Trinity Rep’s Christmas Carol is Online, Captioned, and Free!
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Winter Safety and Virtual Holiday Party – CLW
The Center for Living and Working invites you to Winter Safety and a virtual holiday party:

Wednesday, December 9, 2020
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Online via Zoom
Learn About:
- Winter health/safety
- Pet safety
- Winter storm preparation
- Fall prevention and tips for walking safely in snow and ice
- …and more!
After the Winter Safety presentation, JOIN our virtual Holiday celebration!
Presentation will be in ASL—Don’t know ASL but still want to attend? Let us know as soon as possible and we will request an interpreter or CART!
Please RSVP so we can send you the Zoom link!
RSVP BY DECEMBER 7TH – Click here: https://forms.gle/gLLrfBASJ5uLomo79
Questions? Contact Denise Paro, 508-762-1164 (VP) or Email: dparo@centerlw.org
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Shari Eberts of HLAA Was Interviewed by National Public Radio (NPR)

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Virtual HLAA Chapter Meetings – all are welcome
Assistive Hearing and OTC Devices-Virtual Meeting
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 – 2:00 – 4:00 pm
HLAA Mission Viejo Chapter Virtual Meeting
Organizer: Toni Barrient toni@hlaamv.org 949-391-9756 text
Description: Popular Professor, Fan-Gang (UCI Researcher) will present his ongoing research about technologies that help people hear including over the counter devices like AirPods.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Nov 10, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time, 2:00 pm EST. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvc-GtqTspGdSjJH4RNrIWWoNlyltFAe5P After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Here are more upcoming virtual events:
- Saturday November 14 at 4pm: HLAA Virtual Meeting hosted by HLAA California Association – “Surviving the Holidays with Hearing Loss?”
- Tuesday November 17 at 8pm: HLAA Veterans Across America – “What’s in your Hearing Rucksack?”
- Wednesday November 18 at 4pm: HLAA Plymouth Chapter – “A Life in Music Lost and Found”
- Saturday December 5 at 4pm: Hear at Boston Chapter – “Holiday ‘HAT’ Check”
Saturday November 14: 4pm (Eastern Time)
HLAA California State Association virtual meeting
“Surviving the Holidays with Hearing Loss?”
Speaker: Alison Freeman
Join our next virtual meeting to learn some tips and strategies on how to deal with hearing loss during the holidays ahead. Speaker Alison Freeman, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who works part-time at California State University at Northridge (CSUN) with both hearing and hard of hearing/deaf/Deaf students. She also has a private practice and is doing teletherapy during the pandemic. She has had a severe hearing loss since early childhood, was orally trained, and is a long-time member of HLAA (she knew Founder Rocky Stone!).
Register at
https://hearingloss.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kcO2hqjMpE9IFiPpiSf6JdMHAY2v_1ZaT
Tuesday November 17: 8pm (Eastern Time)
HLAA Veterans Across America virtual meeting
“What’s in your Hearing Rucksack?”
Speaker: Juliette Sterkens
Most people with hearing loss will say they can hear just fine but that they have difficulty understanding speech, particularly in background noise, watching TV or while attending religious services, a lecture or theater performances even when using the most modern, up-to-date hearing aids. This lecture will go beyond hearing aids and will help you become an informed consumer to get the hearing care and technology from the VA that will work for you.
Juliëtte Sterkens is the HLAA Hearing Loop Advocate and professional advisor to HLAA on Hearing Loop Technology.
Register at https://hearingloss.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvd-CsqDwoGtSVn_cj_-_0z-ILml_2RRLt
Wednesday November 18: 4:00 – 5:30 pm (Eastern Time)
HLAA Plymouth Chapter virtual meeting
“A Life in Music Lost and Found”
Speaker: Betty Hauck
Betty Hauck, who was supposed to perform with the violin and viola for our chapter at the Plymouth Public Library, on March 18, 2020 (just before the pandemic started), will be talking A LIFE IN MUSIC LOST & FOUND: My Journey as a Musician with Hearing Loss. Betty was featured in an NPR story about musicians and hearing loss, which was reprised as a favorite story of 2018.
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/04/17/classical-musicians-hearing-loss
Contact Sandy Spekman (sspekman@gmail.com) to request the link.
Saturday December 5: 4pm (Eastern Time)
HLAA Boston Chapter (Hear at Boston) virtual meeting
“Holiday ‘HAT’ Check”
Tools to help you live with hearing loss – bring and share a favorite device that helps you with safety, stress, and relates to hearing loss.
Join Zoom Meeting at https://newton-k12-ma-us.zoom.us/j/83583808626
HLAA Virtual Meeting Recordings
You can view recordings of past Hearing Loss virtual meetings at: https://www.hearingloss.org/hearing-help/communities/hlaa-national-virtual-meetings/
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Open Chapter Meetings
When: Repeats: Monthly on the third Thursday, 18 times
Thursday, 19 November 2020
1:00pm to 2:00pm – Eastern Standard Time
Where:
Oklahoma City, OK
Organizer: Central OK Chapter okhearingloss@gmail.com 4056405152
Description:
Come Zoom with OKC! Our amazing monthly meetings have gone virtual and we hope to be a helpful online resource during this difficult time. Each month we host informative lectures and Q&As on a variety of hearing loss topics. We keep it pretty casual because hearing loss is real and we should be too. We meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 12-1:00pm Central Time. (11:30-12:00 meet and greet)
EMAIL ANA at okhearingloss@gmail.com for your invitation which you are welcome to share privately with your chapter (just don’t post it online) as well as anyone with two ears We love visitors so see y’all there!
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Jonathan O’Dell: Why You’re Losing It and Why What You Don’t Know May Hurt You.
This is a virtual meeting presented by Jonathan O’Dell about our hearing: Why You’re Losing It and Why What You Don’t Know May Hurt You.Friday, October 16, 2020, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, ET |
Are you struggling with hearing loss, or is a family or friend struggling with hearing loss? Jonathan O’Dell, assistive technology manager and training specialist at Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, discusses cochlear implants, assistive listening devices, movie theater access, Bluetooth streaming, amplified and captioned phones, applicable laws for communication, and making your home accessible.
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Brought to the Cary Library in partnership with the Lexington Senior Services. Closed Captioning will be provided by CART.
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Please register for this meeting and you will receive the program link in the confirmation and reminder notices – please check your spam folder for the emails and scroll to the bottom for the link. This program will be recorded with permission and we will upload it to our YouTube channel.
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Below is the registration link.
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When you register, a link to join the meeting will be sent to you.
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Contact us at caryprograms@minlib.net with any questions.
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Sponsored by the Cary Library Foundation.
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A Life in Music: Lost and Found – Worcester TV
Worcester Television will be broadcasting this presentation on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 4:00 pm. Also, Thursday, October 8th at 10:00 am, Friday, October 9th, at 6:00 pm, Saturday, and October 10th at 1:00 pm. Community TV, Channel 192. Sponsored by the Worcester Senior Center
My Journey as a Musician with Hearing Loss
A “Talk and Play” presentation
by Betty Hauck, viola and violin
For 50 years, Betty enjoyed a rich and rewarding career as a professional violist—until the day she realized that she had to retire because of progressive hearing loss. For three years, she completely turned her back on music. In this “Talk & Play” presentation, she will tell the story of how various twists and turns led her back into sharing the joy of music while educating and advocating for those with hearing loss. Her talk will be punctuated by short musical selections on both violin and viola.
Highlights of Betty’s career include performing for the Kennedys at the White House, playing in a string quartet with Yo-Yo Ma and, as a founding member of the Apple Hill Chamber Players, touring the Middle East annually, performing and teaching young Palestinian and Jewish music students.
Betty was recently featured in an NPR story about musicians and hearing loss:
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/04/17/classical-musicians-hearing-loss
Contact: bettiola@comcast.net
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