The HLAA-TC Book Club is excited to announce that the author, Joanne Greenberg, for our February novel selection will be joining us by Zoom for our book club discussion of her novel “I never promised you a rose garden” on Tuesday, February 28th at 7:00 pm (Central Time). “I never promised you a rose garden” […]
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On Tuesday, January 24th the HLAA-TC book club met on Zoom to discuss the autobiography “I’ll Scream Later” By Marlee Matlin. The group enjoyed talking about Ms. Matlin’s varied career and life and discussed that Ms. Matlin has become the first deaf director in the DGA (Director’s Guild of America) with her direction of a
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As 2023 starts we wanted to post information about upcoming meetings and book clubs Hearing Loss Association of America- Twin Cities Chapter (HLAA-TC). All HLAA-TC Chapter meetings and HLAA-TC book clubs are happening on Zoom. We hope to eventually offer hybrid meetings (meaning both in person and Zoom) but until we are able to offer
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On Saturday, December 17, 2022 the HLAA-TC Board of Directors presented various aspects related to “Surviving the Holidays with Hearing Loss.” Three major areas were covered: 1) Technology and hearing devices ; 2) Hearing Aid maintenance (for caregivers): 3) Sharing holiday stories. Below are links associated with the information discussed regarding technology and hearing devices. Technology and
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For our December HLAA-TC Zoom meeting we are having a “Holiday Themed” meeting. Please join the HLAA-TC board (on Saturday, December 17th from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm) as we gather on Zoom to share tips on surviving the holidays with hearing loss. HLAA-TC President Byrdie Coninx, HLAA-TC Vice President Signe Dysken, HLAA-TC Secretary Susan
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The Tuesday after Thanksgiving (today, Tuesday, November 29, 2022) has been named “Giving Tuesday” and people are encouraged to donate to charities and nonprofits they support. It’s a good time to focus what can be a flurry of holiday spending (Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday) on donating to charitable organizations. After participating
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On Thursday, November 17th HLAA-TC is participating in Give To The Max Day. It is an annual event where people are encouraged to donate to local nonprofits and charities. Each participating organization has several chances to have GiveMN (the organization that runs GTTMD) double the amount of donation money received. Please visit our GTTMD page
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On Tuesday, October 25th the HLAA-TC Book Club met on Zoom to discuss the October book selection: the novel “The Quality Silence” (2015) By Rosamund Lupton. (Author Rosamund Lupton was unable to join us.) The group enjoyed a varied and interesting discussion on themes related to the book, including deafness, isolation, the environment and technology.
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Earlier we posted a summary of the noise-induced hearing loss conference (that was held on Saturday, October 15, 2022) along with a list of documents and resources shared from the conference. Here are those documents and resources again. These documents and resources are also on our Conference page: https://www.hlaatc.org/hearing-loss-conference-2022/ Documents Shared at Conference Documents on Tinnitus:
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On Saturday October 15, 2022 from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm a hybrid conference (both in person and on Zoom) on noise-induced hearing loss was held. Sponsored by Hearing Loss Association of America- Twin Cities (HLAA-TC ) in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division (DHHSD) and
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