Thank you to those who joined us for another virtual/Zoom meeting on Saturday, March 18th and thank you to our speaker. Jonathan Taylor spoke to us about music and hearing loss. Jonathan performed as a trombonist but after his hearing loss progressed Jonathan retired as a musician and has been active in his local HLAA- New York City Chapter (where he now serves as Vice President).
For Jonathan’s presentation we decided to record it and offer it as our first chapter meeting presentation on our HLAA-TC YouTube channel. You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/_Am0hbh8c1o (For those who viewed the presentation live on Zoom we had some audio difficulties with Jon’s musical portion that have hopefully been corrected on the YouTube Video). The video will also be on our website. 
During and after the presentation there was a lot of information being shared in the chat. For a comprehensive list of those resources, see below:
Links Shared During Presentation:
- http://angelsound.tigerspeech.com/
- Wendy Cheng’s Association of Adult Musicians on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aamhl
- A live theater captioning app mentioned by Jon, Gala Pro: https://www.galapro.com/
- The President of Jon’s HLAA-NYC chapter is Katherine Bouton, you can view her blog, here: http://katherinebouton.com/about/
- Katherine Bouton is also an author and has written several books about her experience with hearing loss (and appeared at our book club). Her books can be found here: on her Amazon page
- https://www.hearinglossnyc.org/
- HLAA-NYC Upcoming Meetings: https://www.hearinglossnyc.org/meetings-topics
- The next meeting of HLAA-NYC is Tuesday, March 21 6:00 pm Eastern/5:00 pm CST. “Home Safety for People with Hearing Loss” Register here: https://nyulangone.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqcuqvqjIoH9ZbVEY7FrgeIAGYFQ2g0RT
Links Shared After Presentation:
- Loop Minnesota is the organization Ross and Monique Hammond run: https://www.loopminnesota.org/
- Zoom TroublesShooting and saving Zoom Chats How-to: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004792763-Saving-In-Meeting-Chat#h_7c38bc86-66ca-483f-8fee-2d508da8418e
- University of Minnesota, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Labs: https://cla.umn.edu/slhs/research/centers-labs
- University of Minnesota, Listen Labs as run by Dr. Matthew Winn (a previous HLAA-TC speaker): http://www.mattwinn.com/Research.html
- “Listening Effort” as researched by Dr. Matthew Winn: http://www.mattwinn.com/Research.html#effort
- Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program at MSP Airport: https://www.mspairport.com/airport/accessibility/hidden-disabilities-sunflower-program
- TSA Passenger Support: https://www.tsa.gov/travel/passenger-support
- Request for TSA Cares Assistance: https://www.tsa.gov/contact-center/form/cares
- Tip for iPhone Users: Did you know that if you have an iPhone 11 or newer that you can update your Operating System to iOS 16 and enjoy the incredible feature of Live Captions? It also works on iPads too. Not only can you caption online videos but you can also caption FaceTime calls and in-person conversations. (Or other videos that go to your phone such as video doorbell feeds, etc.). This article has a good overview of the features and how to use them in different settings: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-use-live-captions-audio-video-conversations-iphone-ipad/amp/?fbclid=IwAR3QKYNM9-0UJYd8UxSH30CNZX9Fhv6eJRRrEA9rQ_sOEBhSj7eoSujHEF0
Our Next Chapter Meeting is Saturday, April 15th and we will welcome Shari Eberts to talk about “How to Live Skillfully With Hearing Loss.” To find out more about Shari, check out her book “Hear & Beyond” and check out her blog. For a chapter meeting link, email: secretary@hlaatc.singlerdesign.com
The Next Book Club is Tuesday, March 28th 7:00 pm (Central Time) to discuss the memoir “Chasing Space: an astronaut’s story of grit, grace and second chances” by Leland Melvin. For a book club meeting link, email: social@hlaatc.singlerdesign.com