As we posted about earlier, there will be a 5K walk held Sunday, June 2, 2024 at Como Park in St. Paul called the Twin Cities Walk4Hearing. Members of HLAA, HLAA-TC, the community and local businesses are participating to help raise funds for hearing causes. Everyone is encouraged to participate and/or donate in any way […]
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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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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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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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There are several cultural events coming up (some virtual and some in person) that are captioned. See below for descriptions of the events and corresponding links. Virtual Event: Tuesday, May 16th 5pm – 6:30pm (Central Time): HLAA-NYC is hosting a virtual tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met). “The NYC Chapter of the
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We haven’t had a regular “Hearing News Update” in a while and we just wanted to post about some various points of interest related to hearing loss. HLAA National News: HLAA Webinar and Virtual Meetings Recordings (HLAA website) Hearing Life eNews Sign-up (the twice per month HLAA e-news) U.S. House of Representatives Expands Medicare to
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This coming Monday, July 12th at 7 p.m. Central Standard Time is our next virtual HLAA-TC book club. We will be discussing the fictional thriller “Not a Sound” by Heather Gudenkauf and we will be joined by the author. If you are interested in attending this virtual book club, please email Laura at social@hlaatc.singlerdesign.com and
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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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During the first day of the HLAA Virtual Convention 2021 there was a session where leaders from various wireless companies shared information on accessibility. The session was on Thursday, June 24th and entitled “Innovations in Wireless Accessibility.” The speakers were from various wireless telecommunications companies: Shellie Blakeney, T-Mobile; Ian Dillner, Verizon Media; Robert Kubik, Samsung
This blog is a reminder to register for the HLAA Virtual Convention 2021 that begins shortly. It’s virtual so it’s a good way to participate (click the links below to see schedules of events including an “Interactive Exhibit Hall”). The Virtual Convention runs June 24 – June 26, 2021. Register here. Find out more about
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