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About HLA-NC and Local Chapters
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HLA-NC is a state association of Hearing Loss Association of America, and it's focus is on state-wide advocacy and cooperation. All HLA-NC meetings are open to anyone interested in hearing loss. If you'd like to attend and get involved in promoting the interests of people with hearing loss, please email the HLA-NC President, Michael Eury, at euryman@gmail.com.
You're also invited to attend local chapter meetings where you will meet others sharing information about hearing loss and working on a local level to support our interests. See Local Chapters for more information.
  The next meeting of Hearing Loss Association of North Carolina is tentatively planned for 3 March, 2012 in Winston-Salem. The meeting will focus on planning for our upcoming NCWalk4Hearing in September. As additional details are known, they will be posted here.
Previously, we agreed to the following:
- We will have our second North Carolina Walk4Hearing on October 13, 2012. SAVE THE DATE! The location will be lovely Tanglewood Park, just outside of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
 Dr. Adele Evans of Wake Forest Baptist Health and Brenner Children’s Hospital will chair the 2012 Walk, with audiologist Dr. Meagan Lewis co-chairing. - Based on the success of our 2009 Walk4Hearing, we are setting a 2012 fundraising goal of $50,000 to support hearing loss-related causes, and need you to step us with us!
- See the archive to learn about the first NC Walk4Hearing, which was held in October 2009.
- Keep watching this page for more announcements! There will be opportunities for
- Sponsors to obtain local and national recognition.
- Affiliate organizations (non-profits that can share in the proceeds to support people with hearing loss)
- Teams and walkers
- The board unanimously agreed to continue the terms of all the current officers for another year with their consent.
- We will sponsor a child's attendance at the upcoming Deaf and Hard of Hearing Camp run by SERTOMA.
- We will pilot a program to provide "Regional Representatives" in various areas of North Carolina, many of which do not currently have a local HLAA chapter. See the Chapters Page for more information.
The next HLA-NC meeting will occur in Spring 2012. Details to come.
Don't miss the next HLAA National Convention: ... June 21st - 24th, 2012.
 THANKS FOR STEPPING UP! The first North Carolina Walk4Hearing, held in Durham in October 2009, was a rousing success, raising $34,396.00 for hearing loss-related causes! See archive
HLA-NC will hold its next Walk4Hearing in October 2012. Save the date, and keep watching this page for more announcements!
 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.
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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
NC Assistive Technology Program
HLAA E-News
CapTel Phones
Free Weather Alert Radio at
1-877-261-3116
NC Telecommumications Access
NC Regional Resource Centers
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New Hearing Loss Glossary: Check out HLA-NC'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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 Fall 2011 Newsletter: View or download the Fall 2011 edition of our the 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.
If you missed an earlier newsletter last fall, you can still get them:
Job Openings at DSDHH: Need a job? Have skills needed by the North Carolina Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of hearing? DSDHH has three job openings that might be a match. See details.
Want to Be in a Play?:  Davidson Community Players is auditioning for their upcoming production of "Children of a Lessor God", which will be presented in Davidson, NC in February and March. If you or someone you know is interested, please see the flyer for more information.
Do You Know Superman?: I mean, personally?
 Don't miss the Sep/Oct issue of Hearing Loss Magazine from HLAA. Our very own HLA-NC President, Michael Eury, is on the cover as his alter-ego, Superman. Do read his great article on how his hearing loss helped him fulfill his dream of becoming Superman. See the the articleand the dazzling cover.
Dr. Stephanie Sjoblad Au.D,  has an article in the same issue of Hearing Loss Magazine about "unbundling vs. bundled" sales of hearing aids. Stephanie was a regular member of Wake Chapter until she headed to Chapel Hill to pursue her career in audiology.
Julie Bishop,  HLA-NC Vice President, also contributed to our publishing bonanza in September when she had a great article about why it's important to do something about your hearing loss in the Triangle-based "Boom" magazine. Julie's article and an ad for our Wake Chapter were graciously funded by Sprint Captel of North Carolina. It all adds up to great exposure for hearing loss.
Invisible No More
Check out the new article and program material that covers the "Invisible No More" theme that HLA-NC is using for outreach and education. Read the article. Download the presentation material; adapt and use it for your chapter's outreach.
Charlotte Chapter Posts Schedule for Year: See a Flyer showing upcoming Charlotte chapter meetings.
Great New Videos from HLAA
Hearing Loss Association of America has produced seven short videos that are a great introduction to what everyone should know about hearing loss. Please do not miss these videos; see them at:
www.hearingloss.org/learn/hearingloss_vids.asp.
Great Walk4Hearing Video from HLAA
Hearing Loss Association of America has produced a wonderfully inspirational video about the HLAA Walk4Hearing. See it at:
http://hlaa.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=video_and_info.
UNCG ADULT COCHLEAR IMPLANT GROUP The adult cochlear implant rehab group at the UNCG Speech and Hearing Clinic welcomes new patients! The group meets at the UNCG Speech and Hearing Clinic, 3rd Floor Ferguson Building, at the corner of Spring Garden and Highland Ave., on Wednesdays at 4 PM. Medicare now covers this service. Contact: Lyn Mankoff at 336-334-5939.
Consumer Checklist Available: HLAA’s “Purchasing a Hearing Aid, A Consumer Checklist” is now available at the HLAA web site. Download it and be ready to take with you to the dispenser’s office when you purchase your hearing aid. While you're at that web page, check out the other great resources at the bottom of that page.
Captioned TV and Movies on Your Computer: Did you know you can watch TV on your computer, even without a TV tuner? Click on the image below to see an episode of "Bones" in a small window in this web page, or CLICK HERE, to see it larger. It even offers you a chance to display closed captions (click on the "cc" after the show starts) and in High Definition (click on the HD 480p button) and full screen (click on the full screen button). Lots more captioned shows to choose from at the www.hulu.com Captioned Collection. Turn up the speakers if you want to hear the audio. You'll need to hover your mouse over the image after the introductory commercial to see the menu items. Don't even bother if you don't have a broadband Internet connection.
Captioned Talks on Your Computer: Did you know you can attend hundreds of world class talks on your computer for free, even without a TV tuner? See www.ted.com/index/php/themes to get an idea how great this is.
HLA-NC Web Site Hits New Highs, AGAIN!: Activity increased substantially for the HLA-NC web site for 2011 continuing a 7-year trend since 2004 when statistics were first gathered. The chart below shows for annual results for visitors and unique visitors.
As you can see, results for 2011 include about 130,00 visitors. Of those about 110,000 were unique visitors.
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) equiped movie theaters in North Carolina and a few theaters showing one of their movies with Open Captions (OC). 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.
OC 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.)
Regal Theaters has an excellent web page that lists their OC and RWC showings by State and City.
Even Better! A new web site, www.captionfish.com, dynamically lists captioned (Open or RWC) movies in your area based on where your computer is. Check it out.
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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