Living Well with Hearing Loss can be challenging….
We can help!
Support / Education / Advocacy
Through informational meetings (online and in-person), communications (newsletter, web, social media), accessible events, community outreach, and advocacy we help people with hearing loss communicate better to live more fully.
Join Us!
Donate
Please consider donating. Any amount is appreciated.
Reuse/Recycle
Consider donating old hearing aids.
Upcoming Meetings
- Sep 16th: AI in Hearing Loss
with Dr. Jan Blustein, M.D., Ph.D.
Register: AI in Hearing Loss. 7pm via Zoom
Join HLAA members nationwide for panel discussion on insights from the 2026 HLAA Convention’s Research Symposium: The Al Revolution in Hearing Health – Smarter Tech, Greater Access.
Dr. Jan Blustein will moderate the discussion and be joined by NYC chapter leaders/ hearing loss advocates Holly Cohen, Shari Eberts and Roxanne Rotundo. Questions welcomed; join us!
Hosted by HLAA NYC
- Sep 23rd: Brain Training
Opportunities to Train Hearing & Cognition
Register : Brain Training 6:30 pm on Zoom
Join us to hear from Dr. Seitz, Director of Northeastern’s Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-being , which researches, tests, and disseminates evidence-based applications to benefit people in real-life cognitive challenges from how we see and hear, to our abilities to focus and remember.
- Sep 24th: Aging in Place:
Community Services & Transportation for Middleborough
In-Person & Zoom; Hosted by HLAA SE MA
- Nov 7th – Reclaim the Groove
In-Person HLAA Bos Mtg & Social
2:30-4pm, Watertown Memorial Library
Stay tuned for more details
Upcoming Events
- Oct 4th: Boston Walk4Hearing
- HLAA NY Regional Conference
Oct 2-4th in Saratoga Springs NY; In-person & Virtual
Program Overview: NY State Conference Agenda
OUTSTANDING LINEUP including Authors and hearing loss advocates Katherine Bouton, Toni Iacolucci, Shari Eberts, Tina Childress, Wynne Whyman; HLAA Executive Director Barbara Kelley; Exhibit Hall with hearing aid/cochlear implant/assistive device manufacturers; The Capital Land Chorus and deaf Billboard Top-10 singer Sherry Anne.
Questions? Email [email protected]
- Nov 7th – Reclaim the Groove
In-Person HLAA Bos Mtg & Social
2:30-4pm, Watertown Memorial Library
Stay tuned for more details
- Healthcare with Hearing Loss:
Check out this month’s HCHL blog in which Peggy Ellertsen, HLAA Leader and long-time advocate for communication access in Healthcare, talks with medical researcher Dr. Carolyn Haywood about how medical training shapes how doctors think about serving those with disabilities and how medical environments limit accommodations that would truly provide equal access.
