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HLAA AZ Working Adults Chapter Meeting
Back by popular demand, we welcome Mr. Bruce Kennedy and he will be presenting again on assistive technology for individuals with hearing loss in the workplace and beyond.
Hearing loss can pose barriers in the classroom, the workplace and in the community. There are many new and inexpensive solutions to support individuals with significant hearing loss, and some of them even free. This overview of HAT (Hearing Assistive Technology) will provide information about some of the latest innovations in
tools, devices and strategies that are available to individuals in maintaining independence in their daily lives.
After the chapter meeting, we will be sponsoring a Blood Drive and we hope all will stick around and support the drive
Happy New Year and Better Hearing!
Our January HLAA West Valley Chapter meeting is all bout the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (ACDHH). Michele Michaels is the Hard of Hearing Program Manager and will provide an overview and share the vision of the ACDHH.
Christy Abrahms is new to the Hard of Hearing team. She will briefly share her story of hearing loss, then explain her role as a Specialist.
Vicki Thompson assists people with information related to the free telephone program. At our meeting she will show us the exciting new devices the Commission’s added to the program. For instance, the program now has a visual alerting device that tells you if your smartphone is ringing.
Visit the HLAA Booth #1243 at the NBC4 Health and Fitness Expo, the largest, best-attended Consumer Wellness Expo in the country.
This is a free expo which is a hands-on exposition that offers information on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle with forums on healthy cooking, exercise, activities for children from games to face painting.
We invite veterans with hearing loss to attend the next Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting online using Zoom on January 21, 2020 at 8 pm EST (US and Canada)
Topic: Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting
Time: Jan 21, 2020 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 168 722 693
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The HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter is sponsored by Starkey Hearing.
We invite veterans with hearing loss to attend the next Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting online using Zoom on February 18, 2020 at 8 pm EST (US and Canada). We will have a guest speaker, Tony Strong from WillliamsAV, who will be presenting Veterans with Hearing Loss, How You Can Make Life Better.
Topic: Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting
Time: Feb 18, 2020 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 173 665 726
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The HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter is sponsored by Starkey Hearing.
Register by March 2 and receive early-bird discount. You can still register after that day and on-site too!
We offer daily packages and the Exhibit Hall is open free to everyone! Check out the events. This is for you — a person with hearing loss, families and friends.
World Hearing Day 2020: Theme of “Hearing for Life: Don’t Let Hearing Loss Limit You”
On World Hearing Day 2020, the World Health Organization will highlight that timely and effective interventions can ensure that people with hearing loss are able to achieve their full potential.
Calling all Twitter Fans!
May 3, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET: Join a Twitter chat with The Hearing Journal. Stay tuned via their Twitter page.
Guest Tweeters will be Nicholas Reed, Au.D., Johns Hopkins Medicine and Shari Eberts, HLAA Board member and blogger of Living with Hearing Loss. Both Nick and Shari will be presenters at the HLAA2020 Convention in New Orleans this June. (Register now for HLAA2020 Convention.)
Be sure to join them on March 3 by following #HearingChat on Twitter. You can Tweet and re-Tweet your thoughts.
And in case you missed it: Check out their previous #HearingChat:
- Shelly Chadha, Ph.D., and Lisa Christiansen, Au.D., on World Hearing Day 2019
- HLAA Executive Director Barbara Kelley and Cliff Olson, Au.D., on World Hearing Day 2018
HLAA and ASHA Team Up For Resources You Can Use for World Hearing Day
ASHA recently partnered with the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) on a series of educational materials for consumers and professionals. Read more here.
HLAA Board of Directors Hold First Meeting of 2020
The Board meets three times a year.
We invite veterans with hearing loss to attend the next Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting online using Zoom on March 17, 2020 at 8 pm EST (US and Canada). We will have a guest speaker, Michael Kurth, AuD, PhD, CCC-A, Staff Audiologist, Twin Ports VA CBOC, who will be presenting The Aural Rehabilitation Tree.
Topic: Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting
Time: Mar 17, 2020 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 327 896 893
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Presenter: Shahrzad Cohen, Au.D., FAAA
Traumatic Brian Injuries, also known as TBI, have many associated hearing disorders that need to be addressed to increase the life quality of the injured person. Knowledge of these issues will help self-advocacy to increase daily function and bring relief to the person and the family.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines a traumatic brain injury (TBI) as “a disruption in the normal function of the brain that can be caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head, or penetrating head injury.” In addition, service members and Veterans potentially have the additional exposures to blast, both from combat and from training.
The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) reported more than 408,000 TBIs among U.S. service members worldwide between 2000 and early 2019. The majority of those TBIs were classified as mild. TBI and its associated co-morbidities [including hearing loss] are also a significant cause of disability outside of military settings, most often as the result of assaults, falls, automobile accidents, or sports injuries.