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Walk Day is back in person.
Join us as we bring attention to hearing health and raise funds to ensure that people with hearing loss receive the resources needed to live better.
On Walk Day, be part of the celebration, connect with walkers, teams, alliances, HLAA Chapters, and corporate partners. Our combined passion for the cause will bring hearing health front and center. Walk with us to help everyone, at all stages of their hearing journey, feel confident and empowered to overcome challenges and support one another.
Register for NYC Walk4Hearing to raise awareness and funds to support national and local programs. See you on Walk Day!
Walk Day Schedule
9 a.m. Registration/Check-in
10 a.m. Walk Starts
We invite veterans with hearing loss to attend the next Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting (VAAVC) online using Zoom.
Date: September 21, 2021
Time: 8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. MT, 5 p.m. PT
This meeting will discuss chapter business and future activities. We look forward to seeing you online.
The HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter is sponsored exclusively by Starkey.
Walk Day is back in person.
Join us as we bring attention to hearing health and raise funds to ensure that people with hearing loss receive the resources needed to live better.
On Walk Day, be part of the celebration, connect with walkers, teams, alliances, HLAA Chapters, and corporate partners. Our combined passion for the cause will bring hearing health front and center. Walk with us to help everyone, at all stages of their hearing journey, feel confident and empowered to overcome challenges and support one another.
Register for Buffalo Walk4Hearing to raise awareness and funds to support national and local programs. See you on Walk Day!
Walk Day Schedule
9 a.m. Registration/Check-in
10 a.m. Walk Starts
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Walk Day is back in person.
Join us as we bring attention to hearing health and raise funds to ensure that people with hearing loss receive the resources needed to live better.
On Walk Day, be part of the celebration, connect with walkers, teams, alliances, HLAA Chapters, and corporate partners. Our combined passion for the cause will bring hearing health front and center. Walk with us to help everyone, at all stages of their hearing journey, feel confident and empowered to overcome challenges and support one another.
Register for Chicago Walk4Hearing to raise awareness and funds to support national and local programs. See you on Walk Day!
Walk Day Schedule
9:30 a.m. Registration/Check-in
10:30 a.m. Walk Starts
Topic: Explore the Future of Hearing Care: Are You Ready?
Speaker: Christopher Furlan, Digital Learning and Innovation Facilitator, Ida Institute
How will hearing care change in the next five to ten years? What implications will we see for people with hearing loss? And how can we get ready? In this workshop, we will explore these questions. Taking our departure in the Ida Institute’s Future Hearing Journeys Project, we will explore four provocative hearing care future scenarios and discuss the benefits and risks of the future and look at how we can prepare for the future. Watch the scenarios here.
Christopher Furlan is the Digital Learning and Innovation Facilitator at the Ida Institute. With over seven years of experience in the field of training and development, Christopher works to develop the institute’s digital learning resources and facilitate co-creation processes with the institute’s partners.
Registration is required for this workshop. Please check your time zone to join us: 11 am ET / 10 am CT / 9 am MT / 8 am PT.
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.
Walk Day is back in person.
Join us as we bring attention to hearing health and raise funds to ensure that people with hearing loss receive the resources needed to live better.
On Walk Day, be part of the celebration, connect with walkers, teams, alliances, HLAA Chapters, and corporate partners. Our combined passion for the cause will bring hearing health front and center. Walk with us to help everyone, at all stages of their hearing journey, feel confident and empowered to overcome challenges and support one another.
Register for San Diego Walk4Hearing to raise awareness and funds to support national and local programs. See you on Walk Day!
Walk Day Schedule
9 a.m. Registration/Check-in
10 a.m. Walk Starts
Walk Day is back in person.
Join us as we bring attention to hearing health and raise funds to ensure that people with hearing loss receive the resources needed to live better.
On Walk Day, be part of the celebration, connect with walkers, teams, alliances, HLAA Chapters, and corporate partners. Our combined passion for the cause will bring hearing health front and center. Walk with us to help everyone, at all stages of their hearing journey, feel confident and empowered to overcome challenges and support one another.
Register for New England Walk4Hearing to raise awareness and funds to support national and local programs. See you on Walk Day!
Walk Day Schedule
9:30 a.m. Registration/Check-in
10:30 a.m. Walk Starts
Lise Hamlin, HLAA Public Policy Director will present to the District of Columbia Chapter on HLAA public policy advocacy initiatives.
HLAA actively supports public policy initiatives that:
- Enhance access to communications for people with hearing loss in the workplace, government facilities, & places of public accommodation, including movies, theaters, court rooms, and & transportation facilities;
- Make hearing aids, cochlear implants, other hearing technology & hearing health services accessible & affordable;
- Improve the quality of captioning on TV, theaters, & the internet; ensuring telecommunication access via Relay & Hearing Aid Compatible phones.
Three initiatives that HLAA is currently focusing on are:
- Providing input for the FDA on the consumer perspective regarding Over-the-Counter hearing aids;
- Expanding Medicare to cover hearing aids & hearing health care services;
- Accessibility for people with hearing loss during the pandemic.
Lise will describe these & other policy initiatives, answer questions, & seek views about other ways HLAA can be helpful.
Please contact Russell Misheloff, hladcchapter@gmail.com to RSVP to this event.
Walk Day is back in person.
Join us as we bring attention to hearing health and raise funds to ensure that people with hearing loss receive the resources needed to live better.
On Walk Day, be part of the celebration, connect with walkers, teams, alliances, HLAA Chapters, and corporate partners. Our combined passion for the cause will bring hearing health front and center. Walk with us to help everyone, at all stages of their hearing journey, feel confident and empowered to overcome challenges and support one another.
Register for Kentucky Walk4Hearing to raise awareness and funds to support national and local programs. See you on Walk Day!