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About HLA-NC and Local Chapters

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 Steve Barber at steve.barber@earthlink.net.

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.

Next State-Level Event/Meeting

If you are interested in participating in HLAA-NC, please email Steve Barber at steve.barber@earthlink.net.

For local chapter contacts and other information see Local Chapters.

2023 NC Walk4Hearing

The Hearing Loss Association of America wrapped up the 2023 Walk4Hearing season in Tampa in early November. Over the course of 20 events around the country, the Walk4Hearing community raised $829,000 with 584 teams and 5,420 participants. HLAA was "thrilled to see a significant increase in the number of teams, showcasing the growing support for our cause." The North Carolina Walk4Hearing, held in Cary in October, raised nearly $46,000.

Look for upcoming announcements of the 2024 NC Walk4Hearing. Who should plan to participate in the 2024 NC Walk4Hearing?

  • Anyone with a hearing loss
  • Parents and family of children with hearing loss
  • Non-Profits that support hearing loss (your non-profit can become an "affiliate" and share in the funds your team raises).
  • Vendors interested in promoting their hearing loss related products or services can arrange for a vendor table.


Special Features

Hearing Loss Glossary: Check out HLA-NC's Hearing Loss Glossary. It's a work in progress, 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.


Disclaimer

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.

More About These Web Pages

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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Finding Hearing Loss Accessible Venues

HLAA has published a list of known Looped Venues in North Carolina. If you click on that link, it will display the .pdf showing looped venues in North Carolina by city. The page has additional information on loops in general, how to access Google's new data about looped venues, and things you can do to encourage more looped venues.

There's also an iPhone app called LoopFinder, that you can download from the app store that will show you looped venues you can search for in any areas of a US map. Unfortunately, there's no comparable Android app.

Finally, there's a web site that identifies venues anywhere in the US with any type of assistive listening technology: http://www.aldlocator.com/. If you know of any site that is not shown on the map that provides hearing assistance technology, you can fill in an on-line form at that site to have them add it to their map.

These sources identifying assistive listening venues are maintained mostly by self reporting of the venues, so it's best to double check with the facility to verify the loop is actually available.



Wake Chapter's November 2021 Zoom meeting covering the services and resources of the North Carolina Assistive Technology Program was presented by Brittany Hawley, MS, OTR/L, Assistive Technologist, North Carolina Assistive Technology Program, NC Vocational Rehabilitation Services. You can see that PowerPoint and other programs HERE


Hear Bird Calls
If you've got new hearing aids or CIs, you may want to see how well you can hear different bird calls. This link can let you select 50 different birds and hear what they sound like.

50 Bird Species and the Sounds They Make - AAAStateofPlay.com - Infographic

Note: If your devices can stream via Bluetooth, FM or telecoils, it might sound better.



New Greensboro HLAA Chapter
Efforts are underway to start a new Hearing Loss Association of America Local Chapter in Greensboro.

Please email Katie Franklin, NC DSDHH, Hard of Hearing Specialist at the Greensboro Regional Resource Center, if you are interested. For more information about the forming Greensboro Chapter, please see the Greensboro Chapter Page



Starting Out in Hearing Loss?
People with a lot of experience in hearing loss are often asked for advice by people who are new to hearing loss. See this List of Suggestions that provided one answer to that question.

Spectacular Video:
If you've ever wanted to really understand how we hear you won't want to miss this video "tour" that is perhaps the best I've ever seen. Take time to watch it all; it's amazing.


State of NC Job Opportunities: You can search the State of NC Office of State Personnel job listings at the NC Gov Jobs Web site for available jobs. There are often jobs available that require skills or experience related to hearing loss or deafness. Enter any term such as "hearing loss", "deaf", "assistive", or "interpreter" into the search field at the site to identify jobs that you might be interested in and qualified for.


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