Hearing Loss Association of America | Boston Chapter
Serving Boston, Massachusetts and the surrounding area, our mission is to empower people who have hearing loss by facilitating opportunities for social engagement, education and skill development.
Join Us to cheer on the WooSox on a night of support for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Ticket purchase and transportation options can be found at the link below. Look for us in Section 13-14! Email us to tell us you are coming at hearatboston@gmail.com .
https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/Deafhard5
On Monday, April 08, 6:30pm – 7:30pm EST, the Wilmington Memorial Library hosts Shari Eberts, co-author of Hear & Beyond. Shari will talk about The Five Stages of the Hearing Loss Journey and provide strategies for people struggling with Hearing Loss to use for better communication.
Registration required: https://wilmlibrary.libnet.info/event/9935085
Watch this!
For most of us, it is not a matter of if but when we will lose some of our hearing. Yet, we do not give hearing loss or hearing aids much thought until it happens to us or someone we love. It is then that we find out that hearing aids are incapable of restoring hearing to normal, especially in acoustically challenging situations.
The good news is that modern technology continues to bring us new, sometimes hidden, and often unknown features that can help those with hearing loss overcome more of their hearing challenges.
In this TED TALK, Juliëtte Sterkens, AuD, an audiologist with forty years of experience in hearing rehabilitation turned consumer advocate with the Hearing Loss Association of America, clearly describes the challenges of hearing aids and what people with hearing loss can do to supplement their effectiveness.
Join us on January 25th at 6:30pm EST for a discussion with Tom Pritsky, founder of TranscribeGlass, an innovative start-up company whose Smart Glass product offers users the ability to “see” speech on their eyeglasses of choice.
RSVP required; email hearatboston@gmail.com for Zoom meeting details. Hope to see you there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xed9FhxpUEM
The groundbreaking documentary on hearing loss — ”We hear you, now hear us” — which won best disability film award in June 2021 at Cannes World Film Festival is now available on YouTube.
We Hear You features 4 women, each confronting stigmas, setbacks and successes, as they strive to live well despite the challenges of hearing loss. They share their stories in hopes of building awareness, community, and a more inclusive world.
Watch it (again) and send it to your friends. Help grow awareness which can make the lives of all hearing impaired a little easier.
CliniContact is partnering with Harvard Medical School and working on a promising research study investigating premature age-related hearing loss affecting individuals between the ages of 40 and 65 to determine if these individuals have more genetic risk factors than people with typical onset hearing loss.
Participants for the study are currently being recruited with compensation offered for each visit. Control participants are also needed in addition to children of those diagnosed with presbycusis. Participants will earn up to $30 for a brief visit or $100 for completing the study.
Sign up is here: https://mainpage.clinicontact.com/harvard_hearing_loss_research_study
CONTACT: Tobin Marty 857-201-0415