Madeline Betterly

biomedical engineering freshman, was named a 2013 Anders Tjellstrom Scholarship recipient and was honored at the Cochlear Celebration and Conference. She knows firsthand how technology can impact one's health, lifestyle and future. Born with unilateral aural atresia and microtia of the ear, she received a bone-anchored hearing aid (Baha) implant at age 12 that significantly changed her life. She says the $8,000 scholarship will help her as she studies to become a biomedical engineer.

She was featured by WJBK-Detroit Fox 2 News and WXYZ-Detroit 7 Action News.