Hearing Loss Association of America | Boston Chapter
Serving Boston, Massachusetts and the surrounding area, our mission is to empower people who have hearing loss by facilitating opportunities for social engagement, education and skill development.
Wed. March 11th, 6:30pm via Zoom
| Register: March 11th Meeting |
Join us to grow your Lipreading Skills and learn other communication strategies to employ alongside your hearing assistive tech to understand more of what is being communicated.
Speaker: Dr. Maryam Salehomoum
Emerson College, Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders
7pm Via Zoom, Hosted by HLAA Maine
To Register, email [email protected]
Dr. Tina Gonzales Childress is a dynamic audiologist, advocate, and Accessibility Consultant for InnoCaption who bridges audiology, accessibility, and life experience.
A late-deafened adult with bilateral cochlear implants and fluency in ASL, she offers a rare dual perspective across Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Hearing communities.
Saturday March 21 @ 2pm – InPerson & Zoom. Hosted by HLAA SE MA
Register: Email [email protected] or Zoom Link below.
| Sat, March 7, 12:30pm EST Hosted by HLAA Indianapolis |
Speaker: Madhav Lavakare from AirCaps (previously Transcribe Glass) will share their caption glasses which offer accessibility and convenience in situations typically challenging for those with hearing loss.
Use link to join: https://meet.google.com/hon-jtjc-dpr
Or call in (570) 500-5073 use PIN: 771 105 468#
Questions? Contact Ella Hurrell [email protected] or 317 695 1386
Brad facilitated a meeting between the American Library Association and HLAA’s Chapter Engagement Coordinator, Melissa Kruse where she gave an overview of the HLAA national’s website. Here’s the recording:
The HLAA Southeast Mass chapter meeting on January 24th will feature Liz Olson’s talk “Hearing Loss and Humor.” Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
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.”
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.
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.
HLAA-WA’s Hearing Other People’s Experiences (HOPE) Virtual Support Meeting features Dr. Larry Medwetsky, who will talk to us about the latest hearing tech advances.
When: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 @ 7:00 – 8:15 pm (EST)
Where: Zoom Register Here.
