greater.
• Listening and spoken language must be the child’s primary mode of communication.
• The child must be at least 6 years of age and not older than 19 years of age as of
December 31, 2011 and currently be attending elementary or secondary school
(grades 1 through 12).
• The child must be enrolled in or registered for the forthcoming arts or sciences
program selected.
• The child (and primary contact) must reside in North Carolina