Month: July 2020

COVID-19

Face Masks and Hearing Loss: Practical Tips and Strategies

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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 Hard of Hearing Independent Living Services invites you to:
Face Masks and Hearing Loss: Practical Tips and Strategies
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
10:00 AM TO 11:00 AM
Speaker: Carolyn Ginsburg Stern
Center for Hearing and Communication
Assistant Director of Outreach and Strategic Initiative

A Zoom Meeting

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.

RSVP online  at https://tinyurl.com/yxnq9y3z

On the register form you will be asked how you want to be contacted for the Zoom meeting ID.

or contact Denise Paro at: dparo@centerlw.org

or telephone 508-556-1600 (VP)

Click here to download the program flyer.

COVID-19

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

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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 Unger directly at unger.sandy@gmail.com.

ChildVoice – Girls for Girls Uganda

Advocacy

Welcome to Our New HLAA Boston Chapter Website!

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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 to maintain.

There was definitely teamwork involved and thanks go to Boston Chapter Steering Committee members, Sue Schy, Jim O’Donnell, and Betsy Ireland as well as chapter members Margaret Myatt and Barb Cohen.  Sue Schy acted as chapter liaison with Phil, and Margaret Myatt has generously volunteered to maintain the website going forward.  We welcome Margaret who is active in HLAA and is a new member of the Boston Chapter.

We’ve asked Phil to point out some of the special features in the new website that
might not be obvious at first glance and here is his list:

  • User friendly
  • Attractive new theme
  • Consistent formatting
  • New organized menus
  • Front page “story” format
  • Accessibility tools for low-vision users
  • Broken link detection
  • Photo galleries

Thank you, Phil, and everyone! It’s wonderful, especially in these unusual times, to have something like this to celebrate.”

Medicine, Science & Technology

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

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Northeastern Univ. Hearing Loss Program flyerAnnouncement 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 during Covid-19. I have attached a flyer for you to view and share.

“Regarding the reduced hearing aid program, patients who qualify would pay $250 for one hearing aid and the remainder of the cost would be funded through the Boston Guild for the Hard of Hearing Endowment.

Thank You,

Nicole Laffan, Au.D., M.S., CCC-A/SLP
Assistant Clinical Professor
Northeastern University | Bouvé College of Health Sciences
503 Behrakis Health Sciences Center | Boston, MA 02115
Office: 1.617.373.2492 | N.Laffan@Northeastern.edu