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Veterans with hearing loss, please plan to attend the next meeting of the HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter. To join the chapter and/or find out how to attend the online meeting, email Nancy Macklin at nmacklin@hearingloss.org

To join the Chapter meeting:
Time: Feb 27, 2019 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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The HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter is sponsored by Starkey Hearing.

Veterans with hearing loss, please plan to attend the next meeting of the HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter. To join the chapter and/or find out how to attend the online meeting, email Nancy Macklin at nmacklin@hearingloss.org

To join the Chapter meeting:
Time: Feb 27, 2019 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://hearingloss.zoom.us/j/424138309

The HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter is sponsored by Starkey Hearing.

Veterans with hearing loss, please plan to attend the next meeting of the HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter.

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There will not be a virtual meeting in June. Instead, veterans with hearing loss are invited to the in-person meeting scheduled for Saturday, June 22 from 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center (see Convention program for meeting location).

Since its founders developed one of the world’s first cochlear implants in 1975, MED-EL continues breaking new ground in hearing implant technology, developing and manufacturing innovative solutions for people with varying degrees of hearing loss. MED-EL hearing implant systems, used in over 100 countries, combine the latest scientific and engineering advances for performance, safety and reliability. This webinar will discuss the features and benefits of the MED-EL product portfolio available in the United States as well as their unmatched support services in the industry.  MED-EL provides  hearing solutions for patients with conductive, mixed or sensorineural hearing losses, so no matter the audiogram, we’ve got you covered!

We invite veterans with hearing loss to attend the next Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting online using Zoom on August 20, 2019 at 8 pm EST (US and Canada).

Any questions about the meeting or how to attend the meeting, please contact Carla Beyer-Smolin at chapters@hearingloss.org.

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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 September 17, 2019 at 8 pm EST (US and Canada).

Any questions about the meeting or how to attend the meeting, please contact Carla Beyer-Smolin at chapters@hearingloss.org.

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Hearing technology outcomes matter, and we can measure those outcomes by performing speech perception testing (SPT). Hearing technology may include hearing aids, cochlear implants or bone conduction implants. Hearing technology outcomes are defined as how well our patients perform on listening tests while using the technology we have recommended and programmed for them. Speech perception testing is an objective way to assess hearing technology benefit; however, it is not widely used by hearing aid practices or centers. SPT involves listening to sentences or words in quiet and in background noise, while wearing hearing technology. This testing is done at a conversational level to try and mimic real-life listening situations while in a sound booth. Speech perception testing results yield crucial information about patients’ current hearing technology benefit, cochlear implant candidacy, and progress over time.

During this presentation we will review what these results mean for the patient and the clinician, and how the interpretation of these results can help determine the next steps in the aural rehabilitation process.

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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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.