Author Archives: Don Groff

Turea Hutson spoke about the Community Connections  program in Montgomery County, and the role of the “Navicate”. She is the program’s manager. Community Connections is an innovative approach to provide services to people who need them most, where they need them … Continue reading →

Don Groff spoke about “Dealing with Hearing Loss in Public Spaces”, using his prototype ‘two tin cans on a string’ as a starting point. Tin Can #1:  typically microphone or a sound track. String:  Wire, FM, IR, or loop connection … Continue reading →

Doug Lynch, of Advanced Bionics talked about dealing with hearing loss in basic terms, without limiting the scope to CI’s in general or AB in particular.  The group number about 20.   Rehabilitation – work that pays off   Plasticity … Continue reading →

The round table meeting attended by a dozen members covered a wide range of topics, but the major items were: Items in the 15-16 budget Hearing assistance efforts Charitable expenditures Future programs Advanced Bionics representative in March Collegeville Speech and … Continue reading →

The group numbered 20 for our Holiday Party.  The earlier (5:30 p.m.) starting time seemed to be satisfactory.  We all enjoyed contributed and purchased food and drink We’ll meet in February, having decided to shorten our winter hiatus to just … Continue reading →

Gail Brenner, Au.D,  described the nature of tinnitus, its history, which spans nearly all of recorded history, and discussed various means of treating it.  Many in our audience of 17 deal with it in varying degrees. Dr. Brenner is an … Continue reading →

Alison Mendez, Engagement Manager- New York for Cochlear Americas spoke at our October 5 meeting. She is  a teacher of the deaf by certification, and has worked with Cochlear for 5 years. Alison described  the Cochlear N6 cochlear implant,  and … Continue reading →

Attendees totaled 18 at this meeting, two weeks later than the usual date.  Several visitors were in the group. This was a round table forum, on a variety of topics, including: Installed new officer;  President Don Groff, VP position is … Continue reading →