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Oct
17
Sat
Washington DC Walk4Hearing @ Virtual Event
Oct 17 @ 8:45 am – 10:00 am

Washington DC Walk4Hearing

The Walk is going virtual! This means that the gathering will be replaced with an online celebration.

Let’s stay connected and celebrate our Walk4Hearing community! Join us on Walk Day to show support for people with hearing loss and connect with fellow walkers and new friends. There will be special guests, chances to win prizes, and the opportunity to share stories. After the online celebration, participants are encouraged to walk safely with family or as a team in their neighborhoods.

Register for the Washington D.C. Walk4Hearing to continue to raise awareness and funds to support national and local programs. Then, RSVP for the Online Celebration to receive a link to join on Walk Day.

Get Started Today

Online Celebration

Sign on begins 8:45 a.m. ET
Online program starts 9 a.m. ET

 

Oct
24
Sat
Kentucky Walk4Hearing @ Virtual Event
Oct 24 @ 9:45 am – 11:00 am

Kentucky Walk4Hearing

The Walk is going virtual! This means that the gathering will be replaced with an online celebration.

Let’s stay connected and celebrate our Walk4Hearing community! Join us on Walk Day to show support for people with hearing loss and connect with fellow walkers and new friends. There will be special guests, chances to win prizes, and the opportunity to share stories. After the online celebration, participants are encouraged to walk safely with family or as a team in their neighborhoods.

Register for the Kentucky Walk4Hearing to continue to raise awareness and funds to support national and local programs. Then, RSVP for the Online Celebration to receive a link to join on Walk Day.

Get Started Today

Online Celebration

Sign on begins 9:45 a.m. ET
Online program starts 10 a.m. ET

Oct
25
Sun
New England Walk4Hearing @ Virtual Event
Oct 25 @ 9:45 am – 11:00 am

New England Walk4Hearing logo

The Walk is going virtual! This means that the gathering will be replaced with an online celebration.

Let’s stay connected and celebrate our Walk4Hearing community! Join us on Walk Day to show support for people with hearing loss and connect with fellow walkers and new friends. There will be special guests, chances to win prizes, and the opportunity to share stories. After the online celebration, participants are encouraged to walk safely with family or as a team in their neighborhoods.

Register for the New England Walk4Hearing to continue to raise awareness and funds to support national and local programs. Then, RSVP for the Online Celebration to receive a link to join on Walk Day.

Get Started Today

Online Celebration

Sign on begins 9:45 a.m. ET
Online program starts 10 a.m. ET

Nov
7
Sat
Houston Walk4Hearing @ Virtual Event
Nov 7 @ 8:45 am – 10:00 am

Houston Walk4Hearing logo

The Walk is going virtual! This means that the gathering will be replaced with an online celebration.

Let’s stay connected and celebrate our Walk4Hearing community! Join us on Walk Day to show support for people with hearing loss and connect with fellow walkers and new friends. There will be special guests, chances to win prizes, and the opportunity to share stories. After the online celebration, participants are encouraged to walk safely with family or as a team in their neighborhoods.

Register for the Houston Walk4Hearing to continue to raise awareness and funds to support national and local programs. Then, RSVP for the Online Celebration to receive a link to join on Walk Day.

Get Started Today

Online Celebration

Sign on begins 8:45 a.m. CT
Online program starts 9 a.m. CT

Arizona Walk4Hearing @ Virtual Event
Nov 7 @ 9:45 am – 11:00 am

Arizona Walk4Hearing logo

The Walk is going virtual! This means that the gathering will be replaced with an online celebration.

Let’s stay connected and celebrate our Walk4Hearing community! Join us on Walk Day to show support for people with hearing loss and connect with fellow walkers and new friends. There will be special guests, chances to win prizes, and the opportunity to share stories. After the online celebration, participants are encouraged to walk safely with family or as a team in their neighborhoods.

Register for the Arizona Walk4Hearing to continue to raise awareness and funds to support national and local programs. Then, RSVP for the Online Celebration to receive a link to join on Walk Day.

Get Started Today

Online Celebration

Sign on begins 9:45 a.m. MT
Online program starts 10 a.m. MT

Nov
17
Tue
HLAA Product Showcase Webinar: Captionmate @ Join by computer or mobile device.
Nov 17 @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

HLAA Webinar/Product Demo by CaptionMate

When: Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Time: 2-2:30 p.m. (ET) with 20 minutes for product demo and 10 minutes for Q&A.

Come join us and see the latest app-based automatic Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service approved by the FCC. Jon Gray, business manager for CaptionMate, will demonstrate CaptionMate’s offering and explain how it differs from the other IP CTS choices. 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, how to do things like capture both sides of the conversation, change the language on the fly, modify your themes and color settings, how it 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.

Register for Webinar

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.
     

  • 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.

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.

 

 

Dec
11
Fri
HLAA Webinar: An Answer for Beethoven: Making Music with a Hearing Loss in 2020 @ Join by computer or mobile device.
Dec 11 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
2020 is the 250th birthday of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. While Beethoven had very few resources as a musician and composer in the 1850s to cope with his increasing deafness, in 2020 we have more resources. In this webinar, Wendy will talk about strategies and devices she uses to make music with a hearing loss and end with a discussion about her nonprofit, the Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss.

Date: December 11, 2020

Time: 4 p.m. ET, 3 p.m. CT, 2 p.m. MT, 1 p.m. PT

Speaker: Wendy Cheng, Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss

Two years after starting piano lessons at age 7, Wendy was diagnosed with a significant bilateral hearing loss. She is a passionate amateur musician who wears bilateral cochlear implants and plays viola, piano and handbells. She has also directed a handbell choir at the federal agency where she works and led handchime workshops during HLAA conventions whenever possible.

Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

REGISTER FOR WEBINAR

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.
     

  • 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 4 p.m. ET, 3 p.m. CT, 2 p.m. MT and 1 p.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.

Jan
9
Sat
HLAA Virtual Meeting: Employment Strategies for People with Hearing Loss @ Join by computer or mobile device.
Jan 9 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Date: Saturday, January 9, 2021

Time: 4:00 p.m. ET, 3 p.m. CT, 2 p.m. MT, 1 p.m. PT

Presented by: HLAA District of Columbia Chapter

Speakers: Lisa Yuan and Ken Cluskey

Finding and maintaining a job with hearing loss can be challenging, and for many, those challenges have likely been magnified during the pandemic. In this program, Ken Cluskey and Lisa Yuan will share experiences and strategies they have developed over 30 years in both the public and private sectors on searching for a job, obtaining employment and achieving success once employed. The program will include tips and resources related to the specific challenges that people with hearing loss may face as they navigate their careers.

Young adults with hearing loss are encouraged to attend. Zina Jawadi, a young adult herself with hearing loss, is a member of the HLAA Board of Directors. She will talk about the initiatives and goals of the HLAA Young Adults Hear Committee.

Lisa Yuan began losing her hearing as a young adult and now wears one cochlear implant and one hearing aid. Lisa is an active member of HLAA and has served as an HLAA Chapter leader and currently serves in other supportive roles for several chapters.

Lisa a public health analyst at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Prior to joining the federal workforce in 2015, she spent more than 25 years in the private sector, working at entertainment advertising agencies in Los Angeles as a computer production specialist. She also recently completed the Presidential Management Fellows Program, a two-year training and leadership development program of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. All views and opinions expressed during the presentation are her own.

Ken Cluskey began losing his hearing as a young adult and now wears one cochlear implant and one hearing aid. Ken is an active member of HLAA and has served as an HLAA Chapter leader for several chapters. 

Ken is an economist in the Office of Compensation and Working Conditions at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since 2018, Ken has worked to develop and maintain procedures for the Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) and National Compensation Survey (NCS). From 2012 to 2018, he worked in the Office of Hearing Operations supporting the adjudication of disability claims. This included extensive work with disability claimants, administrative law judges and vocational experts. Prior to joining the federal workforce, Ken worked in both the nonprofit and private industry primarily in banking and real estate.  All views and opinions expressed during the presentation are his own.

REGISTER FOR VIRTUAL 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.
  • Captions. Meetings are captioned. How to See Closed Captions in ZOOM
  • Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live at 4 p.m. ET, 3 p.m. CT, 2 p.m. MT and 1 p.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.
Jan
12
Tue
HLAA Product Showcase Webinar: CaptionMate – Reprise @ Join by computer or mobile device.
Jan 12 @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

HLAA Webinar/Product Demo by CaptionMate

When: Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Time: 2-2:30 p.m. (ET) with 20 minutes for product demo and 10 minutes for Q&A.

Come join the reprise of CaptionMate’s November 17 event and see the latest app-based automatic Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service approved by the FCC. Jon Gray, business manager for CaptionMate, will demonstrate CaptionMate’s offering and explain how it differs from the other IP CTS choices. 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, how to do things like capture both sides of the conversation, change the language on the fly, modify your themes and color settings, how it 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.

Register for Webinar

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.
  • 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.

Jan
26
Tue
HLAA Webinar: We’re All Ears: Person-Centered Hearing Care @ Join by computer or mobile device.
Jan 26 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Person-centered care is about making yourself heard. Learn what you can do to help your provider so they can help you better manage your hearing loss.

Date: January 26, 2021

Time: 2 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. CT, 12 p.m. MT, 11 a.m. PT

Speaker: Bert Meijers, Ida Institute

Bert Meijers is the Digital Innovation and Learning Manager at the Ida Institute and is responsible for developing, planning, and driving their integrated online resources including the Ida Learning Hall, their eLearning platform.

Registration is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

REGISTER FOR WEBINAR

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.
     

  • 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.

NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars.

Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org.