Author Archives: Don Groff

MontCo Chapter members and guests enjoyed a holiday gathering on December 5, with a fine assortment of treats.  A lively discussion of assistive devices followed, particularly about telephone captioning system. Two of our members will be getting cochlear implants in … Continue reading →

The December meeting will be our annual Holiday Party.  Guests are always welcome at our meetings but we are extending a special invitation to them this time. Chapter member, please bring a dessert or other food item of your choice … Continue reading →

Terry Krutz, the owner of http://loopamerica.com/ gave an illustrated review of hearing assistance systems, with special emphasis on induction loops.  He demonstrated a chair pad loop and other products available at LoopAmerica.  A lively discussion followed. The December meeting will be … Continue reading →

In November Mr. Terry Krutz of Loop America will talk about the different inductive looping systems that can improve hearing for people who use t-coils in their hearing aids or cochlear implants. Please join us for an educational and informative … Continue reading →

The meeting featured Melanie O’Brien, Au.D., who is the Mid-Atlantic Customer Trainer for Phonak Hearing Systems.  She described some of the features now available in Phonak hearing aid, such as SoundRecover.  This is a means of converting higher frequency sound information … Continue reading →

Topic: Assistive Listening Devices Our speaker for the October meeting will be Dr. Melanie O’Brien, the Mid-Atlantic Customer Trainer for Phonak Hearing Systems. She joined the Phonak team as an educational trainer in June 2011. Her primary responsibility is for … Continue reading →

Dan Prisbrey, a representative of CaptionCall, demonstrated a captioning telephone made by the company. This phone makes use of a high speed Internet connection, but does not require having a computer. The phone plugs into an ordinary telephone outlet, and … Continue reading →