At the national level, HLAA is run by a
small number of volunteers and an even smaller number of paid staff.
They do an amazing job considering their limited
resources.
At the State-level, volunteers help coordinate the efforts of all the chapters
in the State, the work with related organizations (like the NC Assn for the
Deaf and Sertoma) and they help arrange for representative
for statewide boards, commissions and
councils related to hearing loss.
At the local chapter level, people meet face to face and share information about
dealing with heairng loss.
They may
also advocate locally for things like accessibility and captioning.
Main point is that HLAA is for you … whether you are just learning about hearing
loss or have progressed and able to help others.