The silence can be deafening, the isolation excruciating. For those with congenital hearing loss, twins Raman R. and Lakshmanan R. bring the promise of sound. These two young, charismatic, humble engineering graduates from Madurai have created ‘Impulse,’ the world’s first non-surgical hearing device, quite literally in their backyard! In this heartwarming talk, the two INK Fellows and founders of Backyard Creators prove the age-old idiom of “where there’s a will, there’s a way.” The perseverance it took to create this low-cost device and pilot its successful use by over 50 children is remarkable, as is their dream to make and market it at scale.