Everything you need to know about hearing loops, as told by a dedicated advocate.
The next HLAA webinar topic is “Hearing Loops Don’t Just Happen,” featurning looping advocate Juliette Sterkens, Au.D. on Wednesday, March 21 at 8pm (EDT) http://www.yourhearingloss.org/content/schedule
This webinar, and others, are archived at http://www.hearingloss.org
Do you read the HLAA Californian newsletter? It’s published quarterly by the HLAA-California Board of Trustees and is mailed to all members of HLAA, plus audiologists throughout the state. The newsletter can also be viewed on the state website, http://www.hearinglossca.org
A Wrinkle in Time, the film version of Madeline L’Engle’s beloved children’s book, will be screened with open-captions on Monday, March 19 at 7pm at the Regency Cinema in Granada Hills (it’s in the shopping center on Devonshire St & Balboa Blvd). Tickets may be purchased in advance via this website; to get to the “buy tickets” page, click on the show time on the right side of this page, https://regencymovies.com/movieRunDetail.php?movieRunId=40892&movieId=7151&theaterId=26
The Regency has also schedule an open-caption screening of A Quiet Place on Monday, April 19 at 7pm.
On March 17th from 11:00am to 2:00pm, there will be a meeting with Advanced Bionics presenting the latest news with Cochlear Implants. Several of our members have been implanted with this device very recently, so hopefully you can make this very informative presentation!
Suzannah is a great presenter with a wealth of knowledge so the presenting should be very interesting.
Advanced Bionics will be providing a festive buffet luncheon. For planning purposes, please RSVP in order to place the food order by Thursday, March 15. Email: Diane Rott, dianeshear@msn.com.
More information
Join us as we celebrate our annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration with Advanced Bionics “Think Green” meeting, and social.
Location
St. Vincent Hospital is now called: St. Vincent Medical Center, Verity Health System.
Address is:
2131 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Note: We no longer are having our meetings at the Mark Taper Building.
| Hearing Aid Pricing Survey Our first annual survey is a collaboration with Hearing Tracker and advocate Katherine Bouton. |
HLAA National has posted a survey for all of our hearing aid users asking for your very important feedback regarding the true impact hearing aid pricing and options has on your daily life. Please take a moment to share your feedback so that your voice can be heard to advocate for better supporting on hearing aid needs!
This is the first meeting of Spring, 2018 and the first in our new location in Sherman Oaks.
Gary Dorf
Our guest speaker will be Gary Dorf, Regional Manager at Oticon USA in Orange County. His presentation will focus on recent studies that deal with cognition and hearing loss. BrainHearing™ describes the approach that Oticon takes when creating solutions for those with hearing loss. It starts with the fundamental observation that speech understanding is a cognitive process that happens in the brain. (Summary via HLAA-City of Orange website; thank you!)
We will also hold elections for two interim steering committee members. Those elected will serve until regular elections in September. If interested, email Heather elsewhere on our website, http://hlaa-la.org/contact-us/
A note about March 24: Chapter President Heather Lehr will be attending the HLAA-California Board of Trustees meeting, which is open to all. It takes place from 9am-3pm at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites LAX, 11436 Hawthorne Blvd, Los Angeles… Other members may be taking part in the March for Our Lives Rally in Downtown L.A.
(Meeting transcripts can be found here)
WOW awards to Teri Brier, for arranging the March guest speaker (Gary Dorf of Oticon, who will discuss cognition and hearing loss) and Tim Browning, for winning National’s “Best Chapter Website” award (to be presented at the convention)
Walk4Hearing coming up on June 9; more details to follow, including volunteer opportunities. One is a carpool organizer to get to Long Beach.
It’s rare that our chapter moves to a new location. As a matter of fact, this move to the Sherman Oaks Library for our March meeting will only be the second time since the founding of the chapter over 13 years ago! But times change and our chapter needs to adapt. The Huntington Hospital served our needs and we thank them, but there were challenges, as many of you know, with the location. We hope you’ll find this new location to your liking.
| ACTION ALERT Save the ADA! HLAA Opposes Misguided, Damaging H.R. 620 |
Big business is trying to bamboozle the House and the American public into supporting an unnecessary law misleadingly titled the “ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017” (H.R.620) that would make it even harder for people with disabilities who have been waiting to listen to the same programs, use the same restrooms, shop at the same department stores, and eat at the same restaurants as our non-disabled friends and family members, for almost 30 years!
ASHA, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, has launched a new campaign called the Healthy Communication & Popular Technology Initiative. The program was designed for parents, educators and young people to promote safe use of popular technology and discourage its overuse in the interest of protecting and fostering healthy communication. Read more.
