Category Archives: Meetings

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 →

There were sixteen in attendance as Don discussed a wide variety of remote microphone configurations.  Audience members contributed their observations and demonstrated devices that have been useful. CART transcript available on request to hlaamcc@gmail.com (original post) Don Groff will review … Continue reading →

Our group of fourteen included two visitors, Ann and Mark  The round table discussion touched on many topics, among them: Earmold types, materials, problems, and maintenance. Remote microphone types, especially new products that deal with multiple speakers. Cochlear implant eligibility. … Continue reading →

Emilio and Patty Cortez have been alarmed  at the very high sound levels that they’ve encountered at restaurants, entertainment facilities, and especially at gymnasiums, where people are presumably concerned about their well being. They have embarked on a campaign called … Continue reading →