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2011 October

Our Rights, Responsibilities,

and Resources!

Hard of Hearing People;

a group likely to experience communication challenges.

Round table discussions about our experiences; our rights, responsibilities, and resources.

Become educated and advocate on your own behalf

as well as for others that you may never meet.

Check out these important links:

Education:Are you being compared, judged, and graded againstyour hearing peers. Do you know that you can ask for accommodations to help you hear and understand better? Do you know what those accommodations are?

Click here: ADAeducation

Entertainment: We all love to be entertained whether it's at the movies, theatres, or even TV's. Did you know that accommodations are already in place for you and there's more to come. What are your experiences?

Click here: ADApublic

Emergencies. We are challenged daily in our ability to hear and understand under normal circumstances, what have your experiences been in an emergency type situation or a hospital stay, etc. What are your rights, and what are your responsibilities?

Click here: ADArequirements

Employment: In our jobs we can be challenged to hear and understand on the telephone, in meetings, or even conversations during lunches. Have you been overlooked for promotions, etc. How have you coped so far, do you know what your rights are?

Click here: ADAemployment

Plus:http://www.hearingloss.org/content/workplace

Equal Access in Courts: From traffic school, to court dates, or jury duty. Although required by law courts must accommodate our hearing needs, but what have our true experiences been. Do you know your rights, do you know what accommodations you can ask for?

Click here: ADAcourts

Equipment: Come and learn the various listening systems and devices for accommodating our various hearing needs. Example; the difference between the FM, Infrared and loop systems. Captioning; open and closed. Alerting device and more.

Under Herb's Hat

Hearing Assistive Technology. Co-chairman

Read Herb's special article:

Click here: What's Up, Doc?


Sign up for this

spectacular event now!

GET MOTIVATED

BUSINESS SEMINAR!

Click here:

Get Motivated


Hearing Loss Association

of California

www.hearinglossca.org

2012 State Conference

http://hearinglossca.org/state-conference

February 17-18

Oakland, CA

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Get your raffle tickets here!

$1 -1 ticket or 6 -$5.

Grand Prize: $500. cash

Need not be present to win.

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Want to make a difference?

HLA CA Board of Trustees applications being accepted.


Hearing Loss Association of America

2012 National Convention

June 21-24

Rhode Island

Be an HLAA member today!

By hard of hearing people

for hard of hearing people.

www.hearingloss.org

ELECTIONS! We will be holding nominations and elections: Yes, it's that time of year. Please nominate yourself or someone you know that would enjoy helping our chapter grow. Working together we can make a difference. Nominations so far:

___ Steering Committee Leader - Lorraine Fanizza

___ Steering Committee Co-Leader

___ Steering Committee Treasurer (acting) Herb Balkind

___ Steering Committee Secretary; Recording

___ Steering Committee Secretary; Corespondance

___ Room set up and break down.

___ Happy Greeter - Front Entrance - Marilyn Hoppe

___ Sign in Coordinator works closely with PAL.- Harriett Porch

___ PAL Coordinator - FM Receivers. - Linda Williams

___ New member coordinator - Toni Barrient

___ Program coordinator.

___ Newsletter coordinator.

___ Special Events coordinator

___ Advertising coordinator - Toni Barrient

___ Hospitality coordinator.

___ HLAA Information Chair

___ HLA CA information Chair

___ HAT Committee Chair - Herb Balkind

___ Veteran's Chair

___ Emergency Laison Chair - Harriett Porch

___ Other

Email me today at:Lorraine.Fanizza@HearingLossSCC.org

National

Young Adults Discussion Group

Hearing Loss Association America

Launches New Initiative for

(Ages 18-35)

HLAA Member Zac La Fratta

moderates the discussions..

HearingLossNation

Hearing Loss

Young Adults Group

(Ages 18-35)

Orange County, CA

rachel.m.mccallum@gmail.com