Laura Hagemann

A trained librarian and amateur writer living a new realty after an accident left me with a Traumatic Brain Injury and diminished hearing. I enjoy learning and researching about hearing loss so I can “Live Well With Hearing Loss.”

MNCDHH Focus Group Session #2 is Nov. 15 from 6 pm – 7:30 pm

As we shared earlier, the Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing is hosting a series of focus groups to find out how the Commission can better support the local hearing loss community. The first session happened roughly a week ago (November 5th) and the second session is happening today, Monday, November

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HLAA-TC to participate in Give To The Max Day on Nov. 18th

HLAA-TC will again be participating in the annual initiative to help raise money for charities and nonprofits called “Give to the Max Day.” It’s on November 18th this year. It’s a day when participating charities and nonprofits have a chance to receive extra money through GiveMN. We participated the last two years and are hoping

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A Summary of the Oct/Nov Book Club and Looking Forward

On Thursday, November 4th the HLAA-TC Virtual Book Club met to discuss “Invisible: My Journey Through Vision and Hearing Loss” by Ruth Silver. We were joined by two special guests, Joan Schneider and Dani Kaslow from the Center for Deaf-Blind Persons (a non-profit organization in the Milwaukee, WI area founded by Ruth Silver). Both women

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HLAA-TC Book Club Thursday, November 4th at 7:00 pm on Zoom

A reminder: The HLAA-TC Virtual Book Club is TODAY, Thursday, November 4th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (Central Time). We will be discussing “Invisible: My Journey Through Vision and Hearing Loss” by Ruth Silver. We will be joined by two special guests who knew and worked with Ruth Silver. Our guests are Joan Schneider,

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ATTENTION! Register for a MNCDHH Focus Group by Oct. 29, 2021

The Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing is organizing a focus group for “Individuals with Hearing Loss and Hard of Hearing.” An RSVP is requested by Friday, October 29, 2021 (see below for more information and where to RSVP). The following information is from MNCDHH about the opportunity: “The focus group

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Announcing a guest for the October/November Book Club

We announced earlier that our next virtual book club will be meeting on Thursday, November 4th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm to discuss the memoir “Invisible: My Journey Through Vision and Hearing Loss” by Ruth Silver. Now we would like to announce that Joan Schneider, Executive Director of the Center for Deaf-Blind Persons, Inc.

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