HLAA News

Thank you for your support at Twin Cities Walk4Hearing

On Sunday, June 2, 2024 people gathered at Como Park to raise funds and awareness for hearing loss at the Twin Cities Walk4Hearing. Over $27,000 was raised. For a more up-to-date total and a chance to still donate, go to the Twin Cities Walk4Hearing website. More information and photos will be posted soon. Please know […]

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April – May Hearing Loss Meetings

Our monthly list of upcoming hearing loss virtual meetings is below (all meetings are FREE and either hybrid or virtual only. For local in-person accessible Arts events: (The Minnesota Access Alliance (MNAA) provides this Accessible Arts & Culture Calendar for patrons who use accessibility accommodations. Online it’s at https://calendar.mnaccess.org.) April 2024 Date & Time (Central Time)

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March and April Hearing Loss Virtual Meetings

As we did last month, here is a list of upcoming virtual events and meetings related to hearing loss. All meetings mentioned are FREE. For in-person accessible Arts events: (The Minnesota Access Alliance (MNAA) provides this Accessible Arts & Culture Calendar for patrons who use accessibility accommodations. Online it’s at https://calendar.mnaccess.org.) Online hearing events: March

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Twin Cities Walk4Hearing is on June 2, 2024

By Mark Daly with Laura Hagemann  Do you personally know someone who is deaf or hard of hearing?  Almost everyone does.  In fact, 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss.  That’s one out of every seven people in the United States! Hearing loss affects many people in our lives, it may even affect

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Upcoming Hearing Loss Virtual Events

For in-person accessible Arts events: (The Minnesota Access Alliance (MNAA) provides this Accessible Arts & Culture Calendar for patrons who use accessibility accommodations. Online it’s at https://calendar.mnaccess.org.) Online hearing events: February 17th, 9: 30am -12:00pm Hybrid Meeting of HLAA-TC (At Courage Kenny, Golden Valley or Zoom). “Traveling with Disabilities (Accessibility Programs at MSP)” Register for

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Reminder: HLAA-TC Book Club tonight with author attending!

Reminder that HLAA-TC book club is meeting tonight. The author will be attending! Email social@hlaatc.singlerdesign.com for the Zoom link Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 at 7:00pm (CST): “A Loss For Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family” by Lou Ann Walker (Nonfiction/Memoir). We will be joined by author Lou Ann Walker for a discussion of her book

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Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing: Focus Group 3 is December 15th

Earlier we had shared that the Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing (MNCDHH) has been having a series of focus groups with members of the hearing loss community. The third and final focus group in that series will be on December 15th from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. The following information

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A Recap of the Third and last day of the HLAA Virtual Convention 2021

Saturday, June 26, 2021, marked the third and last day of the HLAA Virtual Convention 2021. On the first day (June 24th) we blogged about one of the sessions and about the exhibitors (read that blog post here) and on the second day (June 25th) we recapped the day (read that blog post here). Today

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