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When: Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Time: 2-2:30 p.m. (ET) with 20 minutes for demo and 10 minutes for Q&A.
Learn how to feel more connected to the world around you through learning or enhancing speech
lipreading skills with the “Read Our Lips” online learning program. This interactive presentation will teach you five benefits of lipreading, including how to use your skills in our new virtual world. Start your lipreading journey during the session as Canadian Hard of Hearing Association-Newfoundland and Labrador (CHHA-NL)’s Alison Butler walks you through some practice exercises live!
“Read Our Lips” is an online course created and managed by CHHA-NL. The self-paced online course includes eight lessons, which are 1-2 hours each. You can sign up for the entire first lesson for free. After which you can purchase the course for $49 CAD (approx. 40 USD) and enjoy access for 6 months.”
Alison Butler spent the past 15 years as a speech lipreading instructor with the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association-Newfoundland and Labrador. Alison was the project lead in the development of the new online learning program, “Read Our Lips.” She is passionate about supporting people on their journey to better communication.
Note: Product showcases are for advertising purposes only. HLAA does not endorse products or services featured and the presentation is paid for by the advertiser.
Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Helpful Hints and Tutorials
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- Zoom concerns have been addressed and procedures will be modified as Zoom continues to update their software. The main security issue was with open meetings. When you register, it creates a unique link for a password protected session.
- Use a computer. If possible, attend the meeting 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.
- Zoom concerns have been addressed and procedures will be modified as Zoom continues to update their software. The main security issue was with open meetings. When you register, it creates a unique link for a password protected session.
- Captions. HLAA Webinars are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting zoom screen.
- Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 2 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. CT, Noon MT and 11 a.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
- Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.
org.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.
Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.
If companies are interested in HLAA Webinar Product Showcases, email Jeryl Parade at jeryl.parade@theygsgroup.com.
Navigating the workplace can be challenging for people with hearing loss. In this webinar, panelists from SMBC will discuss how to effectively network with hearing loss, how best to differentiate yourselves to stand out to employers when applying to jobs, and how to navigate networking after beginning the job. The panelists will also share more about career opportunities at SMBC.
Date: August 30, 2021
Time: 5 p.m. ET, 4 p.m. CT, 3 p.m. MT, 2 p.m. PT
Speakers:
Kunal Mahajan has been in the investment banking field for 13 years within the leveraged finance industry. He joined SMBC in the Americas in 2017 in their Leveraged Finance Group and is also part of their corporate development team. As a lifelong person with a stuttering disability. Kunal founded SMBC’s Mental Health, Neurodiversity, and Disabilities Enterprise Resource Group called UNIQUE in June 2019. He co-chairs this employee resource group and helps to lead many activities through UNIQUE along with the support of SMBC management and SMBC employees from all over North America and Latin America.
Carolyn Lewerenz has worked in financial services in New York City for more than 20 years with various roles in operations management, client services and IT. Carolyn joined JRIA, the IT division of SMBC, in 2019 and works in their data management group.
Kumar Viswanathan has worked in financial services for more than 10 years in the areas of regulatory reporting, risk management and enterprise information management. Kumar joined the regulatory reporting team in the controllers division of SMBC in 2020.
Ann Lee has worked in the finance services field for more than seven years with various roles in the commercial loan operations and regulatory reporting. She joined SMBC’s regulatory reporting group in the controller division in 2018.
Daniela Ortiz Castaneda has worked in the financial services for more than five years in the Latin American corporate and North American project finance areas. Daniela joined SMBC’s portfolio management division in 2019.
Helpful Hints and Tutorials
- Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
- Use a computer. If possible, attend the meeting on a computer rather than via a smartphone or iPad. This will give you the best layout to view the captions as well as other meeting features.
- Captions. HLAA webinars are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting Zoom screen.
- Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 5 p.m. ET, 4 p.m. CT, 3 MT and 2 p.m. PT. You should make note of your time zone so you do not miss the meeting.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.
Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.
Date: Wednesday, September 29 and Thursday, September 30, 2021
Time: 2 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. CT, 12 p.m. MT, 11 a.m. PT
CIICA LIVE IN SEPTEMBER: CI FUNDING – Challenges and Priorities
All public spending is under scrutiny and particularly public health scrutiny in the global pandemic. Spending on hearing care and CI in particular is challenged, everywhere but particularly in low and middle income countries and for long term support and for special cases.
This, our third CIICA LIVE event, chaired by Ruth Warick, President of IFHOH, will explore the evidence for the cost-effective arguments for CI, the success of the Spend2Save arguments, and specific examples of challenge and success in funding CI provision globally.
Captioning will be available in Spanish, French, Danish, German, Italian -and other languages by request and you are all welcome to participate!
Do look at the programme here. We hope to see you there!
Helpful Hints and Tutorials
- Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
- Use a computer. If possible, attend the meeting on a computer rather than via a smartphone or iPad. This will give you the best layout to view the captions as well as other meeting features.
- Captions. HLAA webinars are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting Zoom screen.
- Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 2 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. CT, 12 MT and 11 a.m. PT. You should make note of your time zone so you do not miss the meeting.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.
Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.
The program’s goal is for the audience to learn about the unique accommodations certain hospitals from around this country have for people with hearing loss. Each of our presenters are passionate advocates and will talk about the accommodations their hospitals provide for people with hearing loss.
Date: October 11, 2021
Time: Noon ET, 11 a.m. CT, 10 a.m. MT, 9 a.m. PT
Speakers:
Kevin Irvine, Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant, Individuals with Disabilities, Co-Chair, Rush ADA Task Force, Facilitator, Rush Disabilities Employee Resource Group, Rush University Medical Center
Shawn M. Norris, Coordinator of Interpreting Services, ADA/Section 1557 Coordinator, Flagler Hospital
Carlos Olvera, Manager of Interpreter Services, Rush University Medical Center, Co-Chair, Rush ADA Task Force
Catherine Palmer, Ph.D., Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Director, UPMC Audiology
Kathleen To, System Manager, Linguistic Services, Swedish Medical Center
Moderator:
Elaine McCaffrey, Chair, HLAA Communication Access in Health Care Program
Helpful Hints and Tutorials
- Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
- Use a computer. If possible, attend the meeting on a computer rather than via a smartphone or iPad. This will give you the best layout to view the captions as well as other meeting features.
- Captions. HLAA webinars are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting Zoom screen.
- Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live at Noon ET, 11 a.m. CT, 10 a.m. MT and 9 a.m. PT. You should make note of your time zone so you do not miss the meeting.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.
Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.
When: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Time: 2-2:30 p.m. (ET) with 20 minutes for product demo and 10 minutes for Q&A.
CaptionMate is a free captioning app for individuals with hearing loss that is available on iOS, Android and the Web. The cost of captioning each Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone (IP CTS) call is funded through a federal program, and the cost of the calls are paid for by contributions from other telecommunications users to the Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) fund administered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Come and learn how to increase the power and accuracy of call captioning with CaptionMate’s newest feature: Custom Words.
We’re excited to bring you the latest in call captioning technology! If you have certain words like your name, your city, or specialized words for your occupation that captions often get wrong, now you can easily enter these words into our Custom Words feature and see them corrected in your very next call!
Jon Gray will demonstrate CaptionMate’s app, and explain how this latest feature makes captioning your calls even easier and more accurate. He’ll cover how CaptionMate is easy to use in an office environment or at home, or with a Zoom call or any other webinar. He’ll go over how CaptionMate leverages ASR to provide a speedy and accurate captioning solution, and how to do things like capture both sides of the conversation, change the language on the fly, modify your themes and color settings, how the app can be used on your own phone (iOS, Android and landline), and how to share the transcriptions with the remote party.
Note: Product showcases are for advertising purposes only. HLAA does not endorse products or services featured and the presentation is paid for by the advertiser.
Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Helpful Hints and Tutorials
-
- Zoom concerns have been addressed and procedures will be modified as Zoom continues to update their software. The main security issue was with open meetings. When you register, it creates a unique link for a password protected session.
- Use a computer. If possible, attend the meeting 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.
- Zoom concerns have been addressed and procedures will be modified as Zoom continues to update their software. The main security issue was with open meetings. When you register, it creates a unique link for a password protected session.
- Captions. HLAA Webinars are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting zoom screen.
- Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 2 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. CT, 12 p.m. MT and 11 a.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
- Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.
org.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.
Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.
If companies are interested in HLAA Webinar Product Showcases, email Jeryl Parade at jeryl.parade@theygsgroup.com.
During this presentation, you will learn about all things captioning. There are many different methods for how captions are produced: Stenographic, voice writing and automatic speech recognition. Learning the different methods will help you make an informed decision when advocating for accommodations in any setting.
If real-time captions are not what you need but you need captions on a video, understanding the differences will empower the decision maker to have the right result.
Do you know what to do when you see poor captions? This lecture will explore what questions to ask when obtaining captioning services and provide advocacy tips to ensure the captions are good.
Date: November 3, 2021
Time: 3 p.m. ET, 2 p.m. CT, 1 p.m. MT, Noon PT
Presenters:
Karyn Menck is the owner of Nashville-based Tennessee Captioning, and is a Registered Professional Reporter, Registered Merit Reporter, Registered Diplomat Reporter, Certified Realtime Reporter and Certified Realtime Captioner.
Karyn has captioned national and local programming for a variety of news, sports, entertainment, educational, and corporate programming across the country. She also provides CART and captioning for university students, theater productions, and professional football and grand slam tennis stadium captioning.
Karyn is a member of the National Court Reporters Association, Tennessee Court Reporters Association, and Hearing Loss Association of America. She has held various positions within the Tennessee Court Reporters Association, is the past secretary of the Nashville chapter of Self Help for the Hard of Hearing/Hearing Loss Association of America, and a past board member for the National Court Reporters Association.
Jennifer Schuck and her team at Caption Pros provide captioning for any venue, no matter how large or how small. She is an award-winning captioner and 16-year veteran of the captioning industry, thus committed to providing the best captioning for every consumer, whether one-on-one or in a convention center. She has served on numerous committees such as the Arizona and National Court Reporter’s Association.
She has won the Hearing Loss Association of America’s Chapter Professional award Arizona Court Reporter Association’s Distinguished Service Award (2012) and the Fellow of the Academy of Professional Reporters Award (2016).
Stephen Clark is a real-time captioner based in Washington, DC. His real-time experience includes onsite and remote stadium captioning and theater captioning, as well as captioning for students and governmental clients. Steve is the Immediate Past Chair and co-founder of the Global Alliance of Speech-to-Text Captioning.
Helpful Hints and Tutorials
- Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
- Use a computer. If possible, attend the meeting on a computer rather than via a smartphone or iPad. This will give you the best layout to view the captions as well as other meeting features.
- Update Zoom. Make sure to upgrade to the latest version of Zoom.
- Captions. HLAA webinars are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting Zoom screen.
- Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 3 p.m. ET, 2 p.m. CT, 1 MT and Noon PT. You should make note of your time zone so you do not miss the meeting.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.
Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.
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The new virtual world we are engaging in can be a bit uncertain, especially when it comes to interviewing and navigating the job search process. During this webinar, candidates will learn best practices, tips and tricks for navigating the recruitment process, from the initial conversation to onboarding in a virtual environment. Seasoned recruiters whose organizations have pivoted quickly to accommodate the virtual world will share their perspectives. We will also hear from a student leader who has worked through the virtual recruitment process as well.
Date: November 18, 2021
Time: 7 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. CT, 5 p.m. MT, 4 p.m. PT
Presenters:
Carmen Bruce is a Diversity Recruiting Advisor at PNC, and in her position, she supports the hiring initiatives of both persons with disabilities and those in the veteran community. Carmen manages the relationship of external partnership organizations, and plays the role of connector between candidate and recruiter and hiring manager.
Camille Ellis is a highly accomplished HR professional with over ten years of experience in higher education and working with adult learners. Prior to coming on board American Eagle in 2020, she was a part of the Diversity Workforce at UPMC and served as a Change Management Specialist at Carnegie Mellon University.
Derek Lee is analytics professional passionate about driving business decision-making. He currently serves as a Data Insights Scientist at Verana Health, and is the chair of HLAA Young Adults Hear. He completed his bachelor’s degree from Stanford and his master’s degree from UCLA.
Helpful Hints and Tutorials
- Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
- Use a computer. If possible, attend the meeting on a computer rather than via a smartphone or iPad. This will give you the best layout to view the captions as well as other meeting features.
- Update Zoom. Make sure to upgrade to the latest version of Zoom.
- Captions. HLAA webinars are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting Zoom screen.
- Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 7 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. CT, 5 p.m. MT, 4 p.m. PT. You should make note of your time zone so you do not miss the meeting.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.
Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.
Have you ever wanted to engage with technology developers and help shape technologies to better fit your needs? The Industry-Consumer Alliance for Accessible Technology (ICAAT) is creating an online community of consumers and industry to inspire more accessible, innovative and responsive technologies that meet the needs of consumers with hearing loss. We will show you how to join ICAAT’s online community where you can access and participate in discussions about a wide range of technology topics and issues, explore and share resources and learn about technology-related events. We will also preview future ICAAT offerings, including a marketplace of industry services, user stories about consumer needs and training opportunities.
ICAAT is a joint project of HLAA, Gallaudet University and American Institutes of Research, which is funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research through the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Technology Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center at Gallaudet University.
Date: December 7, 2021
Time: 3 p.m. ET, 2 p.m. CT, 1 p.m. MT, Noon PT
Presenters:
Linda Kozma-Spytek is a consultant and professional adviser to HLAA on technology. She currently co-leads the Industry Consumer Alliance for Accessible Technology (ICAAT) project under the auspices of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Technology Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (DHH Tech RERC) at Gallaudet University. Before coming to HLAA, she was a senior research audiologist at Gallaudet University where she co-directed the DHH Tech RERC for seven years and co-led the Network of Consumer Hearing Assistive Technology Trainers (N-CHATT) project in cooperation with HLAA. She also does work in the areas of hearing aid compatibility and Bluetooth wireless connectivity for hearing devices.
Victoria Lennon is a senior communications specialist at the American Institutes for Research, where she provides communications and marketing support to a range of Federal and non-Federal clients. She leads teams of integrated communications and research and evaluation staff to best understand target audience behavior to inform communication strategies, content development and digital outreach.
Lise Hamlin joined the Hearing Loss Association of America’s (HLAA) national staff as director of public policy in April 2008. Ms. Hamlin, who has a hearing loss herself, has worked as an advocate for people with hearing loss for over 25 years. She currently represents HLAA on federal advisory committees, industry advisory groups and consumer coalitions.
Helpful Hints and Tutorials
- Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
- Use a computer. If possible, attend the meeting on a computer rather than via a smartphone or iPad. This will give you the best layout to view the captions as well as other meeting features.
- Update Zoom. Make sure to upgrade to the latest version of Zoom.
- Captions. HLAA webinars are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting Zoom screen.
- Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 3 p.m. ET, 2 p.m. CT, 1 p.m. MT, Noon PT. You should make note of your time zone so you do not miss the meeting.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.
Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.
When: Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Time: 2-2:30 p.m. (ET) with 20 minutes for product demo and 10 minutes for Q&A.
Olelo Captioned Calls is an easy-to-use, 100%-private app developed by MachineGenius, a telecommunications company founded in Holliston, Massachusetts in 2017 with a mission to help people with hearing loss have a seamless calling experience. Using advanced speech recognition technology, Olelo combines simplicity, accuracy, and speed to create next-generation captioned telephone service. The app is at no cost for those with hearing loss and is supported by the Federal TRS / IP CTS fund. Olelo’s goal is simple: empower users with the independence to place and receive calls confidently. Learn more about how Olelo works for you during this webinar!
CEO & Founder Erik Strand created MachineGenius, Inc. in 2017 with the express purpose to modernize and automate the Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) approach. MachineGenius’ smartphone app, Olelo Captioned Calls, was the first FCC-conditionally certified IP CTS provider to generate call captions exclusively using Automated Speech Recognition (ASR). Over the last fifteen years, Strand has used ASR to design and build at-scale call transcribing systems. He began his professional career leading tasked with building AI systems that extract meaning from free-form text. He earned a B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Science from MIT.
Note: Product showcases are for advertising purposes only. HLAA does not endorse products or services featured and the presentation is paid for by the advertiser.
Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Helpful Hints and Tutorials
-
- Zoom concerns have been addressed and procedures will be modified as Zoom continues to update their software. The main security issue was with open meetings. When you register, it creates a unique link for a password protected session.
- Use a computer. If possible, attend the meeting 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.
- Zoom concerns have been addressed and procedures will be modified as Zoom continues to update their software. The main security issue was with open meetings. When you register, it creates a unique link for a password protected session.
- Captions. HLAA Webinars are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting zoom screen.
- Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 2 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. CT, 12 p.m. MT and 11 a.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
- Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.
org.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.
Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.
If companies are interested in HLAA Webinar Product Showcases, email Jeryl Parade at jeryl.parade@theygsgroup.com.
When: Thursday, January 20, 2022
Time: 2-3p.m. (ET)
Are you interested in learning about new, emerging therapies that could potentially restore hearing? Would you like to stay apprised of new clinical trials for individuals with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) – and learn how to enroll?
In this program, Frequency Therapeutics’ Chief Development Officer, Dr. Carl LeBel, will provide an overview of outcomes from four completed clinical trials of FX-322, the Company’s product candidate, which is the first to have shown meaningful hearing improvements in clinical studies. Individuals that showed these improvements included those with a range of hearing loss severities and causes, and Dr. LeBel will discuss the types of hearing loss where Frequency is currently focused. Grace Fitzgerald, Director of Clinical Operations for Frequency, will share information about a current clinical trial for FX-322 with sites across the country and opportunities for individuals to enroll. A Q&A discussion will follow the presentation.
Frequency’s hearing program focuses on addressing the underlying cause of SNHL by regenerating cells in the ear that are necessary for healthy hearing.
Note: HLAA does not endorse products or services featured and the presentation is paid for by the presenting company.
Presenters:
Carl LeBel, Ph.D., has been the Chief Development Officer at Frequency Therapeutics since 2018. He started LeBel Consulting LLC after serving as the Chief Scientific Officer at Otonomy, Inc., from 2009 to 2016. Before joining Otonomy, he was President and CEO of Akesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a virtual metabolic disorders company, and prior to that spent more than 14 years at Amgen as an executive director in a variety of R&D management positions. Carl is a scientific fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, and a full member of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Society of Toxicology. Carl is also a co-inventor on numerous patents in the field of drug delivery for otology-related disorders.
Grace Fitzgerald has been the Director of Clinical Operations at Frequency Therapeutics since 2020. Prior to joining Frequency, Grace was at ICON overseeing large global phase III studies and at Otonomy, Inc. conducting trials that involve intratympanic delivery for Meniere’s Disease. She also had trial oversight responsibilities for pediatric trials in cisplatin-induced hearing loss and otitis media.
Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Helpful Hints and Tutorials
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- Zoom concerns have been addressed and procedures will be modified as Zoom continues to update their software. The main security issue was with open meetings. When you register, it creates a unique link for a password protected session.
- Use a computer. If possible, attend the meeting 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.
- Zoom concerns have been addressed and procedures will be modified as Zoom continues to update their software. The main security issue was with open meetings. When you register, it creates a unique link for a password protected session.
- Update Zoom. Make sure to upgrade to the latest version of Zoom.
- Captions. HLAA Webinars are open or closed captioned. Subtitles will be visible at the bottom of the meeting zoom screen.
- Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 2 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. CT, Noon MT and 11 a.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
- Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.
org.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.
Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.