July 2020 – Hearing Loss Association of America

Face Masks and Hearing Loss: Practical Tips and Strategies

July 23, 2020May 18, 2021 - by admin

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Independent Living Services invites you to – Face Masks and Hearing Loss: Practical Tips and Strategies. It is a Zoom meeting on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 10:00 – 11:00 am. The speaker will be Carolyn Ginsburg Stern from the Center for Hearing and Communication. Communication is hard with a mask on and social distancing! Join us for a webinar to learn some tips like: • Demo: how to wear and take off masks comfortably with hearing aids or cochlear implants. • Communication tips when wearing a mask. • Easy/low cost apps and listening devices. Deaf and …

COVID-19

Buy a Clear Mask – And Make the World a Better Place

July 21, 2020May 18, 2021 - by admin

Sandy Unger is an American Sign Language (ASL) translator. A friend made her a clear mask and it helps Sandy in her translations in this masked, COVID-19 world. Sandy is offering the masks to you for a $10.00 donation. She is donating all the profits to Girls for Girls Uganda, an organization within ChildVoice that is assisting young women displaced by violence. For more information on ChildVoice please visit https://childvoice.org. To give directly to Girls for Girls Uganda please visit https://secure.qgiv.com/event/girlsforgirlsuganda/ If you are interested in purchasing a clear mask and make the world a better place please contact Sandy …

Advocacy

Welcome to Our New HLAA Boston Chapter Website!

July 14, 2020May 18, 2021 - by admin

Betty Hauck wrote: “We are so happy and excited to see this project finally come to fruition. It has been wonderful, although not surprising, to hear from so many of you about how delighted you are with the new website. And you have been asking whom to thank. That is easy – we are so grateful to Phil Temples, our website meister. He was a pleasure to work with, was very responsive to what would work best for our needs, and had lots of helpful suggestions. And among all the great new features, he has made the new website easier …

Medicine, Science & Technology

Northeastern University’s Free Aural Rehabilitation Sessions and Reduced Hearing Aid Program

July 7, 2020May 18, 2021 - by admin

Announcement by Nicole Laffan about Northeastern’s Free Virtual Aural Rehabilitation Sessions: “I am an audiologist and a speech-language pathologist at Northeastern University’s Speech, Language, and Hearing Center. I would like to share information about our free aural rehabilitation sessions and our reduced hearing aid program that your members may be interested in. “We currently provide two virtual aural rehabilitation sessions lasting 1.5-2 hours each via Zoom meetings. The sessions provide personalized training on communication techniques such as anticipatory strategies, using context clues, speech reading, lip reading, and environmental modifications. It also discusses advocacy skills, repair strategies, and tips for communicating …