Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meeting
Hearing Life Magazine Summer 2024
Hearing Life Magazine
In the Hearing Life feature “Parenting with Hearing Loss,” Emily Truell describes her journey as a mother with single-sided deafness, navigating the challenges of raising two daughters before and after her surgery. Other parents share their strategies and inspirations raising kids with hearing loss, and navigating their own challenges. Read the 2023 Annual Report showing HLAA’s increasing impact in education, support, and advocacy. Learn how to protect your hearing technology during summer activities and see highlights of our global community coming together at the HLAA Convention in Phoenix.
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Walk4Hearing
Fall Walk Season Begins
Parenting with Hearing Loss
By Emily Truell
A young acoustic neuroma survivor and mother with single-sided hearing loss shares her experience raising two daughters—one born before and the other after her life-changing surgery—and the adjustments her family has made to overcome Emily’s communication challenges.
One Mom’s Quest to Help Her Son and Other Families
NaTyshca Pickett and her husband were shocked and overwhelmed when their newborn son was diagnosed with hearing loss. NaTyshca credits crucial educational and support resources, like HLAA, that got her son on the right track.
Wise Words from Parents
Just like every hearing loss is different, hearing loss also affects every family differently. We asked a few parents in our HLAA community to share their advice and encouragement with others.
HLAA 2023 Annual Report
Read all the ways that HLAA is making an impact, expanding our reach and fulfilling the important mission to educate, support and advocate for millions of Americans with hearing loss.
Don’t Let Hearing Loss Sideline You This Summer
By Dave Fabry, Ph.D., Audiologist and Chief Hearing Health Officer, Starkey
Better hearing is better living, and technology should keep you connected, not sidelined, all summer long! But increased heat and moisture can make outdoor activities more challenging for people who wear hearing aids and cochlear implants. Get tips to protect your hearing technology during warm-weather activities from HLAA Hear for Life leading partner Starkey.
Advocacy
By HLAA Public Policy Director Neil Snyder
Flying with Hearing Loss Could Soon Get Easier
Chapters
A Spotlight on Chapter Conferences
HLAA Convention 2024 Highlights
More than 500 people from around the world converged in Phoenix for the HLAA 2024 Convention, June 26–29. See some of the highlights in photos showing attendees, partners, exhibitors, parents, veterans and more as they connected, learned and enjoyed four days together at a resort on native tribal land.
Book Nook
Review by Larry Herbert
Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life
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