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 HLA-NC Meeting: The next HLA-NC meeting is tentatively scheduled for Saturday Oct 11th at Heritage Greens in Greensboro. Ronnie Adler, the HLAA Walk4Hearing coordinator, will attend and explain how that works so we can decide how or whether to plan a Walk4Hearing in NC for 2009.
See Directions/Map to Heritage Green.
The agenda will be sent to the listserve, but if you have agenda items, please get them to Michael Eury.
 Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), formerly Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH), is the most respected non-profit organization for people with hearing loss. HLA-NC, formerly NCSHHH, is a State-level association of HLAA. There are several local HLA Chapters in North Carolina.
To make a call with WebCaptel, Click on the image above while holding down the Cntl-Key.
See the NEW Hearing Loss Association Public Service Announcement.
Note: This copy is streamed from the Internet, so it works best with a broadband connection.
Who should be involved with HLAA? You should be involved in HLAA at some level if you use a hearing aid or cochlear implant (or think you might get one), are friends or family with someone with a hearing loss, are a professional related to hearing loss. Learn More about HLAA, HLA-NC and Chapters in North Carolina.
Click on the links in the images or, if you miss one, then click on the links below:
HLAA: Benefits,
Join
Go To NC Assistive Technology Program
Sign Up for SHHH E-News
Inquire about CapTel Phones
Ask about a free Weather Alert Radio at
1-877-261-3116
Find out about NC TEDP
Learn about NC Regional Resource Centers
For Hearing Aid Program, call:
1-800-851-6099
Use the PicoSearch field below to search for things at this site.
- Multiple words find all pages using any of the words.
- Quote signs around several words only find pages using that whole string.
- "+" signs in front of any term require all found pages to include that term.
New Hearing Loss Glossary: Check out NCSHHH's new Hearing Loss Glossary.
It's not completely finished, yet, but if you want, you can help by submitting terms or definitions. If the glossary doesn't pop-up on the left of your screen, then you may have to disable your pop-up blocker (try selecting the link while holding down the Cntl key). If that doesn't work try this alternate link to glossary.
3D Model of Inner Ear: To see and interact with this 3D Model of the Inner Ear
 , you'll need Shockwave and a reasonably fast computer. It may take a couple of minutes to load on a dialup, too, but it could be worth the wait.
These web pages provide news, information and paid advertisements for things related to hearing loss. None of these should be considered as product, program or service endorsements by Hearing Loss Association of America, Hearing Loss Association of North Carolina or the local chapters in North Carolina.
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These web pages have been tested to work correctly on recent versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and on Netscape 4.7 and later. The pages also work under limited testing on the latest Mac OS.
You must have Javascript enabled, and for two pages (People and the Glossary pages under Projects), you must allow popup windows. If you use a popup blocker, consult your instructions on how to authorize those pages to open their popup windows.
If you have any questions, problems or recommendations for these web pages, please email Steve Barber.
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 NEW Newsletter: Now, view or download the first edition of our new Hearing Loss Association of North Carolina newsletter. Feel free to print them out and share with friends or your hearing health care providers.
Soon, we'll be emailing an announcement and an electronic copy to every HLAA member in North Carolina. We also will print and mail copies to HLAA members who don't have email. Chapters are encouraged to print and distribute copies at meetings, health fairs and at other outreach opportunities.
Congratulations and thanks to our new President and Newsletter Editor, Michael Eury. This new newsletter will help us get the word out about HLAA in North Carolina.
Hearing Service Dog Funding Available: The Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing has funds
available to assist individuals in obtaining a hearing service dog. Though funds are limited, they can be used the training expenses, for
application fees and other expenses associated with the process. For further information, please contact Jeff Mobley at DSDHH, (919) 874-2239 or (800) 851-6099, or email him at Jeff.Mobley@ncmail.net.
Job Posting: CapTel Consultant, Greensboro and surrounding Areas (Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Forsyth, Davidson, Davie, Yadkin, Randolph, Alamance). Position requires being able to communication with various consumers, particularly Senior Citizens, provide training on CapTel (captioned telephone), presentations in the catchment counties, promote awareness of CapTel and WebCapTel to consumers and other interested parties. Part Time, flexible work hours. For more information, please contact Kim Calabretta at kim.m.calabretta@sprint.com
Charlotte Chapter Posts Schedule: See a Flyer showing upcoming Charlotte chapter meetings.
Cochlear Implant Seminar: Hearing Loss Association of Wake County held a special panel discussion focusing on consumers' experiences with Cochlear Implants on 13 September, 2008. All panel members were Wake Chapter members who use Cochlear Implants. All three brands were represented. The free seminar was totally accessible for people who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing with a loop system, Computer Assisted Notetakers and ASL Interpreters. Turnout was excellent with an estimated 30-40 people including current CI users, prospective candidates, families with children who have CIs, and professionals.
This was a terrific opportunity to learn more about Cochlear Implants from real users. Apparently the audience thought so, too, because everyone sat in rapt attention for the 2 hour program.
See the Flyer for details.
Congratulations to HLA-NC 2008 Officers: At our Feb 2008 meeting, the new officers for all but the President of HLA-NC for 2008 were swept into office by acclamation. At the May meeting, the Trustees voted to approve Michael Eury as the new President. So, we now have an excellent set of officers for 2008. It's wonderful to have fresh new ideas and enthusiasm.
Welcome New Advertiser: Please welcome our newest advertiser, Sprint's WebCapTel animated ad appears in a new position in the left column of our home page. Try out this web page based Captioned Phone Call system. It's free and you can use it anywhere you can get to the World Wide Web.
If you would like an ad on our site, please see Getting Your Ad. Now, you can pay on-line!
Kooser Workshops in NC: Kooser: Hidden Impact of Hearing Loss workshops are planned throughout 2008 for many locations in North Carolina (see brochure and schedule, below, for dates and times). Workshops will focus on aural rehabilitation and counseling for people with hearing loss.
For more information, email Leslie Bryan, AuD or download a:
Kooser Brochure
Registration Form with Workshop Schedule.
HLA-NC Web Site Hits New Highs: Activity in all measures increased substantially for the HLA-NC web site for 2007 continuing a trend since 2004 when statistics were first gathered. Check out the chart below for annual results results in several categories.
As you can see, key results for 2007 included about 52,000 unique visitors, 42,000 visitors, and over 10 gigabytes of data transferred. See more details.
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Focus on Hearing Conference
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NEW! Conference a Huge Success:
The Hearing Loss Association of North Carolina conference, Focus on Hearing, Technology, Strategies and Partnerships was a huge success. Held at the Friday Center on 14-15 Sep 2007, it covered all aspects of hearing loss and addressed interests of people with hearing loss, individuals, non-profits and state agencies that support people who support others with hearing loss, sponsors, exhibitors, advertisers, and hearing health professionals.
For now, here is a quick summary:
- Two packed days
- Two Plenary Sessions (Dr. Sam Trychin and Dr. Michael Harvey)
- Nearly 50 presenters
- 42 breakout sessions
- 25 Sponsors
- 31 Exhibitors
- Nearly 300 registered attendees
- 25 Sponsored Guests
- Super Silent Auction
Although the conference is over, I'll leave the selected conference related quick links here and gradually add pertinent material from the conference, so check back for new information in the near future.
Recognition Presentation
Speakers/Presenters
Scholarship Registrations
Continuing Education Units
Program Book
Flyer (color)
Flyer (b/w)
PowerPoint About the Conference
Tri-Fold Brochure Front
Tri-Fold Brochure Back
Tri-Fold Brochure Both Sides
(If you have a duplex printer, use "short side top stapled")
CNET Now Offers Captioned Web Video: CNET TV now captions many of the videos on their site. They are the first major video site to commit to closed captions. Check it out at CNET TV.
Just click on the 'cc' at the bottom of the video screen (oh, and choose a different video, ironically their video that announces the closed captions isn't captioned :-), but many others are and they deserve a pat on the back for making the commitment even if it takes a little time to get more videos captioned. Write them and thank them; there's a feedback link at the site.
Winston Salem Chapter Meetings: The Winston Salem chapter is start meeting again! If you are interested, please see details at the Winston Salem Chapter page.
Captioned Movies in NC!: There are now several Rear Window Captioned (RWC) equipped movie theaters in North Carolina and a few theaters showing one of their movies with Open Captions. Some also offer descriptive video for people with vision loss. Usually RWC is only available in one of the theaters of a multiplex, but often it's available for every showing in that theater. With RWC, you are given a translucent plastic reflector that fits in the cup holder of your seat and you can adjust it so that it reflects the reverse captions from the back wall so you can see them. Some theaters also frequently show foreign films with English subtitles, so they are listed separately.
Some theaters also offer an email list that you can be added to so they can tell you about their schedule.
Open Captioned films are often available for one one one theater of a multi-plex, and sometimes they may only be available for an occasional showing at odd times. If you know of more, please contact me and I'll add the information here.
Rear Window Captioned
- Carolina Pavilion 22 in Charlotte
- Concord Mills 24 in Concord
- Northlake 14 in Charlotte
- Palladium Cinemas in High Point
- The White Oak multiplex in Garner
- Beaver Creek multiplex in Apex
- Mayfaire Cinema 16-Wilmington
- The Greenville Grande-Greenville
Open Captioned
- Hollywood 14-Asheville
- Stonecrest Stadium 22-Charlotte
- Franklin Square Stadium 14-Gastonia
- Carmike #14 - Hickory
- Birkdale Stadium 16-Huntersville
- North Hills Stadium 14-Raleigh
- Epic Theater, Hendersonville
Frequently Show Foreign Subtitled Films
(Check web site to she which are subtitled.)
For more listings of captioned movies visit www.fomdi.com, which lists both open and closed (rear window)
captioned showings, and can be searched by city or zip code. Also see www.insightcinema.org, which has links to various theatre chains that offer closed and open captioned movies.
HLA-NC Web Pages Recognized:
 SHHH has named this website "2004 Best Overall State Website". The award will be presented during the 19th International HLAA Convention in Omaha, Nebraska in June.
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