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In the Spring issue of Hearing Life, HLAA board member Larry Guterman’s cover story, Mission Possible: The Sky’s the Limit for Disability Inclusion, details a fascinating zero-gravity flight to test accessibility in space, featuring K. Renee Horton, Ph.D., our HLAA 2023 Convention keynote speaker. We profile audiologist Janice Trent, who provides accessible hearing care to underserved communities of color outside the nation’s capital. Two long-time HLAA members share how cochlear implants changed their lives. Find out how the Walk4Hearing community brought together a young girl with hearing loss and her deaf rescue dog. Join us in the Big Easy this June at the Convention to enjoy a variety of educational, research and social activities, and explore New Orleans. Plus, the latest news on HLAA programs, chapters and advocacy, book reviews and more.
A Note From Our Executive Director
By HLAA Executive Director Barbara Kelley
All the World’s a Stage.
Mission Possible: The Sky’s the Limit for Disability Inclusion
By Larry Guterman
On December 15, 2022, 14 disability ambassadors, including NASA’s Dr. K. Renee Horton—the keynote speaker for HLAA’s upcoming Convention—boarded a zero-gravity flight to test accessibility in space.
Advocacy
By HLAA Director of Public Policy Lise Hamlin
HLAA Fights for the Next Step in Communications Accessibility.
Health Care Communication Access
By Shawn Norris
Ensuring Communication Access in Health Care for Patients with Hearing Loss.
Audiologist Spotlight: Janice Trent, Au.D., Focuses on Underserved Communities
By HLAA Director of Strategic Communications Meredith Resnick
Dr. Trent’s practice is in an area that she calls “a melting pot of people from all over the world,” in the shadow of the nation’s capital. She wanted to provide accessible hearing care to all, but particularly to underserved communities of color.
Chapters
By Katherine Bouton and Jerry Bergman
Chapter Improves Accessibility in New York City.
Cochlear Implants Changing Lives
By HLAA Communications Specialist Teri Breier
In honor of International CI Day on February 25, we asked Lisa Yuan and Malik B. El-Amin, two long-time Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) members and cochlear implant (CI) users, to share their personal stories with us.
Walk4Hearing Leads Rescue Dog Home
By HLAA Director of Strategic Communications Meredith Resnick
A 12-year-old former Walk4Hearing ambassador has a lot in common with a fluffy rescue dog who needed a home. Learn how the Walk4Hearing community of support brought them together.
Walk4Hearing
By HLAA Walk4Hearing Senior Manager Ronnie Adler and HLAA Walk4Hearing Manager Ann Rancourt
Together, We’re Bringing Hope to Hearing Loss.
Book Nook
By Larry Herbert
Coming to Our Senses: A Boy Who Learned to See, a Girl Who Learned to Hear, and How We All Discover the World.
How to Communicate: Poems
Join Us in the Big Easy!
By HLAA Meeting Planner Melissa Kruse
Come join us at the HLAA 2023 Convention in New Orleans this June! You’ll enjoy three action-packed days filled with educational workshops, demonstrations, the Exhibit Hall, Welcome Back Bash, and the Research Symposium. It’s the largest event of its kind designed to empower people with hearing loss.
New Orleans Beyond Mardi Gras
By HLAA Meeting Planner Melissa Kruse
Take a look a the city of New Orleans, beyond the excitement of the popular festival. HLAA’s meeting planner shows us her favorite things to do in the Big Easy, all in proximity to our Convention hotel.