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SUMMARY:Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Title: Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting\nDate/Time: Monthly Every 3rd Tuesday\, 8 – 9 p.m. ET\n\nRegister Today\n\nDescription: Meet with veterans from across the county to talk about issues related to veterans and hearing loss. Caretakers and family members of veterans are welcome to attend.\n\nThe mission of the HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter is to provide education\, be an advocate for veterans with hearing loss\, and to provide a support system to help them to return and adjust to civilian life.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelpful tips\n\nCaptions. Meetings are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting zoom screen.\nCheck your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 8 p.m. ET\, 7 p.m. CT\, 6 p.m. MT\, and 5 p.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone\, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.\nQuestions? Feel free to email us at chapters@hearingloss.org. If you are in a different time zone\, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
URL:https://www.hearingloss.org/event/veterans-across-america-virtual-chapter-meeting-2-11-3/2024-12-17/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chapter Engagement Team":MAILTO:chapters@hearingloss.org
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SUMMARY:Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Title: Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting\nDate/Time: Monthly Every 3rd Tuesday\, 8 – 9 p.m. ET\n\nRegister Today\n\nDescription: Meet with veterans from across the county to talk about issues related to veterans and hearing loss. Caretakers and family members of veterans are welcome to attend.\n\nThe mission of the HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter is to provide education\, be an advocate for veterans with hearing loss\, and to provide a support system to help them to return and adjust to civilian life.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelpful tips\n\nCaptions. Meetings are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting zoom screen.\nCheck your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 8 p.m. ET\, 7 p.m. CT\, 6 p.m. MT\, and 5 p.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone\, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.\nQuestions? Feel free to email us at chapters@hearingloss.org. If you are in a different time zone\, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
URL:https://www.hearingloss.org/event/veterans-across-america-virtual-chapter-meeting-2-11-3/2024-11-19/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chapter Engagement Team":MAILTO:chapters@hearingloss.org
LOCATION:
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T170000
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SUMMARY:Optimizing Virtual Meetings in the Digital Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Title: Optimizing Virtual Meetings: Empowering Individuals with Hearing Loss to Thrive in the Digital Workplace\n\nThis event has concluded\, but you can view the recording at your convenience.\n\n\nWatch Webinar\n\n\nDescription: A recent study by the National Acoustics Laboratories examined the impact of hearing loss while communicating using a video platform. In this webinar\, panelist Padraig Kitterick\, a key researcher involved in this study\, shared some of its findings. The session will also equip you with the knowledge and tools to navigate the digital workplace with confidence and success. \nKey aims:\n\nIdentify Challenges: Explore the unique barriers and limitations faced by individuals with hearing loss when using virtual video conferencing platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams.\nInsights from Research: Delve into the findings of a recent study that sheds light on improving communication during video conferencing for those with hearing loss. Learn more about the study here.\nEmpower Your Virtual Presence: Discover practical strategies to enhance your effectiveness and participation in virtual meetings as an individual with hearing loss.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial Guest: Pádraig Kitterick\nHead of Audiological Science\, National Acoustic Laboratories\, Sydney\, NSW\, Australia\nPádraig Kitterick is the Head of Audiological Sciences at the National Acoustic Laboratories\, Sydney Australia and leads NAL’s adult hearing loss research portfolio. Padraig joined NAL in 2021 from his previous role as Head of Hearing Sciences at the University of Nottingham\, UK where he conducted translational research on severe-profound hearing loss including cochlear implantation. Pádraig gained his PhD in Psychology by examining how the natural ageing process may contribute to listening difficulties in multi-talker environments. His current research focusses on the evaluation of hearing health technologies\, personalization of hearing devices\, and creating targeted solutions for specific populations of adults with hearing difficulties. \n\n\n\n\n\nModerator: Theodore Shomsky\nAccessibility Technology Engineer at PNC and member of the HLAA Task Force for Accessible\, Inclusive Employment\nTheo Shomsky identifies as an individual who is Hard-of-Hearing\, living and working with hearing loss. His experience with the challenges of navigating the workplace with a disability led him to pivot his career path from sales-and-service to accessibility technology. Now\, Theo is an Enterprise Accessibility Technology Engineer and Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC). He utilizes his personal and professional experience with accessibility to help create a more inclusive environment that allows those who live with disabilities\, to bring their whole self to work and become the best version of themselves. He is an active member of the HLAA Workplace Employment Task Force leadership team\,  is an Officer of his workplace Employee Business Resource Group that advocates for those impacted by disabilities\, and is a Crew Member of Mission Astro Access\, a non-profit focused on disability inclusion in Space. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelpful tips\n\nCaptions. HLAA Webinars are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting zoom screen.\nCheck your time zone. This meeting will take place live on October 28\, 2024\, from 4:00-5:00 PM ET\, 3:00-4:00 p.m. CT\, 2:00-3:00 p.m. MT\, and 1:00-2:00 p.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone\, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.\nQuestions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org. If you are in a different time zone\, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.\n\n\n\n\n\nNOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars. The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) believes that information about products and services that could benefit people with hearing loss should be made available to consumers to help them make informed decisions about their hearing healthcare. ​Reference to specific products\, services\, organizations or claims made in HLAA Webinars\, online meetings or discussions do not constitute endorsement\, recommendation\, or favoring by HLAA\, nor does exclusion suggest disapproval. While we make every effort to provide accurate and reliable information\, HLAA does not control or guarantee the accuracy\, completeness\, or efficacy of information contained by presenters about products or services.
URL:https://www.hearingloss.org/event/optimizing-virtual-meetings-in-the-digital-workplace/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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ORGANIZER;CN="HLAA Employment Committee":MAILTO:webinars@hearingloss.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T150000
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SUMMARY:Advocacy at the State Level
DESCRIPTION:Title: Advocacy at the State Level\n\nThis event has concluded\, but you can view the recording at your convenience. \n\n\nWatch Webinar\n\n\n\nDescription: Advocating on a state level is an important way for chapters to make a real impact. This presentation will describe the strategies\, the players\, the pitfalls\, and “how-to” steps toward achieving legislative attention and action on issues of concern to people with hearing loss.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCynthia Stewart\nTitle\nCynthia Stewart has a bi-lateral severe sensorineural hearing loss resulting from measles at the age of 3. She learned to lip read as a young child and didn’t get hearing aids until the age of 25\, having struggled through school and university to that point. She has had a varied career\, ranging from policy analyst to manager of large public sector organizations\, including King County Airport Director and Deputy County Manager of Thurston County\, WA. She has also had a second career as a group facilitator and mediator and consultant to groups forming new organizations. She now serves as a volunteer chair of the League of Women Voters of WA Lobby Team\, working with the WA State Legislature. Cynthia has been an active member of HLAA-WA for a number of years\, including serving as President for several years and now as liaison to the WA state legislature. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelpful tips\nProvide your tips here.
URL:https://www.hearingloss.org/event/advocacy-at-the-state-level/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
ORGANIZER;CN="HLAA":MAILTO:convention@hearingloss.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T210000
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SUMMARY:Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Title: Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting\nDate/Time: Monthly Every 3rd Tuesday\, 8 – 9 p.m. ET\n\nRegister Today\n\nDescription: Meet with veterans from across the county to talk about issues related to veterans and hearing loss. Caretakers and family members of veterans are welcome to attend.\n\nThe mission of the HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter is to provide education\, be an advocate for veterans with hearing loss\, and to provide a support system to help them to return and adjust to civilian life.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelpful tips\n\nCaptions. Meetings are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting zoom screen.\nCheck your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 8 p.m. ET\, 7 p.m. CT\, 6 p.m. MT\, and 5 p.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone\, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.\nQuestions? Feel free to email us at chapters@hearingloss.org. If you are in a different time zone\, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
URL:https://www.hearingloss.org/event/veterans-across-america-virtual-chapter-meeting-2-11-3/2024-10-15/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chapter Engagement Team":MAILTO:chapters@hearingloss.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231019T123300
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR—Mission Possible: The Sky’s the Limit for Disability Workplace Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:When: Thursday\, October 19\, 2023\nTime: 6–7:00 p.m. ET \nFeatured panelists Victoria Garcia\, K. Renee Horton\, Ph.D.\, Sheila Xu and Larry Guterman will share their experiences as people with hearing loss and as members of AstroAccess\, which is dedicated to making space accessible to people with disabilities. In particular\, they will discuss their roles in the December 2022 AstroAccess zero-gravity space flight\, how they got involved\, what they did during their mission and how the initiative helps perpetuate disability inclusion in the workplace. They will also share their general experiences navigating employment opportunities\, internships and STEM education. The panel will be moderated by disability access professional Theodore Shomsky\, CPACC. \nRegister for Webinar \nPresenters: \n\n\n\nVictoria Garcia\, an engineer who leads a team of 20 at NASA and is responsible for systems integration for the upcoming manned missions to the Moon; she was diagnosed with profound hearing loss at birth and now wears a cochlear implant (CI). \n\n\nSheila Xu\, who is deaf\, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is now working on a combined graduate degree at the Harvard Kennedy School/Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She learned ASL in college\, now wears a cochlear implant (CI) and dreams of starting a business that helps people with hearing loss and other disabilities. \n\n\n\n\nK. Renee Horton\, Ph.D. is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a B.S. in electrical engineering and a minor in math in 2002; and a Ph.D. in material science with a concentration in physics\, becoming the first African American to graduate from the University of Alabama in 2011 in this area. She works for NASA\, at first as a student from 2009 to 2011\, and then started her career as a mechanical test engineer in 2012. \n\n\nLarry Guterman is co-founder of SonicCloud and chief customer experience officer of Sonitum\, Inc. (makers of SonicCloud)\, a technology company dedicated to enhancing and personalizing audio on phone calls\, computers\, and other electronic media for people with hearing loss. \n\n\n\nHelpful Tips\n\nZoom. The webinar will be held on Zoom. After registering\, the Zoom meeting link will be emailed to you. Please save your email and make sure to check your spam or junk folder if you have not received the meeting link.\nUse a computer. If possible\, attend the webinar on a computer rather than via a smart phone or iPad. This will give you the best layout to view the captions\, as well as other meeting features.\nInstall or update Zoom. Make sure you have Zoom installed.\n\nBasic Zoom overview for Windows and MacOS\n\n\nCaptions. All HLAA webinars are free with live captions available.\nCheck your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 6 p.m. ET\, 5 p.m. CT\, 4 p.m. MT and 3 p.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone\, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.\n\nNOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars. \nQuestions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.
URL:https://www.hearingloss.org/event/webinar-mission-possible-the-skys-the-limit-for-disability-workplace-inclusion/
LOCATION:Join by computer or mobile device.
CATEGORIES:Virtual Meetings,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Hearing Life e-news
DESCRIPTION:The newsletter titled “Celebrate 35 Years of ADA Advocacy!” from Hearing Life e-news honors the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It highlights ongoing efforts to advance accessibility\, shares stories from the hearing loss community\, and encourages readers to stay engaged in advocacy. The message celebrates progress while urging continued commitment to inclusion and equal rights. \nRead edition \n 
URL:https://www.hearingloss.org/event/hlaa-board-of-trustees-fall-2018-board-meeting/
LOCATION:HLAA National Office\, 7910 Woodmont Ave\, Bethesda\, MD 20814\, USA\, Bethesda\, Maryland\, 20814\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Nancy Macklin":MAILTO:nmacklin@hearingloss.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T193000
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SUMMARY:HLAA Chapter Development Workshop -  Let's Talk About Hybrid Meetings 2.0
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Talk About Hybrid Meetings 2.0\nDate: Tuesday\, March 21\, 2023 \nTime: 2 p.m. ET\,  1 p.m. CT\, Noon p.m. MT\,  11 a.m. PT \nDuration: 90 minutes \nPresenters:\nDan Brooks\, Rochester Chapter President and Past President of NYSA\nChas Johnstone and Lorin Gallistel\, Rochester Chapter Technical Committee \nThis follow-up workshop will further discuss more technical details of set-up for hybrid meetings and more time will be provided for questions and answers. \n Register
URL:https://www.hearingloss.org/event/hlaa-chapter-development-workshop-lets-talk-about-hybrid-meetings-2-0/
LOCATION:Join by computer or mobile device.
ORGANIZER;CN="Carla Beyer-Smolin":MAILTO:cbeyer-smolin@hearingloss.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T140000
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SUMMARY:HLAA Chapter Development Workshop -  Let's Talk About Hybrid Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Talk About Hybrid Meetings\nDate: Tuesday\, February 28\, 2023 \nThis event has concluded\, but you can view the recording at your convenience. \nWatch Webinar\nDuration: 60 minutes \nPresenters:\nDan Brooks\, Rochester Chapter President and Past President of NYSA\nChas Johnstone and Lorin Gallistel\, Rochester Chapter Technical Committee \nThe New York State Association and Rochester Chapter have been successful in holding hybrid meetings thanks to the members of the Rochester Chapter Technical Committee. Please join this meeting to hear about their learning journey\, and participate in a follow-up discussion. We encourage other HLAA leaders to share their success with hybrid meetings as well.
URL:https://www.hearingloss.org/event/hlaa-chapter-development-workshop-lets-talk-about-hybrid-meetings/
LOCATION:Join by computer or mobile device.
ORGANIZER;CN="Carla Beyer-Smolin":MAILTO:cbeyer-smolin@hearingloss.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230118T200000
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SUMMARY:HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We invite veterans with hearing loss to attend the next Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting (VAAVC) online using Zoom. \nTime: 8 p.m. ET\, 7 p.m. CT\, 6 p.m. MT\, 5 p.m. PT \nThis will be an open meeting. We look forward to seeing you online. \nREGISTER \nThe HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter is sponsored exclusively by Starkey.
URL:https://www.hearingloss.org/event/hlaa-veterans-across-america-virtual-chapter-meeting-29/
LOCATION:Join from your computer or mobile device.
CATEGORIES:Veterans,Virtual Meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="Carla Beyer-Smolin":MAILTO:cbeyer-smolin@hearingloss.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230118T122900
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SUMMARY:HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We invite veterans with hearing loss to attend the next Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting (VAAVC) online using Zoom. \nTime: 8 p.m. ET\, 7 p.m. CT\, 6 p.m. MT\, 5 p.m. PT  \nThis will be an open meeting. We look forward to seeing you online. \nREGISTER \nThe HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter is sponsored exclusively by Starkey.
URL:https://www.hearingloss.org/event/hlaa-veterans-across-america-virtual-chapter-meeting-30/
LOCATION:Join from your computer or mobile device.
CATEGORIES:Veterans,Virtual Meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="Carla Beyer-Smolin":MAILTO:cbeyer-smolin@hearingloss.org
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