HLAA – Montgomery County Chapter

qAfter our winter break, our monthly meetings resume on March 4. Please join us at the Jeanes Library in Lafayette Hill, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Guest Speaker:  Rachel Mann, Esq. 

 Ms. Mann, a Senior Staff Attorney at DRN, graduated from UCLA Law School in 1983. She worked for Evergreen Legal Services in Washington State and for the private firm of Mann, Ungar and Spector in Philadelphia before joining DRN in 1990. Ms. Mann has focused on a variety of issues in her 22 years at DRN including health care, children with special needs, and the rights of people with hearing loss – doing systems advocacy, individual advocacy and class action litigation.

 The presentation will generally be about the ADA as it applies to people with hearing loss. 

Visitors are welcome.

We will have our annual holiday party on Monday 12/3, 6 p.m., at our usual location, the Jeanes Library in Lafayette Hill.

Members will bring dessert items to share, and drinks and accessories will be provided.

As always, guests will be welcome.

We welcomed a number of visitors and new members to our meeting.
Tom shared a series of tips and strategies for dealing with social situations in the upcoming holidays. He also reviewed the range of assistive listening devices (ALD) that can be helpful.
The second top was the high cost of hearing aids. Tom reviewed some lower cost alternatives that are available, and discussed their pro’s and con’s.
Hearing aids that use rechargeable batteries offered a unique challenge from Hurricane Sandy. The chargers need AC power! Best to have some available option that uses disposable batteries.
The December meeting will feature our Holiday Party, December 3, 6 p.m.., at our usual venue, the Jeanes Library.
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Chapter Vice President, Thomas Van Arman, will be presiding over Monday night’s chapter meeting.
He will share and discuss information about cheaper hearing aids.
In addition,  since the holidays are coming,  he will also share an article with us called,  Seven Tips to Better Communication. Each of you will get a copy.

There will be a brief informational meeting afterwards.

All are welcome.

Next Meeting: The October meeting will be held October 1^st 2012 beginning at 6 P.M. at the William Jeanes Library. Highlighting this meeting will be a presentation titled:

Suggestions on Getting Help When Needed

Presented by Mary Gilliford, Community Health Educator, Bryn Mawr Hospital/Main Line Health.

This is a time honored topic we all can use help in. Let’s find help at this presentation.

UPDATE:   Ms. Gilliford’s excellent presentation focused on the 911 system and how to use it effectively.  A number of visitors brought the attendance to about 20.

With summer almost gone (!), our meetings resume  at the Jeanes Library. We’ll meet at 6 p.m. on Septermber 10, since the First Monday of the Month is already taken this month.

We’ll review the Assistive Listening Device demo kit that the state HLA has put together,  discuss plans for the year, and compare notes on summer adventures.

Please join us!  Visitors are welcome.