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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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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.
Overview
The international outbreak of COVID-19 poses a serious public health threat. The federal government is working closely with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners, as well as public health partners, to respond to this public health threat. The public health response is multi-layered, with the goal of containing the spread and mitigating the impact of this virus. This special webinar from CDC EPIC will discuss the current state of the outbreak, what CDC is doing to respond to the outbreak, and how partners, organizations, and the public can help. Closed captioning will be available. Wednesday, March 18 at 1 p.m. ET.
Presenter
Jay Butler, MD
How to Join
Webinar link: https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=hcba16c9,4edbfa0,512a1c1
Watch on Facebook: https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=hcba16c9,4edbfa0,512a1c3
Summary
People with hearing loss tend to feel isolated anyhow. Now with a pandemic forcing us to stay home, distance ourselves from others, the isolation goes deeper. This webinar will outline specific psychological strategies for coping with the coronavirus and isolation. Dr. Harvey will begin by enumerating how others have survived non-virus isolation: for example, Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned for 27 years and Anthony Ray Hinton who was on death row for 28 years for a murder he didn’t commit. Then he’ll dig into a host of specific emotional self-care tools to use while quarantined as well as how we can even realize some psychological benefits from this terrifying time.
Presenter(s)
Michael Harvey, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Clinical Psychologist
Michael A. Harvey, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. is a psychologist in private practice in Framingham, Massachusetts. He provides training and consultation on mental health issues having to do with hearing loss, including consultation and training for audiologists regarding motivational interviewing and the psychological aspects of patient care. As a clinical psychologist, he… Read More >
Richard Einhorn is a music producer and engineer, a composer, and a hearing technology consultant. He will present tips and techniques for using assistive technology while you stay at home. He will cover ways to use your smartphone to hear better, how to better hear webinars, use captions on apps like Skype and Zoom, and more.
We invite veterans with hearing loss to attend the next Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting, on April 21, 2020 at 8 pm ET (US and Canada). Our guest speaker is Lindsay Shroyer, AuD, CCC-A, FAAA, PASC, a clinical audiologist from the Arizona Hearing and Balance Center, a division of Valley ENT. Her presentation will be on “Discovering Your Audiogram.”
Please register in advance for this meeting:
https://hearingloss.zoom.us/meeting/register/vpYqf-CupjIp5jX_fQVGiZYzrKpEu-609w
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Audiological Care and COVID-19:
The Current Climate, Hearing Treatment Alternatives, and the Future of Audiology
Presenter: Cliff Olson, Au.D.
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Time: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Eastern Time
Don’t miss Wednesday’s free captioned webinar featuring Dr. Cliff Olson, audiologist and founder of Applied Hearing Solutions, who will be presenting Audiological Care and COVID-19: The Current Climate, Hearing Treatment Alternatives, and the Future of Audiology. Click the “Register” button above to attend.
Given the current climate caused by COVID-19, there is concern regarding the quality & availability of audiological care. Currently there is limited care being provided with no end to the Pandemic in sight. Therefore, it is unclear when in-person hearing care will continue. However, there are options for treatment in the interim. Dr. Cliff will present on the current state of audiology clinics, hearing treatment alternatives, and how the COVID-19 Pandemic could change the future of audiology, followed by Q&A.
Registration is required for HLAA webinars. Should you have any questions, please contact webinars@hearingloss.org.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.