The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) national organization is hosting virtual meetings via Zoom in June (Saturday, June 6 1-3 CST) and July (Saturday, July 11 1-3 CST). The meetings will be captioned (just like all the HLAA webinars). Please visit this link to find out more information and to register for the virtual […]
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Virtual Visits with Hearing Loss By Christine Morgan, HLAA-TC President (Originally published in our May 2020 newsletter) What happens when you have hearing loss and can’t see your healthcare provider face-to-face? Have you had the “virtual visit” experience? Has it been satisfactory for you? Let me give you four of my personal examples. A routine
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(This article originally appeared in the May 2020 HLAA-TC newsletter. Written by Laura Hagemann.) As COVID-19 has changed a lot of daily activities for everyone, surgical and cloth face masks are becoming more commonly used by the average person. Those who are deaf or hard of hearing know, a mask that covers the wearer’s mouth
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The HLAA-TC board has made the decision to cancel the monthly HLAA-TC meeting that was originally scheduled for Saturday, May 16th. The “Stay Home” order for Minnesota has been extended by Governor Walz to last until May 18th, therefore it is necessary to cancel our May meeting. (Please find out more about the extended “Stay
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As Minnesotans, we’re used to spending time at home dreaming of the vacations we’ll take. However, the dreams usually involve dreaming of warmer climates when we’re knee-deep in snow. With the current global health pandemic of COVID-19 keeping us homebound, our dreams of travel no longer just involve getting away from Minnesota weather. Now our
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Here’s another COVID-19 news update with a list of stores that have adjusted their hours due to the health crisis. (This graphic is also in the April newsletter and has been posted on the HLAA-TC Facebook page.) We created this graphic with the store hours and when senior citizen/vulnerable customers shopping time is for each store
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HLAA (the national organization) has decided to cancel the HLAA Convention that was scheduled to take place in June of this year in New Orleans, Louisiana. You can read more about their decision to cancel on the HLAA blog. Like a lot of organizations, HLAA made this decision to cancel the convention due to COVID-19
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Since there is a lot of information out there right now about the current COVID-19 virus outbreak HLAA-TC wanted to gather a list of resources together to recommend. We will be updating Facebook and LinkedIn with more articles as they come to our attention in the passing days. Websites (in no particular order): Centers for
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The board of HLAA-TC has decided to cancel the Saturday, March 21st meeting of HLAA-TC due to concerns over COVID-19. This is a proactive decision based on published advice from the CDC and other medical experts regarding COVID-19. Please stay home and stay healthy!
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Since World Hearing Day (as declared by the World Health Organization) was on March 3rd, this is a “Hearing News” segment with information about maintaining healthy hearing “across the lifespan,” making listening safe and how to successfully use hearing protection. HLAA teamed up with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to produce literature on how to
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