For a brief Hearing News segment we would like to list for you a few online events that are FREE and live captioned and open to all (both HLAA members and non-members).

On Wednesday, March 10th, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm (EST), HLAA (the national organization) will be having a webinar entitled “Hearing Accessibility and the Law: Your Rights and How to Obtain Them.”  Register for the Zoom meeting here.

On Saturday, March 13th, 1:00 pm (CST), HLAA-Greater St. Louis Chapter is having renowned writer, speaker and hearing loss advocate Gael Hannon speak. Her talk is entitled “How we can be the BEST version of our Hearing Loss selves.” Register for the Zoom meeting here.

And of course our chapter, HLAA-TC, is having our own monthly meeting on Saturday, March 20th, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm (CST). Kristen Swan, a therapist with HealthPartners, will be speaking on “Self Care and Managing Emotions.” Email treasurer@hlaatc.org before the meeting to receive a meeting link.

Other matters of interest: we’re starting an HLAA-TC book club. To find out more, read this blog post. Also, if you would like to subscribe to our free monthly newsletter, send an email to editor@hlaatc.org requesting to subscribe.