Category Archives: Meetings

Wendy Davis, CaptionCall Account Manager, spoke about the Federally-funded captioning phone service established under the ADA. She demonstrated captioning on both the CaptionCall phone and CaptionCall Mobile on an iPad, and answered a wide-ranging variety of questions about the service. … Continue reading →

Chapter Vice President Andy Walker led a wide ranging discussion of problems in dealing with hearing loss, with a focus on solutions.  Major topics included: Television captioning:  how and when it works, how to use it, where to complain when … Continue reading →

Gina Greco,  Consumer Outreach Manager at MED-EL spoke about  recent developments in cochlear implant technology at MED-EL.  She was joined by Pete Unger, a  MED-EL recipient , who spoke about his experience with hearing loss and the process of getting a … Continue reading →

The holiday season was celebrated by seventeen attendees, who shared food, drink, and talk about getting through the season with hearing loss. We do not meet in January.  Our next meeting will be on February 6, 2017, when Med El … Continue reading →

Jennifer Raneri, AuD,  Audiologist at Collegeville Speech and Hearing spoke to 15 attendees.  She discussed a wide variety of topics of interest to the hearing loss community, including Connectivity Advances T-coil Utilization Cost Factors and Distribution Modes Cochlear Implant Programming. … Continue reading →

Attendees had a chance to try out a variety of hearing assistance devices at the meeting. The Phonak Roger Pen system was of great interest. A number of people tried out a Bluetooth transmitter/receiver pair. The TV Ears systems, which … Continue reading →

                   Note:  October Meeting Rescheduled to 10/10 After the summer break, chapter meetings resumed on 9/12, the second Monday of the month in September, rather than the first.  And in October, we also will meet on the second Monday, 10/10, … Continue reading →

Bill Best spoke about recent developments in Hearing Assistance Technology.  He participated in a recent update program at the national office of HLAA.  The presentation included a number of product samples, and a wide range of supporting literature was available. … Continue reading →

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 →