Month: November 2025
BU’s Hearing Rehabilitation Group
U.S. appeals order to use ASL interpreters at White House briefings
“The Department of Justice is appealing a federal judge’s order requiring the White House to immediately begin providing American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation at its press briefings when President Trump or press secretary Karoline Leavitt are speaking.”
Read more about this from NPR here: https://www.npr.org/…/white-house-asl-deaf-american…
Email the White House here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Hearing Aid Innovations:
New and Improved in 2025
Hearing Aid Innovations: What’s New and Improved in 2025Hearing aid technology has taken some big leaps forward in 2025. New features include 3D ear scanning, easier Bluetooth pairing and connectivity, AI-driven enhancements, more personalization, and more.Read more in this article from the Audiology and Hearing Aid Center in Wisconsin.
Nov 15: A Life in Music Lost & Found with Betty Hauck
2pm @ Stonebridge Club, Plymouth MA
Nov 18: Veterans Hearing Loss Support Group on Zoom
8-9pm, ET. Register here
Veterans often experience hearing loss due to explosions and gunfire, prolonged exposure to aviation and other noises, ototoxic chemicals, or even traumatic brain injuries (TBI). To help these veterans, HLAA hosts a virtual (online) chapter dedicated to veterans with hearing loss. The group meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month. The November 18, 2025, meeting will focus on “No One Size Fits All: Real-World Tips & Tools for Navigating Hearing Loss.”
HLAA Survey – Tell Us What You Need by 11/30
Share your thoughts with HLAA! 
We invite you to participate in a survey about your hearing health and use of accessible technology.
Whether you have hearing loss, use hearing assistive devices or are simply passionate about hearing health, your responses will help us develop future resources for our nationwide community. Please complete the survey by November 30.
Nov 22: ADA-Know Your Rights
1-2 pm ET on Zoom
Hearing loss is a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and numerous other federal and state laws. Learn about your rights to communication access, what auxiliary aids and services are, and how to ask for them. Ann Thomas, speaker.
Dec 6: “Hearing Things” with Julie & Brad
2pm @ Wilmington Memorial Library.
Two hard of hearing BFFs talk about all the things that make living in a hearing world a challenge. Come for the Information, stay for the laughs!
Wilmington Memorial Library: 175 Middlesex Ave. Wilmington, MA 01887
Nov 18 – Hearing Loss in the Workplace
6-7:30 pm via zoom. Register here
Join HLAA-NYC for a four-member panel discussion focused on hearing loss in the workplace focussed on workplace experiences (not on tech tips like recent HLAA National webinar). The panel will be moderated by Dr. Sophie Racine. Panelists include Nina Raman, who works in the financial services industry; Teresa Delaney, who works as a teacher in New York City schools; Caroline Ruocco, MS CCC-SLP, who works as a pediatric speech language pathologist at Cornell Medical Center and Dr. David Baldridge, a professor of management at Oregon State University College of Business. Topics will include disclosing hearing loss to employers, navigating crowded work events, tools for coping better in conference rooms and Zoom meetings, and the emotional side of hearing loss in the workplace. We welcome anonymous questions in advance as well as questions at the meeting.