In November, Elaine Goldberg, who attended the National Convention of the Hearing Loss Association of America in Portland Oregon will report on her experience there. We expect to have CART in operation for this meeting. (CART = live captioning of the speaker, projected on a screen), and the newly installed loop system will be in operation.
At 6:00 p.m. on Monday 11/2 at the Jeanes Library.
As always, visitors are welcome
A dozen members defied tornado warnings to attend the official introduction of the loop system at the Jeanes Library. Don Groff described the system history, installation, and operation in some detail.
Refreshments were provided, with a toast offered with sparkling cider.
A diagram of the system is provided here. Some of the system components were provided by our chapter.
We will officially introduce the new hearing loop system in the Willaman Community Commons at the library. A chapter member will describe the loop installation in some detail, although this is primarily a social event, a coming-out party, so to speak.
A number of loop receivers will be available for those without T-coil-equippped hearing aids, or no hearing aids at all.
As always, visitors are welcome, and especially at this event.
Light refreshments will be available.
Monday, October 7, 6:00 – 7:45 p.m.. The meeting room is in the lower level of the library.
We’ll meet at 6 p.m. at the Jeanes Library on the second Monday of September, since the first Monday of this month, our ususal meeting date was Labor Day.
Jeanne Fredriksen, Med-El representative will speak about new develo9pments in cochlear implants. There will be a brief business meeting.
The newly installed hearing loop will be in operation.
Annual dues wiill be payable.
Visitors are always welcome.
HLAA- Montco and GENX Chapters
Invite you to the 13th Annual HLAA-PA BBQ
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!!
PLEASE BRING FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Picnic will be held Rain or Shine
Sunday, August 11, 2013
12 NOON- 5PM
Ridley Creek State Park, Pavilion 11
Cost: $8 per person, $14 per family
This is a wonderful opportunity to meet other Hearing Loss Folks in PA and nearby states, as well as to have a relaxing and fun afternoon! We will have games and competition, as well!
Hamburger, Hot dogs and Vegetarian options will be provided! Food Contributions are greatly appreciated (portion size for 6‐8 people).
Please RSVP by Monday, August 5, 2013.
Please return this portion with check payable to HLAA-GEN X:
Name: ________________________ ______________
Email: ________________________________
Individual ($8)____ Family ($14)_____
We are bringing: (Please specify what you do plan to bring, and please bring your own utensils to serve):
Drinks (Soda, water or juice), ice, Desserts
Please return this portion with check payable to HLAA-Gen X: Ms. Pat Cortez, 501 Harrington Road,
Havertown, PA 19083.
Email: pattypeep@gmail.com for any questions.
Our June meeting will be strictly a social event, with a range of appetizers provided, as well as drinks.
All are welcome, especially visitors, but please RSVP to pattypeep@gmail.com, so we now how much food to bring.
Monday evening 6/3, 6 p.m., at the Jeanes Library, Lafayette Hill.
The CART system, provided remotely by Archive Reporting, was flawless. Attendees found it particularly helpful with questions and comments from the floor, picked up by CART but not heard by others.The only difficulty was the need to share the single screen with the CART transcription with the web sites being discussed.
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Here are a number of web sites that may be of interest to HLAA members:
dangerousdecibels.org/ About Noise-induced Hearing Loss
www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov About Noise-induced Hearing Loss
hlaamcc.org This site!
hlaa-pa.org The state HLAA
hearingloss.org The national HLAA
hearingloop.org All about loops
aldlocator.com Locations with hearing assistance
hearinghealthfoundation.org Funding hearing research.
captionfish.com Captioned movie theater listing
www.lifeprint.com/ A wealth of sign language information
asl.ms Fingerspelling practice
signingsavvy.com Sign language reference
tecear.com ALD vendor
harriscomm.com ALD vendor
eepurl.com/s3baL Sign up for the HLAA-PA newsletter, HearSay
www.nidcd.nih.gov NIH -> National Institute on Deafness
www.audiology.org American Academy. of Audiology site
disabilities.temple.edu/programs/assistive/atlend Temple ALD Library (PIAT)
advancedbionics.com/ CI manufacturer
medel.com CI manufacturer
www.cochlear.com CI manufacturer
www.baha-users-support.com BAHA – Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid
www.sonitusmedical.com Hear through your teeth!
www.oticonusa.com/ HA manufacturer
www.phonak.com/ HA manufacturer
agbell.com/ Links to a wide variety of sites
www.hihealthinnovations.com/ Aternative route to getting an HA
asha.org/ American Speech Hearing Association
www.hearingplanet.com/ Hearing Aid reference site
beyondhearingaids.com/ ALD vendor
soundbytes.com ALD vendor
www.howsyourhearing.org/ Amer. Acad. of Audiology Consumer Site
hearinglosshelp.com ALD vendor and reference site
updated 1/8/16
On May 6th, we will be using a CART system at our meeting. That’s an acronym for Communication Access in Real Time, or Computer Assisted Realtime Transcription, in which all spoken words are displayed on a screen. This makes the meeting accessible to those whose hearing loss is such that the loop system is not adequate.
Specifically, we will be using Remote CART, in which the captioner attends the meeting through an internet connection (actually Skype)
The topic at this meeting, beside the CART system itself, will be the wealth of internet references and support available online. Attendees are invited to suggest sites they find valuable.
Visitors always welcome. At the Jeanes Library in Lafayette Hill, 6 p.m. Monday 5/6.
MontCo chapter members may remember that I have installed a hearing loop in the Community Room of the Lansdale Public Library. The loop recently got its first public use.
The library has a movie night, every Friday evening at 6 p.m. (except for the first one of the month) On 4/26 the movie was the acclaimed Lincoln. and the loop was in use. Several members of our chapter were in the audience, and one described the sound as ‘crystal clear’. The normal sound also benefitted from the recently installed speakers and amplifier.
It is expected that the loop will be used for future showings. You can find out what is being show on the library’s website, lansdalelibrary.org, in the Calendar area.
I recognize that Friday evening traffic does not make it easy to get to the library from any distance. If you live in the area, go to the movie, since you can hardly go anywhere else at that time!
Our next meeting will take place April 1st @ 6:00 p.m. at the Jeanes Library.
Detective David Young of the Montgomery County Bureau of Detectives will talk about ID theft and fraud.
Sheriff Eileen Behr will also take part in the presentation.
This promises to be a very valuable and useful session.
Visitors are welcome
HLAA - Montgomery County Chapter 