In addition to our own HLAA chapter meeting this month on Zoom, other chapters and the National HLAA organization are providing their meetings online on Zoom as well. The following lists the meetings of interest and how you can attend.

On Saturday, January 9th at 1:00 pm (CST) HLAA (the National organization) will be having their winter meeting featuring National HLAA Executive Director Barbara Kelley. “Barbara will share her visions for 2021 and update us on upcoming HLAA initiatives.” In order to attend, please register for the virtual meeting by clicking this link: https://hearingloss.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArcumqqTkrH9Q-Ehipa7kEaNEqAvhntQPG After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Like HLAA-TC some regional HLAA chapters are also having their monthly meetings on Zoom. One such chapter is the West Valley Chapter of Arizona. Their next meeting is January 12, 2021, at 1:00 pm (MST)/ 12:00 pm (CST). The meeting runs for an hour and 15 minutes and will feature a guest speaker. The featured guest speaker is Dr. Collin Cordery, AuD, CCC-A. He will be talking about occupational hearing loss as it is one of the most common work-related illnesses in the United States in a talk entitled “Forensic Audiology.” If you would like to attend the HLAA-West Valley Chapter meeting send an email to: info@hlaawestvalleyaz.org and you will be sent an email invitation with the Zoom meeting link. For Zoom instructions check out this simple guide we put together here.

And on Saturday, January 16th at 9:30 am (CST) HLAA-TC will be hosting our first Zoom meeting of the New Year. The meeting starts with social time at 9:30 am and the scheduled speaker, Dr. Matthew Winn, starting at 10:00 am. If you would like to attend our HLAA-TC January meeting send an email to treasurer@hlaatc.org and a meeting link will be emailed to you.

Plan to attend all three meetings (if possible) as new and different information and topics will be covered in each.

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