Convention 2015 Program Guide - Hearing Loss Association of

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CELEBRATING
35
YEARS
ST. LOUIS UNION STATION HOTEL
St. Louis, Missouri • June 25 – 28, 2015
www.hearingloss.org
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome Letter from Opeoluwa Sotonwa, LL.M, Executive Director,
Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing....................................................... 5
Welcome Letter from Anna Gilmore Hall, HLAA Executive Director.......................................... 6
Schedule-at-a-Glance............................................................................................................................ 7
Educational Workshop and State/Chapter Development Workshops
Schedules for Thursday, Friday, Saturday..........................................................................................10
Demo Room Schedule for Thursday, Friday, Saturday....................................................................13
Special Meetings of Interest
CONVENTION
REGISTRATION
HOURS
Convention Registration, along
with the Information Booth, is
located in the Depot Registration
Office (see floor plan).
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
National Association of State Agencies of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NASADHH)...........16
Board of Trustees and Annual Business Meetings...................................................................16
Newcomers Orientation................................................................................................................16
THURSDAY, JUNE 25 and
Network of Consumer Hearing Assistive Technology Trainers (N-CHATT)......................16
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Florida State Social.......................................................................................................................16
8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Board of Trustees Open House...................................................................................................16
New York State Happy Hour.......................................................................................................16
Texas State Meeting......................................................................................................................16
General Information
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Banquet Seating............................................................................................................................18
Book Signings – Katherine Bouton and Gael Hannan............................................................18
Bulletin Board...............................................................................................................................18
Communication Access/Assistive Listening Devices Used at Convention..........................18
Continuing Education Units (CEUs).........................................................................................18
Donations to Rocky and Ahme Stone Endowment Fund.......................................................18
EXHIBIT HALL
HOURS
Flash Drives (Sponsored by Cochlear)......................................................................................18
The Exhibit Hall is
Information Booth (Sponsored by CEA Foundation).............................................................19
located in the Midway.
Lost & Found ...............................................................................................................................19
Mobile Convention App and Play to Win
(Sponsored by CTIA – The Wireless Association®)................................................................19
Photo Booth (Sponsored by Advanced Bionics)......................................................................19
Social Media..................................................................................................................................19
Thank You Volunteers, CART Providers...........................................................................................20
Convention 2015 Individual Donors.................................................................................................21
Convention 2015 Sponsors.................................................................................................................22
Exhibit Hall Floor Plan........................................................................................................................24
Exhibitors Listed Alphabetically........................................................................................................25
Exhibitors with Company Description..............................................................................................26
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
National Association of State Agencies of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing....................................35
All-Leaders Chapter Building Workshop..........................................................................................35
State Chapter Coordinators Workshop.............................................................................................35
State Organization Workshop.............................................................................................................35
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SUNDAY, JUNE 28
8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Noon – 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
CONVENTION
REGISTRATION
HOURS
Convention Registration, along
with the Information Booth, is
located in the Depot Registration
Office (see floor plan).
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25 and
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Board of Trustees and Annual Business Meetings...........................................................................36
Exhibit Hall Grand Opening (Sponsored by AT&T).......................................................................36
Newcomers Orientation........................................................................................................................36
Demo Room Presentations with Descriptions.................................................................................36
State/Chapter Development Workshops with Descriptions...........................................................37
Educational Workshops with Descriptions.......................................................................................37
Opening Session (Keynote speaker, Charles Laszlo, Ph.D.)...........................................................40
Get Acquainted Party (Sponsored by CaptionCall)..........................................................................40
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Symposium: Employment Issues for People with Hearing Loss........................................................42
8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
EXHIBIT HALL
HOURS
Educational Workshops with Descriptions .....................................................................................46
Route 66 Rivalry: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium
(Sponsored by Sprint CapTel).....................................................................................................47
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
Educational Workshops with Descriptions.......................................................................................50
Rocky Stone: Operation 35 Banquet (Sponsored by Contacta)
The Exhibit Hall is
Presentation of the Rocky Stone Humanitarian Award..........................................................53
located in the Midway.
Official Announcement – Convention 2016.............................................................................53
Announcement of Mobile Convention App Play to Win Prize Winners..............................53
Entertainment by Kathy Buckley................................................................................................53
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Noon – 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
Worship Service....................................................................................................................................54
Awards Breakfast and Ceremony (Sponsored by CapTel Captioned Telephone).........................55
About HLAA Awards...........................................................................................................................57
Walk4Hearing.......................................................................................................................................60
Join HLAA.............................................................................................................................................61
Board of Trustees, Professional Advisors, Staff and National Office Volunteers.........................62
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WELCOME LETTER FROM OPEOLUWA SOTONWA
WELCOME LETTER FROM OPEOLUWA SOTONWA
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WELC OME CONVENTION
TO
The Year of the Thirties
WELCOME LETTER FROM ANNA GILMORE HALL
Welcome to St. Louis! HLAA, founded by Rocky Stone as Self Help for Hard of
Hearing People, has been helping people live successfully with hearing loss since
1979. On Saturday evening, we will celebrate and toast our 35 years at the Rocky
Stone: Operation 35 Banquet.
After bringing people together in a hearing-friendly convention for 30 years (the
first one was held in Chicago in 1984 and the second one in 1986 in Palo Alto,
California), you would think our conventions could not get any better. Surprise!
Over these 30-plus years, we know even more about hearing loss and hearing
assistive technology has developed so rapidly that having a hearing loss in 2015
means there are more options for people than there were 35 years ago.
Here, at the HLAA Convention, you have everything under one roof to leave you
inspired and filled with new ideas. And, it’s not just about what you will learn or discover,
it’s the people you will meet in these four days – people who understand your hearing
loss in a place where it’s okay not to hear well. It doesn’t get any better than this.
If this is your first HLAA Convention, I extend an invitation to go to the Newcomers
Orientation on Thursday, June 25 (12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.). Take advantage of the
networking opportunities and advice from some of our long-time members about the
best ways to take advantage of all the Convention has to offer. If you are one of our longtime convention veterans and this is your tenth or even 30th convention, thank you for
your continued support and enjoy reuniting with friends from across the country.
This convention would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of
many people. Our staff and volunteers have been working hard to make this event
in St. Louis a wonderful experience. Our appreciation goes to the companies that
generously sponsor and support this event. Without their backing, it would be
impossible to provide this kind of quality convention for our attendees. A special
thanks and appreciation go to the technology and CART teams that coordinate
the assistive listening technology and provide captioning for our sessions. We are
blessed to have outstanding experts as workshop speakers. We can count on them
to share their knowledge and expertise and provide us with the latest information
which makes our convention a place of unparalleled learning.
Finally, thanks to all of you – our members – for making the journey to St. Louis
and participating in the HLAA Convention. It is your commitment, dedication and
boundless enthusiasm that ensures that HLAA Conventions are truly an enriching
experience. We have something for everyone, regardless of your age or level of
hearing loss. You might have some difficult choices to make!
Enjoy every minute of your time here. It is going to be an unforgettable experience
for me, and for all of us!
Anna Gilmore Hall
Executive Director
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SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE
All sessions will take place at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel with the exception of the St. Louis Cardinals game at Busch
Stadium. Registration badges must be worn to attend all sessions and to visit the Exhibit Hall (free ‘Exhibit Hall Only’ passes are
available at the Convention Registration Desk).
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Exhibit and Attendee Registration Open
Depot Registration Office
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
National Association of State Agencies
Regency C
of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
All-Leaders Chapter Building Workshop
Regency A
6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
State Chapter Coordinators Workshop
Regency A
6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
State Organization Workshop
Regency C
8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
9:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
HLAA Board of Trustees and
Regency A
Annual Business Meetings
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Grand Opening
Sponsored by AT&T
(Midway Exhibit Hall open until 5 p.m.)
The Midway
12:15 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Demo Room Presentation by
CapTel Captioned Telephone
Midway Suites III & IV
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Newcomers Orientation
Regency C
1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Demo Room Presentation by Phonak, AG
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
N-CHATT – Network of Consumer Hearing Assistive Technology Trainers Meeting
Midway II
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Grand Ballroom B
Regency C
Regency B
Grand Ballroom C
Regency A
2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Demo Room Presentation by
Wireless RERC and AT&T
3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Demo Room Presentation by Oticon, Inc.
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Educational (4 tracks) and
State/Chapter Workshops (see list of rooms above)
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Educational Workshops (4 tracks)
1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Advocacy
Assistive & Other Technology
Hearing Aids & Cochlear Implants
Relationships & Communication
State/Chapter Room Workshops
4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Demo Room Presentation by Advanced Bionics
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Opening Session featuring keynote speaker
Charles Laszlo, Ph.D. delivering Advances,
Obstacles and Solutions in a Changing World
Grand Ballroom D - F
8:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Get Acquainted Party
Sponsored by CaptionCall
Grand Hall
8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
9 a.m. – Noon
Symposium: Employment Issues for People
with Hearing Loss moderated by
Valerie Stafford-Mallis, HLAA Board of Trustee
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Open
The Midway
Noon – 12:45 p.m.
Demo Room Presentation by HyperSound
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Book Signing: Living Better With Hearing Loss: A Guide to Health, Happiness, Love, Sex, Work, Friends... and Hearing Aids
by Katherine Bouton
Demo Room Presentation by Phonak AG
The Midway (near
booths 306 and 311)
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Advocacy
Grand Ballroom B
Regency C
Regency B
Grand Ballroom C
Regency A
2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Demo Room Presentation by Advanced Bionics
3 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Demo Room Presentation by ZPower, LLC
3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Educational (4 tracks) and
State/Chapter Workshops (see list of rooms above)
4 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Demo Room Presentation by Cochlear
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
HLAA Board of Trustees Open House Foyer A (near Regency)
5:30 p.m. Board buses for Route 66 Rivalry: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium (buses will shuttle until everyone who wants to ride the bus are at the stadium; walking
and Metro are the easiest ways to get to Busch Stadium)
Sponsored by Sprint CapTel
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SATURDAY, JUNE 27
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
8:45 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Advocacy
Grand Ballroom B
Regency C
Regency B
Grand Ballroom C
Regency A
Exhibit Hall Open
The Midway
9:15 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Demo Room Presentation by Sprint CapTel
10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Demo Room Presentation by Federal Relay (Sprint) Midway Suites III & IV
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Educational Workshops and
State/Chapter Room Workshops (see list of rooms above)
11:15 a.m. – Noon
Demo Room Presentation by Dogs for the Deaf
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall and Demos only (Hall closes at 3 p.m.)
Ice Cream in the Midway, Sponsored by IntriCon
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Booksigning: The Way I Hear It: A Life with Hearing Loss by Gael Hannan
2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Educational Workshops
and State/Chapter Room Workshops (see list of rooms above)
1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Demo Room Presentation by Listen Technologies
2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Demo Room Presentation by Cochlear
3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Educational Workshops and
State/Chapter Room Workshops (see list of rooms above)
7 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Rocky Stone: Operation 35 Banquet
Sponsored in part by Contacta
The Midway
(near booths 306 and 311)
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Worship Service
Regency A
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Awards Breakfast and Ceremony Sponsored by CapTel Captioned Telephone
Grand Ballroom E - F
Create your own schedule by using the mobile Convention app – just go to eventmobi.com/HLAA2015 on any
device with a browser or scan the QR code. New this year – download the app from your App Store!
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9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Thursday,
June 25
9 a.m. –
11 a.m.
Advocacy
Assistive &
Other Technology
Hearing Aids &
Cochlear Implants
Relationships &
Communication
State/Chapter
Development Room
Grand Ballroom B
Regency C
Regency B
Grand Ballroom C
Regency A
The Wireless Industry: Finding the Cell Phones or Mobile Devices to Meet Your Needs
Moderator: Matthew Gerst, Director, State Regulatory & External Affairs, CTIA-The Wireless Association®
Regency C
12:30 p.m. –
Newcomers Orientation - New to HLAA Conventions? Don’t miss this session!
1:30 p.m
Joan Haber
Regency C
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
1:45 p.m. –
3 p.m.
3:15 p.m. –
4:30 p.m.
Strategic Collaborations HLAA’s New
to Improve Access
Consumer Technology
Initiative and What It
Steven A. Florio,
Means to You
Moderator*
Cynthia ComptonPanelists:**
Conley, Ph.D.
• Marilyn Call
• Lisa Kornberg
• Heidi Reed
• Opeoluwa Sotonwa
• John Wyvill
What, Why and How: Perseverance to
Hearing Aids 2015
Triumph
Douglas L. Beck,
Au.D.
Brian Patrick Jensen
Aural Rehabilitation
(A.R.) for the
Consumer: What
Every Person with
Hearing Loss Should
Know
HIA Manufacturers
Panel: Technological
Advances to Address
Difficult Listening
Situations
Individuals with
Hearing Loss in an
Office Environment:
Overcoming
Communication
Barriers and
Changing Perception
Peggy Ellertsen,
M.Ed., C.C.C.-S.L.P.
How to Start a Loop
Initiative in Your
Community
Juliëtte Sterkens,
Au.D.
Andy Bopp,
Moderator
Getting the Most Out
of Facebook – The
Ultimate Community
Awareness Builder
• JoAnne DeVries
• Ed Ogiba
Communication
Strategies - How
to Engage Your
Audience
Joan Haber
Latisha
Panelists:
Porter-Vaughn
• Bill Dickinson,
Au.D., Phonak
• Annette Mazevski,
Au.D., Ph.D., Oticon
• John Nelson, Ph.D.,
ReSound
• Tom Powers, Ph.D.,
Siemens Hearing
Instrument
• Dennis Van
Vliet, Au.D.,
Starkey Hearing
Technologies
Strategic Collaborations to Improve Access
*Moderator: Steven A. Florio, President of the National Association of State Agencies of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and
Executive Director of the Rhode Island Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
**Panelists: Marilyn Call, Division Director, Utah Division of Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Heidi Reed,
Commissioner, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Lisa Kornberg, Executive Director, Maryland
Governor’s Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Opeoluwa Sotonwa, Executive Director, Missouri Commission for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing, John Wyvill, Executive Director, Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
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WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Friday,
June 26
9 a.m. –
Noon
Advocacy
Assistive &
Other Technology
Hearing Aids &
Cochlear Implants
Relationships &
Communication
State/Chapter
Development Room
Grand Ballroom B
Regency C
Regency B
Grand Ballroom C
Regency A
Symposium: Employment Issues for People with Hearing Loss
Moderator: Valerie Stafford-Mallis, Vice Chairperson of the HLAA Board of Trustees; Business Development
Manager, Alternative Communication Services
Panelists:
• Lori Golden, Abilities Strategy Leader, Ernst & Young, LLP (EY)
• Lise Hamlin, HLAA Director of Public Policy
• Brian Patrick Jensen, Director of Emerging Markets, Communication Services for the Deaf, Inc.
• Barbara Johnson, IT Project Manager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Becky Montgomery, Senior Content Developer, Microsoft
• Bob Vetere, Senior Workplace Accommodation Specialist, Northrop Grumman
Grand Ballroom D-F
1:30 p.m. –
2:45 p.m.
Avonne Bell, Esq.,
Moderator
Age 65 Plus:
Cochlear Implant
Candidacy and
Outcomes
• Teresa Zwolan, Ph.D.
• Donna Sorkin, M.A.
• Ann Liming
How the Hearing
Loss Revolution
and its Nine
Guiding Principles
Empowers People
with Hearing Loss
Pat Dobbs
Panelists:
• David Dougall,
Blackberry
• Heather Dowdy,
Motorola Mobility
• Anthony
Jasionowski,
Panasonic Corp. of
North America
3 p.m. –
4:15 p.m.
A HoH on the Road
(Traveling with
Hearing Loss)
Technology for
Success in the
Workplace
Gael Hannan
Esther Kelly
Bilateral Cochlear
Harness Your
Implant Experiences Hearing Loss
Superpowers
Wayne L. Roorda,
(Amaze with
Moderator
Your Gifts!)
Panelists:
• Jason Anderson
• Pat Dobbs
• Howard Samuels
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Angie L. Fuoco,
MPH, CPH
How to Plan a
Major Community
Event to Expand
Your Mission,
Awareness and
Source of Funds
• JoAnne DeVries
• Ron and Jean Haynes
• Art Matlock
How to Run a Rap
Session to Fully
Support Your
Members
Joan Haber
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Heroes with Hearing Making an
Loss: A Conversation Informed Decision
with Veterans
When Purchasing
a Hearing Aid
Master Sergeant
Compatible (HAC)
Sean Lehman
Mobile Handset
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Saturday,
June 27
8:45 a.m. –
10 a.m.
Advocacy
Assistive &
Other Technology
Hearing Aids &
Cochlear Implants
Relationships &
Communication
State/Chapter
Development Room
Grand Ballroom B
Regency C
Regency B
Grand Ballroom C
Regency A
Gallaudet’s Peer
Smartphones:
Mentoring Program: Hearing Assistive
Benefits and Future Technology
Directions
Perry C. Hanavan,
• Larry Medwetsky, Au.D.
Ph.D.
• Matthew Bakke,
Ph.D.
• Mary Garvert
10:15 a.m. – Owning Your
11:30 a.m. Hearing Loss
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
• Maureen Fischer,
M.S. CCC-A
• Saneta Thurmon,
M.A. CCC-SLP/A
Best Practices and
What Patients Should
Ask When Purchasing
Hearing Aids
Michael Valente,
Ph.D.
Hearing Restoration Me and My
Beyond Amplification Audiologist: How to
Become Partners for
• G. Robert Kletzker, Better Hearing
M.D.
• Richard M. Hogan, • Barbara Johnson
MS, CCC-A
• Ann-Marie
Hennessey, Au.D.
Untreated Hearing
FUNdamentals of
Loss: Effects on
Loop Fundraising
Physical, Cognitive,
and Social Well Being • Juliëtte Sterkens,
Au.D.
Lyndsey Nalu, Au.D., • JoAnne DeVries
CCC-A
• Cheri Perazzoli
Managing Your
Hearing Loss with a
Smile
Rose Aird
Minette, M.A.
How to Start,
Revitalize or
Energize Your
Chapter
Ed Ogiba,
Moderator
11:30 a.m. – Exhibit Hall & Demos Only – this is a special (and fun!) time to spend some time exploring the latest technology
and services for people with hearing loss in the Midway Exhibit Hall. The Demo Room is located in the Midway
1:30 p.m.
Suites III & IV, just off the exhibit hall floor.
1:30 p.m. –
2:45 p.m.
Influencing
Behaviors and
Practices in the
Pursuit of Treatment
for Hearing Loss:
Beyond Cost, Stigma,
and Other Challenges
• Noreen Gibbens,
Au.D.
• Charlie Brown,
BC-HIS
3 p.m. –
4:15 p.m.
Job Search –
Persistence and
Creativity Pay Off
Tracey Dorr
Advocacy Training
for Hearing Access
• Mary Heron Dyer
• Sheryl Butler
Incorporating
Spouses into Aural
Rehabilitation
Therapy for Adult
Cochlear Implant
Users
Managing Hearing
Loss: Advocating
for Person-centered
Care
Joseph Montano, Ed.D.
• Christina Gabany
• Saneta Thurmon,
M.A. CCC-SLP/A
Implantable Surgery Benefits of Binaural
for Sensorineural
Stimulation with
Hearing Loss
Bimodal Devices
and Bilateral
Jacques Herzog,
Cochlear Implants
M.D.
• Lisa G. Potts,
Ph.D., CCC-A
• Jill B. Firszt, Ph.D.,
CCC-A
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Young Adults
Roundtable
Ed Ogiba,
Moderator
Panelists:
• Terry and Jim Bedard
• Zina Jawadi
• Viral Tejani
Living Well with
Hearing Loss
Vision for State and
Chapter Leadership
Samuel Trychin,
Ph.D.
Anna Gilmore Hall
DEMO ROOM SCHEDULE
All Demo Room presentations will be held in Midway Suites III & IV
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
12:15 p.m. – 1 p.m.
CapTel Captioned Telephone: Latest Technology in Captioned Telephone
Presenter: John Kinstler, CapTel Outreach Marketing Manager
1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Phonak, AG: New Products for Hearing Better in the Workplace
Presenter: Laura Baney, Business Development Manager, Audiologist
2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Wireless RERC and AT&T: Wireless Independence Now
Presenters:
Ben Lippincott, Project Director, Industry & Consumer Education and Outreach, Wireless RERC
Kendra Cox, Manager – Compliance and Outreach AT&T’s Corporate Accessibility Technology Office
3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Oticon, Inc.: Maintaining Connections with Family and Friends
Presenters:
Regina Winbush, Pediatric Account Manager
Randi R. Pogash, Manager, Clinical Studies
4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Advanced Bionics: Connect to Your World
Presenter: Julia Biedenstein, Cochlear Implant Consumer Specialist
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Phonak AG: What You Should Demand from Your Audiologist: The Solution Approach
Presenter: Hans Mülder, Director of Marketing
2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Advanced Bionics: Solutions for Hearing Your Best in Noise
Presenter: Helen Cartwright, Cochlear Implant Consumer Specialist
3 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
ZPower, LLC: Recharge Your Hearing Aid
Presenters:
Barry A. Freeman, Ph.D., Vice President of Business Development
Sara Sable-Antry, Vice President of Sales
4 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Cochlear: Hear and Be Heard – Your Partner for Life
Presenter: Sara Chinnock, Engagement Manager
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
9:15 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Sprint CapTel: Getting the Most from Your Captioned Phone Provider
Presenter: Chameen Stratton, CapTel Marketing Manager
10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Federal Relay (Sprint): Veterans and Telecommunications
Presenter: Kraig Ankiewicz, Federal Relay - Veteran/Civilian Personnel Liaison
11:15 a.m. – Noon
Dogs for the Deaf: Hearing Dog Demonstration
Presenters:
Blake Matray, President and CEO
Annette Vitello, Executive Assistent
1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Listen Technologies: Self-Advocacy Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Presenter: Andrew Glasmacher, Product Training Manager
2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Cochlear: CochlearTM Hearing Implants – Innovations for a Lifetime of Better Hearing
Presenter: Chris Koehler, Engagement Manager
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DEMO ROOM SCHEDULE
Noon – 12:45 p.m.
HyperSound: Hypersound Directed Audio Solution – Hear Every Word
Presenters:
Brian Taylor, Au.D., Senior Director of Clinical Affairs
Rodney Schutt, Senior Vice President and General Manager
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A L I F E T I M E O F I N N OVAT I O N .
YO U R PA RT N E R F O R L I F E .
Hearing implants are designed to reconnect you to the life you love.
While hearing aids help many people, they simply amplify sounds.
Unfortunately, as hearing loss progresses, sounds need to not only
be made louder, they need to be made clearer. Hearing implants
may give you that clarity.
• Upgradeable technology that gives you access to future innovation
• First and only Hybrid™ Hearing solution*
• True wireless freedom with no strings attached
• Sound processors that automatically adapt to optimize your hearing
Experience clearer sound and a lifetime of better hearing.
Visit Booth #231 to learn more.
*Hybrid Hearing is approved in the US only for use with the Nucleus Hybrid L24 Implant and adults 18 and older.
©Cochlear Limited 2015. All rights reserved. Hear now. And always and other trademarks
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Hearing Aid and Cochlear Implant Users,
Participate in a Study of Speech Comprehension on a Cell Phone
What: Study conducted by the Technology Access Program at Gallaudet University to investigate the
degree of audio quality that will lead to effective use of wireless telephones (cell phones) by people with
hearing loss.
When: Thursday, June 25 through Sunday, June 28
Each test session lasts for slightly less than one hour. You will be paid $20 for your participation.
Where: St. Louis Union Station Hotel (Convention Hotel)
Requirements for participation are:
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must be fluent in English
• Must be a daily hearing aid or cochlear implant user
• Must use the telephone (rather than TTY, Video Relay Services or Text-Based IP Relay)
regularly for most of your calls.
• Be able to pass a very brief screening for the ability to hear high frequency tones
Contact Paula Tucker at [email protected]
or 240.481.5224 if you would like to participate.
This study has been approved by the Gallaudet University Institutional Review Board.
SPECIAL MEETINGS OF INTEREST
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
SPECIAL MEETINGS OF INTEREST
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
National Association of State
Agencies of the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing (NASADHH)
Room: Regency C
The National Association of State
Agencies of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
(NASADHH) will be hosting its annual
meeting at the HLAA Convention 2015.
The agenda includes guest speaker Marcie
Roth, Director of the Office of Disability,
Integration and Coordination at FEMA, a
panel presentation on the state-of-the-art
technologies used by the deaf and hard of
hearing communities, a look at how the
Americans with Disabilities Act supports
access to these technologies, and a business
meeting. Convention attendees are
welcome to observe the meeting.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
9 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Board of Trustees and Annual
Business Meeting
Room: Regency A
Come learn what goals and priorities the
HLAA Board of Trustees has set for the
coming year.
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Room: Regency C
Moderator: Joan Haber, a former member
of the HLAA Board of Trustees, is
attending her 16th consecutive Convention.
She was the 2010 recipient of the Rocky
Stone Humanitarian Award and is very
active in the HLAA-Sarasota Chapter.
If you haven’t attended our Convention
before, we recommend you attend this
session to learn what technology is in
use in workshops and other sessions,
and how to plan your time so you get the
most out of the Convention and go home
with new knowledge and energy.
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Network of Consumer Hearing Assistive
Technology Trainers (N-CHATT)
Room: Midway Suite II
Have you participated in one of HLAA’s
previous HAT trainings? Are you
interested in becoming a consumer
trainer? A new program, the Network of
Consumer Hearing Assistive Technology
Trainers or N-CHATT, is about to be
launched! The 2015-2016 pilot program
will have some new features aimed at
helping consumer trainers become even
more competent and confident training
other consumers in the community.
At this convention, HLAA wants to
meet with past HAT trainers to solicit
suggestions and feedback as we roll out
our new program and revised course
of instruction. This meeting is also an
opportunity for applicants to learn more
about N-CHATT consumer training.
Join us for a chat about N-CHATT!
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Noon – 1:15 p.m.
Florida State Association Social
Room: Midway Suite II
All prior and current Florida residents and
spouse/family members are invited to the
Florida State Association Social. Bring your
lunch and participate in a special meet and
greet and picture-taking fun!
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
HLAA Board of Trustees Open House
Location: Foyer A (corridor outside
Regency Ballrooms)
The volunteers who serve on the HLAA
Board of Trustees are responsible for the
governance and oversight of HLAA, as
well as the long range planning we need
to achieve our goals. We are at a very
exciting time for HLAA and are poised
to take our organization to the next level.
The Board continually seeks new board
members with a diversity of skills to help
us fulfill our mission.
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If you think you might be interested in
serving on our Board, you are cordially
invited to an open house to meet current
Board members and find out more about
what is involved in Board membership.
This is also an opportunity for former
board members to stop by and meet old
friends or meet new ones.
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
New York State Happy Hour
Room: Corridor outside the Grand Hall
Market
Join fellow New Yorkers for a bite to eat
and a beverage.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Texas State Meeting
Room: Regency B
Stop in for a light breakfast and join fellow
Texans for a one-hour get together.
Custom-Trained Hearing Dogs
International Hearing Dog, Inc. rescues shelter dogs
and trains them to be Hearing Dogs. All Hearing Dogs
are certified and protected by the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
Hearing Dogs are hand delivered to your home. A trainer
will work with you at your home, work and in your
community. Each dog is custom trained for your needs.
Why receive a dog from International Hearing Dog?
Short wait list for Hearing Dogs
No cost for the dog
Works in United States and Canada
Over 1,200 Hearing Dogs placed in 36 years
Contact International Hearing Dog for more information:
www.hearingdog.org | 303.287.3277
[email protected]
Sharing the freedom
Knowing hearing loss is the number one service related injury affecting every generation
of veterans is just the beginning. Understanding how we can help our veterans overcome
the challenges of hearing loss is when the real conversation begins.
Heroes With Hearing Loss® is pleased to present...
“ Sharing the veteran hearing loss experience”
Date: June 26, 2015
Time: 1:30 – 2:45 pm
Location: Grand Ballroom B
Please join retired Master Sergeant Sean Lehman as he reveals the unique hearing loss
challenges veterans face and why they’re still fighting for the freedom they’ve earned.
MSgt Sean Lehman, USAF, Ret.
For more information about the Heroes With Hearing Loss program:
Join us: Booth 315/317 • Visit: HeroesWithHearingLoss.org
Call: 800-974-1517 • E-mail: [email protected]
Provided by Hamilton CapTel® Copyright © 2015 Hamilton Relay. All rights reserved. CapTel is a registered trademark of Ultratec, Inc.
Photo by Sgt. Reece Lodder
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Banquet Seating
Haven’t yet selected your seat for Rocky
Stone: Operation 35, the Saturday evening
banquet? Not a problem! Just bring your
banquet ticket found in your registration
packet to the banquet seating table
during the hours listed below. Volunteer
Hollace Goodman will be happy to seat
you at a great table.
Wednesday, June 24
Noon – 2 p.m.
Thursday, June 25
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Friday, June 26
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Saturday, June 27
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Book Signings
Friday, June 26
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: The Midway Exhibit Hall (near
booths 306 and 311)
Living Better with
Hearing Loss: A
Practical Guide
to Life, Love, Sex,
Work, Friends…
and Hearing Aids;
$14.99
By Katherine
Bouton
Living Better with Hearing Loss is a
practical guide to daily life with hearing
loss, from the mildest to the most severe.
Detailed information about hearing
aids, assistive listening devices, PSAP,
and where to buy them, will help the
newcomer to hearing loss as well as the
veteran, navigate the confusing world of
hearing loss technology. With anecdotes,
humor and hard-earned experience, the
author shares tips for travel, restaurants,
the workplace, love, sex and friends.
Saturday, June 27
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Location: The Midway Exhibit Hall (near
booths 306 and 311)
The Way I Hear It:
A Life with Hearing
Loss; $14.99
By Gael Hannan
Purchase
book at Harris
Communications’
booth #311.
In The Way I Hear It, Gael Hannan
explodes one myth after another about
the life with hearing loss—at any age.
Part memoir, part survival guide, The
Way I Hear It is a witty and honest
journey into life of communication
challenges: a deaf marriage proposal
(where are those hearing aids when
you need them?), pillow talk and
other relationships, raising a child, the
things we like to do, on the job, hearing
technology and bridging the gap between
consumer and professional for the best
possible hearing health care.
Aimed at people with hearing loss, their
families and friends—as well as the
professionals who serve them—The Way
I Hear It offers strategies for effective
communication, poetic reflections,
and heartwarming stories from people
she has met in her workshops and at
conferences throughout North America.
Writing in the entertaining, insightful
style that has gained her an international
following for her weekly blogs on
HearingHealthMatters.org, Gael Hannan
intertwines life’s daily frustrations with
a strong message of optimism for living
successfully with hearing loss.
Bulletin Board
See the bulletin board near the entrance of
the Exhibit Hall (near registration) to help
you find a friend or arrange a meeting. Of
course, there’s also a mobile app for this –
see more information on the next page.
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Communication Access/Assistive
Listening Devices
All sessions will have CART
(Communication Access Realtime
Translation). Sign language interpretation
is available for the Opening Session,
Symposium, Banquet and Awards Breakfast
and Ceremony. All sessions and breakout
rooms will be looped (thank you, Contacta!)
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
The educational program has been
approved for 1.45 units by the American
Academy of Audiology (the Academy).
Professionals wishing to submit for CEUs
must pick up a packet at the Registration
Desk which contains an attendance form,
assessment tool and educational program
with learning outcomes.
Donations to Rocky and Ahme Stone
Endowment Fund
Members of the founding family will be
available to accept donations to the Rocky
Rocky and Ahme Stone Endowment Fund
in the foyer of the Midway Exhibit Hall.
Each year the Fund provides at least one
scholarship to an HLAA member who
has never before attended a Convention.
Stop by and introduce yourself. Donate
$250 or more and become eligible to win
a free-formed Oak Burl Bowl handcrafted
by HLAA member Dave Welter. Drawing
to be held on Saturday, June 27th.
Flash Drives
It’s a business card. No, it’s a credit card.
No, it’s a flash drive! That’s right and you
can store up to
2GB of data on
this special item
found in your
Registration
Bag. Sponsored
by Cochlear
GENERAL INFORMATION
Information Booth
Location: Depot Registration Office
Sponsored by CEA Foundation
Not sure how to access the mobile
Convention app? Have a question about
the local area? Not sure what time a
session starts? If you’ve got a question, we
have the answer! Stop at the Information
Booth and before you know it, you’ll be
on your way!
Lost & Found
Come to the Depot Registration Office to
report a missing item or be reunited with
your belongings.
5 Fabulous Prizes:
1st Prize:
iPad Mini 3 + Case
2nd Prize:
3rd Prize:
There’s so much to
smile about! Stop by the Photo Booth,
located near booths 214 and 217, and say
“cheese!” Every attendee will receive a 4
x 6 photo – now that’s a souvenir worth
smiling about!
Social Media
Add to the Convention
conversation by
mentioning #HLAA2015 in your tweets.
Complimentary Full-
Get the live Twitter feed through the
Activity Package
for Convention 2016 in mobile Convention app. Follow @HLAA
for all the latest Convention news and
Washington, D.C. +
updates.
3 nights at the Washington Hilton
Roger Pen by Phonak
Roger EasyPen 4th Prize:
by Phonak + Roger MyLink
5th Prize: Roger Clip-On Mic
by Phonak + Roger MyLink
Download the mobile
convention app from
the following app
stores: Apple App
Store, Google Play,
BlackBerry World,
and the Windows
Phone Store; or, use
your device (i.e., smartphone, tablet,
Kindle) and go to eventmobi.com/
hlaa2015 on any device with a browser.
Create a profile so you can create your
own schedule, message other attendees,
and best of all, have a chance to win
prizes! That’s right, this year there are 5
fantastic prizes!
Photo Booth
Sponsored by
Advanced Bionics
Roger Pen products donated by Phonak AG.
The winners will be announced at the
Saturday evening banquet, Rocky Stone:
Operation 35. You do not need to be
present to win.
If you have questions or need assistance, stop
by the Information Booth or email Nancy
Macklin at [email protected].
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Like us at facebook.com/
hearinglossassociation and then share
photos and your Convention experience.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Mobile
Convention App
Sponsored by CTIA
– The Wireless
Association®
NEW THIS YEAR! Earn Points for a
Chance to Win Prizes in the Play to
Win game!
Collect as many points as possible by
checking- in with exhibitors and sponsors
in Exhibit Hall. Collect even more points
by answering trivia questions. Great prizes
will be awarded to the top 5 point leaders
(as of 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 27).
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS AND CART PROVIDERS
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS AND CART PROVIDERS
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
Thank you very much to all of the
Convention 2015 volunteers for their
hard work to help make Convention 2015
run smoothly.
Convention 2015 Volunteers
Linda Baker
Kim Boehm
Ronald Brueckner
Rex Burton
Lori Calcaterra
Elva Chiappa
George Cooley
Anna Bella D’Amico
Nancy Dietrich
Teresita Gonzales
Robert Griffith
Dan Haile
Sandy Haile
Gene Hanneke
Kathie Hanneke
Doris Haudenschield
Larry Herbert
Ted Huber
Irene Janoski
John Jun
Sherri Meine
Kathy Patrick
Stan Patrick
Carolyn Scism
David Sherman
Terri Shirley
Mary Stodden
Dianne Walters
For the 23nd year, Deanna Baker will
provide CART services for HLAA’s
Convention. Each year she also recruits
other providers and schedules to ensure
that attendees have CART/captioning in
every single workshop and session.
To honor Bob Branigin, one of two
HLAA members who has attended every
Convention (Sue Miller from Rochester,
NY is the other), Deanna established the
Bob Branigin Scholarship Fund in 2011,
and this year the fund enabled three
HLAA members to attend Convention
(two donated by Bob himself, and
the other by Deanna and CART
provider Kimberly August). See other
scholarships on page 56.
CART Providers for Convention 2015
Kimberly August
CART Captioner
Tucson, Arizona
Deanna Baker, FAPR, RMR
Realtime Captioner/Consultant
Flagstaff, AZ
[email protected]
Linda S. Hershey, RDR, CCP
CART Captioner
Chattanooga, TN
LeAnn M. Hibler, CSR, RMR, CRR
NCRA-Certified CART Provider
Joliet, IL
[email protected]
Diane J. Humphrey
Realtime Captioner/CART provider
Loveland, CO
Karyn D. Menck, RDR, RMR, CRR,
CBC, CCP
Tennessee Captioning
Nashville, Tennessee
tennesseecaptioning.com
Darlene E. Pickard, CCP, CBC, RDR
Caption Northwest, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Kathryn A. Thomas, RDR, CCP
CART Captioning Provider
St. Louis, MO
Sharon K. Vivian, CRR, CCP, CBC
Broadcast Captionist and CART Provider
South Milwaukee, WI
[email protected]
www.qualityrealtimeservices.com
Patti White, President
Good Sport Captioning
[email protected]
314.322.5823
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CART in the Demo Room
A huge thank you to Mike Cano, RMR,
CRR, CBC and CCP,
of Alternative
Communications
Services (ACS) for
providing CART for
all presentations in the
Demo Room. Visit ACS
at booth #351 in the Exhibit Hall.
HearMore Donates 3 Prizes
You might be the winner of a Reizon
Loud Ear Personal Amplifier at a State/
Chapter Development workshop! Thank
you to HearMore, Inc. for their donation
of three Reizon Loud Ear Personal
Amplifiers.
INDIVIDUAL CONVENTION 2015 DONORS
We are grateful for the generous support of Convention 2015 by the following:
Platinum Circle: $5,000 and above
Hollace Goodman
Gold Circle: $1,000 - $4,999
Anonymous
Robert Branigin
Shamai and Jeannette Kanter
Nancy Sonnabend
Maurice Wilson
TracFone Wireless
Friends: Up to $99
Floyd Nower and Judith Adams
Cherie Alvarez
Jeff Bonnell
Harold and Elizabeth Booth
Joline Burke
Virginia Clark-Wright
Jan P. Connolly
Jim and Pat DeCaro
Nancy Dietrich
Robert and Margaret Ellertsen
George Fitzgerald and
Susan Jefferies-Fitzgerald
Robert Prest and Sylvia Frank
Larry Glenn
Delbert Grover
Verla Hamilton
Mary Honomichl
Irene W. Janoski
Lois Johnson
Ann Karson
Karen Keil
Richard Little
Bea Lyons
Debbie Mohney
Bob and Janice Neidigh
John and Julie Olson
Sally O’Neil
Ed Schickel
David Sherman
Paul and Annie Stevens
Mary Stodden
Bill Strawbridge and Meg Wallhagen
Anne Taylor
Careers
without
limits.
At the core of AT&T, you’ll find diversity. After all, diversity has a real power. It’s an
investment in our present and our future. That is why we celebrate and respect the
rich culture and differences of our employees, customers, business partners, and
communities in which we do business. That is why we are proud to support the HLAA’s
efforts on behalf of all people with hearing loss.
Learn more and search for jobs at: att.jobs/nolimits
Diversity is the AT&T way of standing apart. Equal Opportunity Employer.
© 2015 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the
AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.
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INDIVIDUAL CONVENTION 2015 DONORS
Bronze Circle: $100 - $499
Dianna Attaway
Bob and Kimberly August
Scott Smith and Deanna Baker
Diana Bingham
Thomas and Kathleen Borzell
Molly Corum
Marjorie Cox
Dave Dougall
Joe and Victoria Douglas
Richard Einhorn
Mary Fredericks
Bob and Beverly Geldreich
Steven and Joan Haber
Claudia Herczog
Toni Iacolucci
David Jones
John Jun
Christine Klessig
Elizabeth Kobylak
Patricia Kricos
Louis and Cheryl Perazzoli
Harry and Marian Reyburn
Wayne and Frai Roorda
Samuel and Janet Trychin
Rosemary Tuite
Karen Utter
Elizabeth Wilson
Adelaide Zabriskie
Robert Zastrow
CONVENTION 2015 SPONSORS
Convention 2015 would not be possible without the generosity and support of our sponsors. Take a minute to thank
them when you see them in the Exhibit Hall.
Platinum
Gold
Bronze
$20,000+
$15,000
$7,500
Grand Opening and Special Reception and
Meter Board Signage
Mobile Convention App
Flash Drives
CONVENTION 2015 SPONSORS
* Use of the AT&T logo is granted under
permission by AT&T Intellectual Property.
Convention T-shirts
Awards Breakfast and Ceremony
Sign Language Interpreting
Friend
$5,000
Morning Breaks and
Ice Cream in the Midway
Get Acquainted Party
Badge Holders and Lanyards
Rocky Stone: Operation 35
Banquet and Hearing Loop Installations
Photo Booth
Silver
$10,000
Information Booth
Veteran Scholarship and Special Delivery
Veteran Scholarship
Route 66 Rivalry: St. Louis Cardinals vs.
Chicago Cubs
Registration Bags
Convention 2015 Pens
IBM, the IBM logo and ibm.com are trademarks of
the International Business Machines Corp.,
registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.
Chairperson and Executive Director’s
Reception
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ANNOUNCING HLAA’S NEW CONSUMER
TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
HLAA is delighted to announce the launching of an online community that we are currently calling the
Consumer Technology Initiative or CTI. CTI will serve as a centralized resource to meet the immediate and
growing needs of people with hearing loss – as well as their friends, families, health providers, employers
and others – to learn how current and emerging hearing enhancement technologies and strategies can offer
significant, life-changing benefits at home, at work and at play. CTI will play an important role in influencing the
hearing health care community, government and industry in being more responsive to the modern needs and
desires of people with hearing challenges.
An exciting feature of this new program is an online Product Directory where HLAA members and others can
go to find hearing assistance technologies that make it possible to:
1. Engage freely in face-to-face conversation
2. Enjoy media to the fullest extent on any platform
3. Easily understand what is being said on the phone and
4. To be aware of alerting signals necessary for a safe, convenient and independent lifestyle
LEARN MORE AND BE A PART OF THE ONLINE COMMUNITY
COME TO THE WORKSHOP
Thursday, June 25
1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Cynthia Compton-Conley, Ph.D. will present a workshop on the Consumer Technology Initiative (CTI). Come
to the workshop and learn about CTI and see a live demonstration of the Product Directory.
VISIT THE HLAA BOOTH
The Product Directory will be demonstrated at the HLAA booth in the exhibit hall. Come by the booth, learn
how to find and rate products and have fun! You will have the opportunity to enter products into the database
yourself!
CHOOSE A NAME!
Help us select a permanent name for this program that truly reflects our vision and mission of providing a
central place where HLAA members and others can learn about hearing enhancement and find vetted and rated
hearing enhancement products and services that truly help. Go to the mobile Convention app (available in your
app store or at eventmobi.com/HLAA2015) to cast your vote on a name and tag line (see Polls & Feedback on
the app menu). Voting ends July 31.
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EXHIBIT HALL FLOOR PLAN
EXHIBIT HALL FLOOR PLAN
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF EXHIBITORS
Thank you to our Convention 2015 sponsors that are listed below in red.
Additional Sponsors
CEA Foundation
CTIA-The Wireless Association®
Delta Air Lines
IBM
IntriCon
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF EXHIBITORS
Company/Organization
Booth #
Advanced Bionics.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 217
Alternative Communication Services (ACS)................................................................................................................................................. 351
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)........................................................................................................................ 342
Amplicom........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 242
AT&T.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 349
Blue Ever Blue LLC........................................................................................................................................................................................... 343
CapTel® Captioned Telephone..................................................................................................................................................................214/216
Caption First...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 337
CaptionCall.................................................................................................................................................................................................234/236
ClearCaptions.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 344
ClearSounds Communications.................................................................................................................................................................338/340
Cochlear.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 231
Contacta, Inc...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 345
Dogs for the Deaf.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 243
Ear Technology Corporation........................................................................................................................................................................... 323
Hamilton CapTel........................................................................................................................................................................................315/317
HARC Mercantile Ltd....................................................................................................................................................................................... 324
Harris Communications................................................................................................................................................................................... 311
Hawaiian Moon................................................................................................................................................................................................. 245
Hearing Loss Association of America............................................................................................................................................................ 304
Helen Keller National Center/iCanConnect.................................................................................................................................................. 357
hi HealthInnovations........................................................................................................................................................................................ 334
HyperSound....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 225
Listen Technologies........................................................................................................................................................................................... 256
MAXUM............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 230
MED-EL............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 255
Missouri Assistive Technology........................................................................................................................................................................ 254
Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing .......................................................................................................................... 357
National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)........................................................................................................................................... 237
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)................................................................................... 336
NIDCD Temporal Bone Registry.................................................................................................................................................................... 241
NOAA Weather Radio...................................................................................................................................................................................... 250
Oticon................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 226
Oticon Medical.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 228
Phonak AG......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 217
Regal Entertainment Group............................................................................................................................................................................. 306
Relay Missouri................................................................................................................................................................................................... 222
Samsung Electronics......................................................................................................................................................................................... 248
sComm................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 322
SenseArt Solutions............................................................................................................................................................................................ 331
Serene Innovations............................................................................................................................................................................................ 335
Silent Call Communications............................................................................................................................................................................ 235
Sound of Light................................................................................................................................................................................................... 325
Sound World Solutions..................................................................................................................................................................................... 239
Sprint CapTel..............................................................................................................................................................................................218/220
T-Mobile ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 223
Transcence.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 355
Verizon.........................................................................................................................................................................................................327/329
Washington University School of Medicine.................................................................................................................................................. 341
Williams Sound................................................................................................................................................................................................. 207
ZPower................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 313
LIST OF EXHIBITORS WITH COMPANY DESCRIPTIONS
A
Thank you to our exhibitors who are also sponsors of Convention 2015 – they are listed in red.
Advanced Bionics
AdvancedBionics.com
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Advanced Bionics is a global leader in
developing the most advanced cochlear
implant systems in the world. Founded
in 1993 and a subsidiary of the Sonova
Group since 2009, AB develops cuttingedge cochlear implant technology that
allows recipients to hear their best.
AB offers the most sophisticated cochlear
implant system on the market, the
HiResolution™ Bionic Ear System, with
five times more sound resolution than its
competitors, designed to help recipients
hear in noisy settings and enjoy the full
dimensions of music.
With sales in over 50 countries and a
proven track record for developing highperforming, state-of-the-art products,
AB’s talented group of technologists and
professionals from all over the world are
driven to succeed, work with integrity
and stay firmly committed to quality.
Advanced Bionics is a Friend Sponsor
of the Photo Booth. Advanced Bionics
is also a Gold Sponsor of the HLAA
Walk4Hearing.
Alternative Communication
Services (ACS)
351
Contact: Valerie Stafford-Mallis,
Business Development Manager
800.335.0911 Ext. 706
P. O. Box 278
Lombard, IL 60148
[email protected]
www.acscaptions.com
Alternative Communication Services
(ACS) is honored to support HLAA
and is a major donor to the HLAA
Walk4Hearing every year. ACS provides
the highest quality voice-to-text and
sign language interpreting services.
ACS provides remote and onsite CART,
remote and onsite text interpreting
(C-Print and TypeWell), post-production
captioning, and convention sign
language interpreting. No need is too
large or too small for ACS. We make
classes, conference calls, webinars,
meetings, conventions, videos, and TV
shows accessible. If we can hear it, we
can caption it. We deliver captions to
smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops,
and televisions. We offer services in
Spanish, French, and German. What
makes us unique is we listen to YOU and
we honor the uniqueness of every person
in the service delivery process: the client,
the service provider, and the consumer
with hearing loss. We look forward to
demonstrating to you why we are “the
Alternative.”
Mike Cano, co-owner of ACS, provides
CART for all presentations in the Demo
Room.
American Speech-LanguageHearing Association (ASHA) 342
www.ASHA.org
ASHA is the national professional,
scientific, and credentialing association
for 182,000 members and affiliates
who are audiologists; speech-language
pathologists; speech, language, and
hearing scientists; audiology and speechlanguage pathology support personnel;
and students. Audiologists specialize in
preventing and assessing hearing and
balance disorders as well as providing
audiologic treatment, including hearing
aids. Speech-language pathologists
identify, assess, and treat speech and
language problems, including swallowing
disorders.
Amplicom242
www.amplicomusa.com
Amplicom specializes in the development
of quality telecommunication products
and accessories for hard of hearing
and low vision users. Loud volume,
superior hearing aid compatibility, low
distortion and other unique features
make Amplicom products the first choice
for comfort and ease of use. Amplicom
is proud to have recently launched two
new innovative alarm clock products
and will be launching a new tablet
designed for enhanced communication.
In addition, Amplicom is working
on the development of a new website
dedicated to the deaf and hard of hearing
community. Come see our Amplified
Innovations.
AT&T349
www.att.com/aboutus
www.facebook.com/att
www.youtube.com/att
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier
communications holding company and
one of the most honored companies in
the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates
– AT&T operating companies – are
the providers of AT&T services in the
United States and internationally. With a
powerful array of network resources that
includes the nation’s largest 4G network,
AT&T is a leading provider of wireless,
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Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and
cloud-based services. A leader in mobile
Internet, AT&T also offers the best
wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S.
carrier, offering the most wireless phones
that work in the most countries. It also
offers advanced TV services under the
AT&T U-verse® and AT&T |DIRECTV
brands. The company’s suite of IP-based
business communications services is one
of the most advanced in the world.
Additional information about AT&T Inc.
and the products and services provided
by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is
available at http://www.att.com/aboutus or
follow our news on @ATT, on Facebook
at http://www.facebook.com/att and
YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/att.
© 2015 AT&T Intellectual Property.
All rights reserved. 4G not available
everywhere. AT&T, the AT&T logo
and all other marks contained herein
are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual
Property and/or AT&T affiliated
companies. All other marks contained
herein are the property of their respective
owners.
AT&T is a Platinum Sponsor of the
Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and Meter
Board Signage.
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NEW EXHIBITOR
Blue Ever Blue LLC
www.blueeverblue.com
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Blue Ever Blue manufactures affordable
HDSS in-ear earphones that when
used with a smart phone and a hearing
assistance application, are incredibly
effective and clear at restaurants, theaters,
meetings, and movies. Even without the
application they provide remarkable
clarity for listening to radio programs,
books, videos on the computer, etc.
HDSS sound technology distinguishes
itself from conventional sound
technologies in its patented ability to
prevent the heat build-up in the speaker
enclosure by creating a dynamic volume
area which allows heat and pressure to
remain constant within the enclosure.
Blue Ever Blue is committed to bring this
exciting new technology to the hard of
hearing community. Please stop by our
booth and “give a listen.”
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• Streaming to Mobile Devices
• Transcription, Time-Coding, &
Captioning of Video and Audio Files
• Worldwide Availability of Services
24/7/365
www.captel.com
Caption First is certified as a small,
woman-owned, disability-owned business.
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Telephone214/216
No matter what you are most
comfortable with, there is a CapTel
phone for you! There are even apps to
enjoy CapTel captions on your cell phone
or mobile device.
CaptTel Captioned Telephone is a
Platinum Sponsor of the Awards Breakfast
and Ceremony. CapTel Captioned
Telephone is also the exclusive 10th
Anniversary Sponsor of the HLAA
Walk4Hearing.
Caption First
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Contact: Sharaine Rawlinson Roberts
800.825.5234
[email protected]
www.captionfirst.com
www.facebook.com/captionfirst
Caption First has been a leader in providing
communication access for people who
are hard of hearing, Deaf, or whose
native language is not English, since
1989. By providing the highest quality
CART (Communication Access Realtime
Translation) and captioning services, we have
revolutionized the delivery and availability
of realtime text through instantaneous
translation of the spoken word.
From our full-time staff, to our pool of
over 50 captioners, we strive to meet all
of your speech-to-text communication
needs. Caption First is known for its
large-company capabilities delivered with
small-company attentiveness.
Look to Caption First for:
• Remote or Onsite CART or Captioning
• Webinar Captioning
CaptionCall®234/236
877.557.2227
www.CaptionCall.com
Life is calling
CaptionCall is a revolutionary telephone
for anyone who has difficulty hearing on
the phone. Hearing loss affects millions
of Americans for many different reasons
such as age, illness, injury, loud working
conditions, and military service. It does not,
however, have to limit the quality of their
phone conversations. CaptionCall makes
it easy to communicate confidently with
friends, family and colleagues by phone.
Similar to captioned television,
CaptionCall communication assistants
use voice recognition technology to
quickly provide written captions of what
callers say on a large, easy-to-read screen.
Plus, CaptionCall offers exceptional
sound quality with amplification and
customizable audio settings to match an
individual’s unique hearing loss.
The CaptionCall phone, combined with
free captioning service and our redcarpet service (free delivery, installation,
in-home training by a friendly
CaptionCall Trainer, and ongoing
customer support) enables people to use
the phone again with confidence.
CaptionCall is a Platinum sponsor of the
Get Acquainted Party.
ClearCaptions344
www.clearcaptions.com
What is ClearCaptions’ Ensemble?
ClearCaptions provides text of phone
conversations for people with hearing
loss. Certified as a caption telephone
provider by the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), ClearCaptions offers
an innovative suite of communication
services on a variety of platforms,
including personal computers, mobile
devices and home phones. Ensemble is
a captioned phone that displays text of
conversations in near real-time on a large
color touchscreen while also amplifying
voice so users can see and hear what
callers are saying. Whether it’s at home or
at work, Ensemble helps ensure that you
get the whole conversation.
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1743 Quincy Avenue, #143
Naperville, IL 60540
800.965.9043
www.clearsounds.com
www.facebook.com/ClearSounds
www.twitter.com/ClearSounds
Welcome to ClearSounds Communications,
a passionate, women-owned familyrun company with a 30+ year history of
dedication to advanced hearing solutions.
By designing, engineering,
manufacturing, marketing, selling
and distributing a complete line of
communication, sound enhancement
and audio products, ClearSounds
is leading the way in cutting-edge
technology for individuals with mildto-moderate hearing loss and anyone
seeking a remarkable sound experience at
home, in the office or on the go.
From Bluetooth solutions like the
Quattro 4.0, QLink, QH2 and A1600BT
to traditional amplified telephones like
the A400, A500, CSC500 and CSC1000,
ClearSounds’ high standards of quality
help to guide our mission of getting
Better Sound in Every Ear.
Cochlear Cochlear.com/us
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Cochlear is the global leader in
implantable hearing solutions. It has a
dedicated global team of more than 2,700
people who deliver the gift of sound
to those with hearing loss in over 100
countries. Its vision is to connect people,
young and old, to a world of sound by
offering life enhancing hearing solutions.
The Cochlear promise of “Hear now.
And always” embodies the company’s
commitment to providing its recipients
with their best possible hearing
performance today and for the rest of
their lives. For over 30 years Cochlear
has helped hundreds of thousands of
people either hear for the first time or
reconnect them to their families, friends,
workplaces and communities.
Cochlear is a Bronze Sponsor of the Flash
Drives. Cochlear is also a Gold Sponsor of
the HLAA Walk4Hearing.
Contacta, Inc.
www.contactaglobal.com
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Contacta and its trained dealers/
contractors, supply, install, and fully
support a unique and complete range of
hearing assist/loop systems. Unlike other
manufacturers, Contacta provides a full
application design service, installation
CapTel Captioned Telephone gives you
the confidence to enjoy telephone calls
knowing you’ll catch every word, every
time. Like captions on TV – for your
telephone. Only CapTel offers different
model phones to match your lifestyle. If
you prefer the comfort of a traditionalstyle telephone, try the CapTel 840i.
It has the classic look of a traditional
telephone with a large keypad and easyto-read display screen. If you love the
convenience of a touch-screen display,
try the CapTel 2400i. The tablet-style
display and helpful graphic menus make
it easy to use. Do you need larger caption
sizes? No problem! The extra-large
display screen on the CapTel 880i helps
make sure you don’t miss a word.
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support, user training, and on-going
system maintenance. We are proud to
bring clear communication to customers
in a wide range of venues from one-to-one
counter loops in shops and offices to talkthru systems to large seating areas such
as places of worship, theaters, museums,
airports, auditoriums and sports stadiums.
For everyone involved – from the service
provider, the hearing loop installer,
facility management, to people who live
with hearing loss – a Contacta hearing
loop system combines the most effective,
reliable and convenient solution.
Contacta is a Platinum Sponsor, providing
support to the Rocky Stone: Operation 35
Banquet and loop installations throughout
the Convention.
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Dogs for the Deaf
800.990.DOGS (3647)
www.DogsForTheDeaf.org
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Dogs for the Deaf is a non-profit
organization that rescues dogs from
shelters, trains and places them with
qualified clients throughout the United
States with different disabilities,
challenges and needs. At the foot of
Lower Table Rock in Central Point,
Oregon is the headquarters for Dogs
for the Deaf -- the oldest hearing dog
training center in the world. Dogs for
the Deaf also specializes in Program
Assistance Dogs that are trained to go
to work with and assist professionals
such as teachers, counselors, physicians
and other health care professionals in
the treatment of (and work with) their
clients. Out of town visitors and local
residents can visit and learn more about
Dogs for the Deaf by taking a free tour of
the facility Monday thru Friday at 11 a.m.
or 1 p.m.
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Ear Technology
Corporation323
800.327.8547
[email protected]
www.eartech.com
Dry & Store – still the best technology,
quality, and value. Visit us for tips on
better hearing through better hearing
instrument care. Get your free “Please
Face Me” buttons and learn about the
award-winning DryCaddy. With Dry &
Store, you’ll dry like you mean it!
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cell phone solutions, telephones, personal
amplifiers, and TV listening. We offer a
30 day satisfaction guarantee on all our
products. Come shop our Show Sales!
Hamilton CapTel®
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Contact: Mitchell Levy
877.455.4227
[email protected]
www.hamiltoncaptel.com
For individuals who have difficulty
hearing, using a telephone is often a
challenging and frustrating experience.
Whether it’s conducting business,
speaking to doctors, making appointments
or just keeping in touch with family and
friends, an inability to communicate via
the telephone can affect almost every
aspect of a person’s day-to-day life.
Dedicated to delivering innovative
solutions that make phone conversations
simple and accessible for individuals with
hearing loss, Hamilton CapTel® makes it
possible to listen while reading wordfor-word captions of everything said to a
user on the phone – similar to captions
on television. As the call proceeds, users
listen to the extent they are able, read
captions and respond directly to the
other person. This life-changing service
is available nationwide, 24/7, and at no
cost to the user. With a variety of options
to choose from – whether a Hamilton
CapTel phone, Hamilton CapTel for PC/
Mac computers or Hamilton CapTel
for Smartphones and Tablets, users will
benefit from clarity and confidence on
every call…wherever they are.
The Heroes with Hearing Loss Program,
provided by Hamilton CapTel®, is a
program designed to raise awareness and
initiate meaningful dialog about shared
hearing loss experiences among veterans,
their families and friends. It is a platform
of engagement, providing insightful
solutions and successful lifestyle –
focused results. To learn more, visit
www.HeroesWithHearingLoss.org.
Hamilton CapTel is a Silver Sponsor
of Special Delivery and Two Veterans’
Scholarships. Hamilton CapTel is a Gold
Sponsor of the HLAA Walk4Hearing.
HARC Mercantile Ltd.
800.445.9968
www.harc.com
facebook.com/harcmercantile
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HARC® Mercantile provides the latest
in hearing assistance technology:
communications and alerting devices for
the hard of hearing and deaf; induction
loop systems; infrared TV listeners;
personal and wide area FM systems. Let us
show you what’s new in Bluetooth devices,
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Harris Communications
800.825.6758
www.harriscomm.com
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/harriscomm
Twitter: @HCMain
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Harris Communications has an
unbeatable selection of products for all
levels of hearing loss! Visit our booth
and find loop products, Bluetooth
devices, amplified phones, personal and
TV amplifiers, loud alarm clocks and
signalers as well as books about living
with hearing loss. Ask us about HLAA
show specials!
Stop by our booth for a FREE Assistive
Technology Guide! This 17-page guide is
packed with information about assistive
technology that can be used with or
without hearing aids.
Hawaiian Moon
888.256.3276
www.aloecream.biz
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Say “goodbye” to dry skin with Hawaiian
Moon Organic Aloe Cream.
Hearing Loss
Association of America 304
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200
Bethesda, MD 20814
301.657.2248
www.hearingloss.org
Twitter @HLAA
Facebook.com/HearingLossAssociation
HLAA is delighted to announce the
launching of an online community that
we are currently calling the Consumer
Technology Initiative or CTI. CTI will
serve as a centralized resource to meet the
immediate and growing needs of people
with hearing loss – as well as their friends,
families, health providers, employers and
others – to learn how current and emerging
hearing enhancement technologies and
strategies can offer significant, life-changing
benefits at home, at work and at play. An
exciting feature of this new program is an
online Product Directory where HLAA
members and others can go to find hearing
assistance technologies.
Come by the booth for a CTI Product
Directory demonstration, learn how to
find and rate products, and have fun!
You will have the opportunity to entering
products into the database yourself!
As a member of the Hearing Loss
Association of America (HLAA), you are
HealthInnovations is also a Platinum
Sponsor of the HLAA Walk4Hearing.
Helen Keller National
Center/iCanConnect357
HyperSound ClearTM offers a
fundamentally new way to deliver
sound using innovative directed audio
technology. As indicated by clinical
research, HyperSound® speakers improve
sound clarity and speech intelligibility
for individuals with hearing loss. Unlike
traditional speakers, HyperSound beams
sound to the targeted listener only and
provides an experience very similar to
wearing headphones - but without having
to wear them. Hearing care professionals
can now provide a truly unique solution
that solves what more than 80% of
patients report on their lifestyle survey as
one of the number one reasons for their
visit - wanting to hear the television better.
450 E. Park Street
Olathe, KS 66061
913.677.4562
913-227-4282 videophone
www.hknc.org
www.icanconnect.org
The Helen Keller National Center’s
mission is to help each person who is
deaf-blind to live and work in his or her
community of choice. In addition, we are
informing people about the iCanConnect
(iCC) program. The iCC provides free
access to distance communication
technologies to people with significant
combined hearing and vision loss who
meet federal income guidelines.
hi HealthInnovationsTM 334
www.hihealthinnovations.com
855.5BE.WELL (855.523.9355)
www.facebook.com/hihealthinnovations
twitter.com/hi_health
As part of UnitedHealth Group, an
organization that serves more than
75 million people and is dedicated to
“helping people live healthier lives,”
hi HealthInnovations is addressing an
important health need by increasing
access to hearing testing and affordable,
high-quality hearing aids along
with robust customer support. hi
HealthInnovations has provided a
patent-pending clinical hearing test
to many physicians, with the goal of
increasing testing and awareness of
hearing health. If hearing loss is detected,
hi HealthInnovations offers high-tech
digital hearing aids that adapt to the
user’s environment, include directional
processing, 12-gain adjustment bands,
and have a telecoil option. Every
hearing test result and hearing aid
order is reviewed by a licensed hearing
professional to ensure suitability for the
consumer. Hearing aids have a 70-day
no risk trial period, free programming
adjustments, and batteries that last most
users six months. hi HealthInnovations’
hearing professionals provide daily
hearing health/hearing aid seminars,
counseling, and aural rehabilitation over
the phone, online and in-person.
hi HealthInnovations is a Gold
sponsor of the Convention t-shirts. hi
NEW EXHIBITOR
HyperSound225
12220 Scripps Summit Drive, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92131
888.477.2150
www.hypersoundhearing.com
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Listen Technologies
256
801.233.8992
www.listentech.com
For more than a decade, Listen
Technologies has provided high-quality,
easy-to-use assistive listening products
to thousands of gathering places around
the world. Listen pushes the boundaries
of technology innovation with RF, IR and
hearing loop solutions, embraces the latest
assistive listening standards and trends, and
incorporates hundreds of refinements and
improvements based on direct feedback
from our customers. These solutions offer
you even more power to cut through the
clutter and overcome the challenges of
hearing loss, so you can experience pure,
enhanced, and personalized audio in any
setting or environment.
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NEW EXHIBITOR
MAXUM Hearing Implant 230
855.MY MAXUM (696.2986)
www.mymaxum.com
The MAXUM middle ear implant is a
revolutionary technology that provides
clear, crisp sounds to patients with
moderate to profound high frequency
sensorineural hearing loss. Unlike
cochlear implants, MAXUM does not
penetrate or damage the cochlea or inner
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ear. During the 45-minute out-patient
procedure, an otologist makes a small
incision on the patient’s ear drum and
places a tiny magnet on the middle ear
bones, without disrupting or damaging
them. The ear typically heals in a week. At
the doctor’s discretion, usually three weeks
after the procedure, a sound processor
that is worn in the ear canal is activated.
Visit Booth 230 to hear what patients
have said about the sound quality of this
revolutionary hearing solution.
MED-EL255
888.MED-EL-CI (888.633.3524)
www.medel.com
Since its founders developed one of
the world’s first cochlear implants in
1975, MED-EL continues breaking new
ground in hearing implant technology,
developing and manufacturing
innovative solutions for people with
varying degrees of hearing loss. MEDEL hearing implant systems, currently
used in 80 countries, combine the latest
scientific and engineering advances for
performance, safety, and reliability.
The revolutionary SYNCHRONY
Cochlear Implant System – which
includes the SYNCHRONY Cochlear
Implant and the SONNET Audio
Processor – is MED-EL’s latest
technological achievement.
The SYNCHRONY Cochlear
Implant delivers exceptional hearing
performance, outstanding reliability,
and unmatched MRI scanning capability
with a self-aligning magnet that doesn’t
need to be surgically removed for a
high-resolution 3.0 Tesla MRI scan. It’s
also the smallest and lightest titanium
implant available – making it the ideal
choice, even for young candidates. The
SONNET Audio Processor showcases a
water-resistant, lightweight design and is
fully compatible with all multi-channel
MED-EL cochlear implants from the last
20 years.
MED-EL also recently launched the
RONDO Audio Processor, which offers
the freedom of nothing behind the
ear with its fully integrated, cable-free
design. With the WaterWear accessory –
which has an IP 68 rating – RONDO is
waterproof and ready to go anywhere.
MED-EL is a Gold Sponsor of the
Badgeholders. MED-EL is also a
Presenting Sponsor of the HLAA
Walk4Hearing.
part of the nation’s leading organization
representing people with hearing loss.
HLAA works to eradicate the stigma
associated with hearing loss and raise
public awareness about the need for
prevention, treatment, and regular
hearing screenings throughout life. Stop
by and meet HLAA staff and learn more
about CTI and our other programs.
NEW EXHIBITOR
Missouri Assistive
Technology254
at.mo.gov
Missouri Assistive Technology strives to
increase access to assistive technology for
Missourians with all types of disabilities,
of all ages.
NEW EXHIBITOR
Missouri Commission for the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing 357
573.526.5205 (Voice/TTY)
573.415.0086 Videophone
mcdhh.mo.gov/
The Missouri Commission for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing functions as an
agency of the state to advocate for public
policies, regulations, and programs to
improve the quality and coordination
of existing services for individuals
with hearing loss, and to promote new
services whenever necessary. To these
ends, the Missouri Commission for the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing works with
individuals, service providers, businesses,
organizations, and state agencies to
improve the lives and opportunities of all
Missourians with hearing loss.
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National Court Reporters
Association (NCRA)
captioningmatters.wordpress.com
(NIDCD), part of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH), conducts and supports
research in the normal and disordered
processes of hearing, balance, taste, smell,
voice, speech, and language.
NIDCD Temporal
Bone Registry
What is the NIDCD National Temporal
Bone Registry?
A program of the National Institute on
Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders (NIDCD) of the National
Institutes of Health, the NIDCD
National Temporal Bone, Hearing &
Balance Pathology Resource Registry
is a nonprofit organization established
to provide information about temporal
bone donation and research. The Registry
also enlists people with ear disorders to
be donors of their temporal bones after
their death. The Registry arranges for
the donation, keeps records and sends
out information about scientific findings
from the temporal bone research.
NOAA Weather Radio
301.713.9478
www.weather.gov/nwr
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The National Court Reporters
Association (NCRA) created the
Captioning Matters website for
consumers of captioning services.
Captioning Matters is a resource that
helps individuals, institutions, and
organizations find CART services and
stay on top of latest developments in
the CART and captioning industry. The
ADA recognizes CART as an assistive
technology that affords “effective
communication access” via live-event
captioning – transcribing the spoken
word into readable English text using
a stenotype machine, a notebook
computer, and realtime software.
National Institute on Deafness
and Other Communication
Disorders (NIDCD)
336
31 Center Drive, MSC 2320
Bethesda, MD 20892-2323
800.241.1044
301.496.7243
[email protected]
www.nidcd.nih.gov
The National Institute on Deafness
and Other Communication Disorders
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Contact: Nicole Pelletier, Coordinator
800.822.1327
www.tbregistry.org
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NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR)
is a nationwide network of radio stations
broadcasting continuous weather information
from the nearest National Weather Service
office. NWR broadcasts official warnings,
watches, forecasts and other hazard
information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
When used along with strobe lights, bed
shakers and other accessories NWR is
a conduit for alert notification to the
hearing loss and deaf communities.
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Oticon, Inc.
[email protected]
www.oticonusa.com
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Stop by the Oticon booth to learn
about our revolutionary BrainHearing™
technology that can be personalized to
each user’s unique hearing needs and
sound preferences. Oticon hearing
solutions with BrainHearing deliver the
clearest, purest sound possible in a way
that the brain is best able to understand.
The result is better hearing with less effort
and up to 20% improvement in soft speech
understanding. Discover how you can
start enjoying the soft sounds you’ve been
missing, even in the most challenging
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listening environments. We’ll be happy
to introduce you to our newest hearing
solutions with BrainHearing, available in
a range of ultra-discreet styles including
an invisible-in-the-ear solution with
built-in wireless capabilities for streaming
audio from cell or home phones, TVs and
more. For tinnitus sufferers, new Alta2TI
features Tinnitus SoundSupport™, the
first integrated relief sound generator to
offer ocean sounds, a popular category of
sounds that have shown great promise in
decreasing tinnitus annoyance.
Oticon is a Silver Sponsor of the
Registration Bags.
Oticon Medical
888.277.8014
www.oticonmedical.com
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Oticon Medical is the manufacturer of the
Ponto bone conduction implant system,
which includes the Ponto Plus processor
with advanced wireless functionality. The
Ponto System is indicated for conductive
losses, mixed hearing losses and singlesided deafness. To learn more about the
Ponto system, stop by the Oticon Medical
exhibit during the meeting.
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Phonak AG
Contact: Hans Mülder,
[email protected]
www.phonak.com
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Headquartered near Zurich, Switzerland,
Phonak, a member of the Sonova Group,
has developed, produced and globally
distributed state-of-the-art hearing
systems and wireless devices for more
than 60 years. The combination of
expertise in hearing technology, mastery
in acoustics and strong cooperation with
hearing care professionals allows Phonak
to significantly improve people’s hearing
ability and speech understanding and
therefore their quality of life.
Phonak offers a complete range of
digital hearing instruments, along with
complementary wireless communication
systems. With a worldwide presence,
Phonak drives innovation and sets
new industry benchmarks regarding
miniaturization and performance.
Thank you, Phonak, for providing three
prizes for the Mobile Convention App’s
Play to Win game!
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Regal Entertainment
Group306
7132 Regal Lane
Knoxville, TN 37918
865.922.1123
www.REGMovies.com
NEW EXHIBITOR
Relay Missouri
www.relaymissouri.com
www.facebook.com/relaymissouri
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Relay Missouri is a service that provides
full telephone accessibility to people who
are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind,
and speech disabled. You can use Relay
Missouri to make telephone calls to
family, friends, businesses or anyone who
has a phone.
This service is private, confidential and
available when you need it; 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
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Samsung Electronics
www.samsung.com
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Samsung Telecommunications America,
LLC, (Samsung Mobile), a Dallas-based
subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co.,
Ltd., researches, develops and markets
wireless handsets, wireless infrastructure
and other telecommunications products
throughout North America.
sComm322
www.sComm.com
sComm is the manufacturer of the
Corporations and government agencies
such as Lowe’s, Walgreens, Sam’s Club,
USDA, NASA, Kaiser Permanente, the
U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army and others
are successfully using the UbiDuo to
conquer Communiphobia. The UbiDuo
is used in all 50 states, plus Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain
and Guam.
Come see us in the booth and learn
more about how the UbiDuo will benefit
your deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing
employees.
NEW EXHIBITOR
SenseArt Solutions
314.807.4678
[email protected]
www.senseartsolutions.com
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SenseArt Solutions, LLC, centered in
the St. Louis metro area, is a provider of
Assistive Listening Systems, specializing
in audio frequency induction loops.
SenseArt Solutions advocates for and
assists persons with hearing loss by
helping companies and organizations
achieve ADA audio compliance. Our
staff is trained and certified in loop
installation, testing and commissioning.
Our expertise and services are also
available on a sub-contract or consulting
basis. All Loop installations conform
to IEC 60118-4:2006 performance
standards and provide a tangible benefit
to end users.
SenseArt Solutions offers a Feasibility
Study for Loops which includes: a
complete site survey; on-site/active
testing of background EMI levels; metal
loss testing; a completed design; and a
proposal for a loop or alternate assistive
listening system solution. This study
will quantify and address any budget,
planning, or installation concerns and a
credit is given upon purchase of a loop
installation.
Serene Innovations
www.sereneinnovations.com
Serene specializes in the design,
development and manufacturing of
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assistive listening products that make
life easier for people with hearing loss
and persons with special needs. Serene’s
products include a complete line of
cordless and corded amplified phones,
telephone amplifiers, telephone loud
ringers, TV listening devices, personal
listeners, hearing aid dryer/freshener and
hearing aid vacuum cleaner, vibrating
alarm clock and watch products, wireless
notification systems and more.
Serene’s founders, George Cheung and
Peter Lee, have been in this industry
for over 30 years. They are well known
for their innovations, passion and
dedication in serving their customers.
Their inventions have won numerous
U.S. and Chinese patents. Some of their
products and designs are so widely used
that they are regarded as the standards of
the industry.
Serene Innovations, Inc. is a California
Corporation with headquarters in
Norwalk, California. Serene also has sales
& engineering offices in Hong Kong and
ShenZhen.
Silent Call Communications 235
800.572.5227 V/TTY
www.silentcall.com
Silent Call Communications was
established in 1985 and is headquartered
in Waterford, Michigan. The Silent Call
family is focused on innovation and is
devoted to quality and commitment to
your complete satisfaction.
Silent Call products are manufactured
in the U.S.A. to the highest industry
standards. They include the original
Legacy Series of 318 MHz products
as well as our Signature Series in 418
MHz for extended range, and our new
Medallion Series products that are
perfect for people who live in close
proximity of each other like apartments
and high rises. All of our products
are backed by a 30-day money-back
guarantee, and supported by a five-year
warranty on materials and workmanship.
Select Silent Call with the confidence
there are no better alerting systems,
kits and accessories available from any
source, anywhere. And that’s a promise
from our family to yours.
Stop by booth 235 and enter the prize
drawing – a prize given away each day!
NEW EXHIBITOR
Sound of Light
310.618.1151
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If your TV is difficult to hear now there’s
another solution besides uncomfortable
headphones or TV ears.
Regal Entertainment Group is a leading
motion picture exhibitor owning and
operating the largest theatre circuit in
the United States. Over the years, Regal
has led the industry in making moviegoing accessible to everyone. Through
this commitment, Regal has created
access to the movie experience for
individuals with hearing loss, or those
that are deaf, as well as those with low
vision, or are blind, at 100% of its digital
locations nationwide. Regal has done so
by equipping its theatres with modern
accessible technologies such as the Sony
Entertainment Access system. Regal
continues its efforts to improve existing
access and technologies and make certain
the movie going experience is second to
none and is available to all individuals
across the country.
next generation UbiDuo 2 face-toface communicator. The UbiDuo
communication device enables a person
with hearing loss and a hearing person
to communicate with each other face-toface without an interpreter. The UbiDuo
allows deaf or hard of hearing people to
converse with hearing people anywhere,
anytime, in professional or social settings.
The UbiDuo is empowering people
with hearing loss to seek employment
opportunities, pursue higher education,
and enjoy social situations.
Sound of Light (SOL) is a lamp speaker
with wireless technology bringing
unsurpassed quality sound. Plays loud
with ultra low distortion. SOL easily
installs in minutes inside most floor or
table lamps. Just screw the specially
designed 3” speaker into any light socket
and it disappears into the lamp shade.
Lighting, volume, and power functions
are all controlled via a remote that you
can use up to 200 feet from the receiver.
captions on a computer or tablet. On every
call, you benefit from Sprint’s more than
25 years of experience in serving people
with hearing loss. No other company has
served the hard of hearing community
longer. Trust Sprint CapTel for all your
calls and enjoy using the phone!
An SOL System and Add-on Speaker
gives you exceptional stereo sound from
your favorite lamps. Each speaker’s
volume can be adjusted individually so
you can obtain the perfect volume level.
SOL also works with iPods, MP3 players,
computers, home stereos and so much
more! Stop by for special show pricing!
Sprint CapTel is a Platinum Level sponsor of
the Route 66 Rivalry: St. Louis Cardinals vs.
Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium.
Sound World Solutions
T-Mobile US
soundworldsolutions.com
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Sound World Solutions – A Passion for
Connection.
Sound World Solutions designs,
manufactures and markets high
quality, affordable hearing devices that
help people rediscover the power of
connection – regardless of geographic
location or economic circumstance.
To succeed, we rethought every component
and accessory of the system… from how
hearing technologies are designed and
produced, to how individuals have their
hearing screened and fitted, to the delivery
and maintenance of hearing solutions
in both mature and developing nations.
The result is a line of state-of-the art,
smartphone-enabled hearing aids and
personal sound amplifiers that provide highend performance, comfort, and intuitivelyprogrammed customization at a fraction
of the cost of traditional hearing solutions
– using nothing more than a Bluetooth
connection to a smartphone or tablet.
We market our products in the United
States via respected and forwardlooking retail, e-commerce, clinical
and audiology channels. In developing
nations, we partner with global
businesses, as well as local mission-based
organizations.
Sprint CapTel
www.sprintcaptel.com
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Get the most out of your telephone
conversations! Sprint CapTel service
delivers accurate, word-for-word captions
of your phone calls, displayed while you’re
on the phone. You can hear AND read
what’s being said, taking the guesswork
and stress out of your calls. Choose from
four popular phone models, or view
See how Sprint CapTel can work for you
with a free demo at our booth during the
HLAA Convention.
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www.t-mobile.com
As America’s Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc.
is committed to offering innovative products
and services along with an outstanding
customer service experience. The company’s
advanced nationwide 4G LTE network
delivers to approximately 56.8 million
customers who are unwilling to compromise
on quality and value. Based in Bellevue,
Washington, T-Mobile US provides services
through its subsidiaries and operates its
flagship brands, T-Mobile and MetroPCS.
T-Mobile is a Platinum Sponsor of the
Chairperson and Executive Director’s Reception.
NEW EXHIBITOR
Transcense355
Transcense empowers you to understand
and participate in group conversations,
anytime, anywhere, no matter the level of
your hearing loss. Our mobile application is
an Artificial Intelligence nicknamed Ava (or
‘Audio Visual Aid’). She shows you who says
what around you, in real time. You just launch the app, and Ava connects
you to the other people in a group
discussion, through state-of-the-art mobile
and speech recognition technologies.
We’re a Berkeley-based team of engineers
and designers: hard of hearing, CODA, deaf,
and hearing, and we come from all over
the world. We’re pioneering participative
technologies because we believe that
each of us deserves to be fully part of
conversations, not just “assisted”. Featured
in renowned press (such as Forbes) and
supported by members from the hearing
loss community, we’re on a mission to bridge
your communication gaps, one conversation
at a time.
Want to meet Ava? Get an invitation to the
demonstration here: bit.ly/avameetshlaa
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Verizon327/329
www.verizonwireless.com
Come see Verizon and Verizon Wireless,
owner of the nation’s largest 4G LTE
network and largest, most reliable 3G
network, as well as our award winning
FiOS TV, Internet and phone packages
offered by the Verizon Center for
Customers with Disabilities. See handson demonstrations of how Verizon and
Verizon Wireless can work for you!
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NEW EXHIBITOR
Washington University
School of Medicine
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Cochlear Implant Program
660 South Euclid Campus Box 8115
St. Louis, MO 63110
314.362.7245
314.362.7346 Fax
Email: [email protected]
oto.wustl.edu/CochlearImplants
facebook.com/pages/Washington-UniversityAdult-Cochlear-Implant-Program
The Cochlear Implant Program at
Washington University in St. Louis began
in 1985 and consists of the Adult Cochlear
Implant and Hearing Rehabilitation
Program and St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Cochlear Implant Program. Both are
nationally recognized for expertise in
research, device programming, and
rehabilitation. Extensive experience
(approximately 1300 cochlear implant
surgeries) and patient/family focused
care allows the team of five surgeons, ten
audiologists and three speech-language
pathologists to provide: 1) excellent
pre-operative testing and counseling to
ensure realistic expectations after cochlear
implantation, 2) individualized postoperative speech processor programming
based on well-established clinical
research, 3) hearing rehabilitation for
all ages that focuses on effective device
use, communication strategies, and
improving speech understanding in
challenging listening environments, and 4)
coordinated care with birth-to-three and
school programs for children. Our thirty
years of clinical research has improved all
aspects of the cochlear implant process
and contributed to the success of our
cochlear implant recipients.
Williams Sound
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www.williamssound.com
www.facebook.com/williamssound
www.linkedin.com/company/williams-sound
www.twitter.com/williamssound
them rechargeable. Our first-of-its-kind solution uses highperformance silver-zinc battery chemistry originally developed
for NASA and the military with performance previously
unmatched for hearing aids. The ZPower Rechargeable
Solution offers 24+ hours of continuous power each day,
charges overnight, takes the place of an estimated 100
disposable batteries, and lasts a full year. No more handling
batteries, low battery warnings sounds, or disposable batteries
going to landfills. The ZPower Rechargeable batteries are fully
recyclable and are better for the environment. Enjoy easy, longlasting, green power for your hearing aid.
Williams Sound is a global designer and manufacturer of
wireless communication technology, serving personal and
professional listening needs worldwide since 1976. Williams
Sound offers products and service for such markets as hearing
assistance, language interpretation, tour, corporate, education,
government and house of worship. These systems include
Hearing HotSpot™ live audio via Wi-Fi, Digi-Loop® induction
loop, Digi-Wave™ digital communication, Personal PA® FM
listening, Portable Hearing Assistance Tour Guide, SoundPlus®
Infrared, and Hearing Helper® FM Listening.
Additional Sponsors
CEA Foundation
Delta Air Lines
Z
IBM
IntriCon
IntriCon is also a Diamond Sponsor of the HLAA Walk4Hearing.
NEW EXHIBITOR
ZPower313
Listing of participating companies does not imply HLAA
endorsement.
www.zpowerbattery.com
Hearing aid wearers can now Charge Up! The new ZPower
Rechargeable Solution for hearing aids makes it easy to
convert many new and existing hearing aids and make
ACS Proudly Supports HLAA
Visit Us at Booth 351
Our Services
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)
Remote CART Captions
Post Production Captioning
Text Interpreting (TypeWell & C-Print)
Convention Sign Language Interpreting
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CTIA-The Wireless Association®
Williams Sound is a Bronze Sponsor of Sign Language
Interpretation.
CONVENTION
2016
JUNE 23 - 26
WASHINGTON HILTON, WASHINGTON, D.C.
In conjunction with the HLAA Convention 2016, HLAA is honored to host the Congress of the International
Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH).
Highlights include:
• Outstanding educational workshops
• Research Symposium moderated by Frank R. Lin, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Geriatric Medicine, Mental Health, and Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Trade show with state-of-the-art hearing technology
• Fun social events for all ages – meet people from around the world!
More to Come
Look for updates on hearingloss.org and for the Call for Papers issued in August
(deadline: December 4, 2015).
For information about exhibits and sponsored events, contact Nancy Macklin, director of events and
marketing at [email protected] or 301.657.2248
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
hearing communities, as well as a look at
how the American with Disabilities Act
supports access to these technologies,
and a business meeting. Convention
participants are welcome to observe the
meeting.
The Hearing Loss Association of America
welcomes the National Association of
State Agencies of the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing (NASADHH).
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
This interactive session will feature
a panel of successful chapter leaders
focused at the solutions for the most
common issues and opportunities facing
chapters. All current and prospective
chapter and state leaders are encouraged
to attend.
National Association of State
Hearing
Room: Regency C
The National Association of State
Hearing (NASADHH) will be hosting its
annual meeting at the HLAA Convention
for the first time. The agenda includes
guest speaker Marcie Roth, Director of
the Office of Disability, Integration and
Coordination at the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), a panel
presentation on the state-of-the-art
technologies used by the deaf and hard of
All-Leaders Chapter Building
Workshop
Room: Regency A
6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
State Chapter Coordinators
Workshop
Room: Regency A
Moderator: Ed Ogiba, HLAA Director of
Chapter Development
This interactive session will focus on the
new support programs which HLAA
offers for coordinators and chapter
leaders, as well as to introduce a new
approach for coordinators to monitor
the overall health of their chapters to
ensure faster and more comprehensive
HLAA support. The workshop’s primary
goal is to have an open discussion on
how HLAA plans to better support
both the coordinators and chapters and
invites coordinators to share their ideas
and concerns. All new, established and
prospective state chapter coordinators are
encouraged to attend.
6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
State Organization Workshop
Room: Regency C
Moderator: Lise Hamlin, HLAA
Director of Public Policy
This interactive session will focus on
best practices for state organizations in
delivering advocacy, awareness, education
and information to their state members
and constituents. All current and
prospective state directors, officers and
board members are encouraged to attend.
Mobilizing
your impact
Imagine a community that’s fully connected.
Not just across the street, but across the globe.
A world where innovative tools and technologies
bring us closer together. We believe diversity is
the key to the future, and that the world is better
when everyone works together.
AT&T is pleased to support the Hearing
Loss Association of America and their 2015
Convention, and we’re proud to connect
people with their world.
© 2015 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Exhibit and Attendee
Registration Open
Information Booth
Volunteer Check-in
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Communication Access
Demo Room Schedule
2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.
All workshops and demo presentations
have CART (Communication Access
Realtime Translation) or captioning,
and equipped with a hearing loop. If you
do not have a telecoil, sign out a loop
receiver at the Information Booth.
Location for all Demo Room
presentations: Midway Suites III & IV
(just off the Exhibit Hall floor)
Wireless RERC and AT&T:
Wireless Independence Now
Presenters:
Ben Lippincott, Project Director, Industry & Consumer Education and Outreach, Wireless RERC
Kendra Cox, Manager – Compliance and
Outreach AT&T’s Corporate Accessibility Technology Office
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Registration Open
Information Booth
Volunteer Check-in
9:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
HLAA Board of Trustees and Annual
Business Meetings
Room: Regency A
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Grand
Opening
The Midway Exhibit Hall
(open until 5 p.m.)
Sponsored by AT&T
Join us for the ribbon cutting promptly
at Noon and then enjoy a bite to eat as
you peruse the exhibits. Have your smart
phone ready with the mobile Convention
app, the Play to Win game is on (see page
19 for details)!
SPECIAL SESSION FOR FIRST-TIMERS!
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Room: Regency C
Moderator: Joan Haber, a former member
of the HLAA Board of Trustees, is
attending her 17th consecutive Convention.
She was the 2010 recipient of the Rocky
Stone Humanitarian Award and is very
active in the HLAA-Sarasota Chapter.
12:15 p.m. – 1 p.m.
CapTel Captioned Telephone
Latest Technology in Captioned
Telephone
Presenter: John Kinstler, CapTel
Outreach Marketing Manager
Learn about the exciting new
developments in CapTel Captioned
Telephone technology designed to help
people with hearing loss enjoy telephone
conversations with confidence. Ultratec,
the inventor of Captioned Telephone
technology, shares the latest advances in
providing word-for-word captions during
telephone calls.
1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Phonak, AG
New Products for Hearing Better in the
Workplace
Presenter: Laura Baney, Business
Development Manager, Audiologist
The modern workplace can be a
complicated listening environment with
its challenging open-plan spaces, group
meetings, phone calls, noisy factory
floors, etc. It`s an environment where
employees with hearing loss may find it
particularly tough to join the discussion.
While modern hearing aid technology
does a great job of helping people
understand more, many people with
hearing loss still sometimes find it tricky
to follow what is being said—especially
when there is background noise and over
distance. That`s where advanced wireless
microphone technology comes in.
If you’ve never attended our Convention,
we recommend you attend this session
to learn what technology is in use in
workshops and other sessions, and basically
how to plan your time so you get the most
out of the Convention and you return
home with new knowledge and energy.
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The AT&T Corporate Accessibility
Technology Office and the Rehabilitation
Engineering Research Center for Wireless
Technologies (Wireless RERC) are
conducting workshops for people with
hearing loss, caregivers, and professionals
on how to use accessibility features found
on smartphones and tablets.
Wireless Independence Now workshops
are free of charge, open to the public,
and are not marketing or sales events.
Participants do not need to be AT&T
customers in order to attend.
3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Oticon, Inc.: Maintaining Connections
with Family and Friends
Presenters:
Regina Winbush, Pediatric Account Manager
Randi R. Pogash, Manager, Clinical Studies
Staying connected in today’s world is
important to most hearing aid users and
their families. We use many electronic
devices to maintain these connections.
It has been difficult for individuals with
hearing loss to use devices, such as
the telephone and television, as easily
as those with normal hearing. Oticon
ConnectLine, as well as the use of an FM
system, overcome those obstacles and
provide connections for life.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Advanced Bionics:
Connect to Your World
Presenter: Julia Biedenstein, Cochlear
Implant Consumer Specialist
All State/Chapter Workshops - Regency A
The workshop will also touch on presenting
communication strategies to the greater
community as an outreach tool. And,
finally, the workshop will touch on effective
ways to advocate for better communication
in the general population, so that all people
are exposed to constructive and productive
ways of communicating successfully with
one another.
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
State/Chapter Development
Workshops
Getting the Most Out of Facebook –
The Ultimate Community
Awareness Builder
JoAnne DeVries, President, HLAA Sarasota and Manatee Chapter
Ed Ogiba, HLAA Director of Chapter Development
Facebook can greatly broaden a chapter’s
presence in the community as 71% of
Americans are on Facebook with 50%
visiting every day. This session will provide
the tools for a new or existing chapter or state
Facebook to increase awareness, appreciation
and interest in its mission in the community.
3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Communication Strategies How to Engage Your Audience
Presenter: Joan Haber, Certified Peer Mentor, Certified Hearing Loss
Support Specialist, Board Member, HLAA Sarasota and Manatee Chapter
Developing programs around the
topic of communication strategies can
move beyond the typical PowerPoint
presentation about the dos and don’ts of
communication, such as facing a person
when speaking to that person, speaking
clearly without shouting, etc. While these
lists are endless and helpful to people,
there are more innovative ways to present
SPECIAL SESSION!
9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
The Wireless Industry: Finding the
Cell Phones or Mobile Devices to
Meet Your Needs
Room: Regency C
Moderator: Matthew Gerst, J.D., Director,
State Regulatory and External Affairs,
CTIA – The Wireless Association®
Panelists:
Mark Balsano, Executive Director, Corporate Accessibility Technology Office, AT&T
Harold Salters, Director, Regulatory Affairs, T-Mobile
Mike Ellis, National Director, Sprint Relay
Dave Dougall, Director, Accessibility and Sustainability, Blackberry
The Wireless Industry: Finding the Cell
Phones or Mobile Devices to Meet Your
Needs has been a highly rated and
attended program at HLAA’s annual
conventions since 2009. This year,
CTIA – The Wireless Association®
and member company representatives
will help attendees learn how wireless
services are impacting the way we
communicate with friends, family and
co-workers and how individuals with a
hearing loss can benefit from wireless
devices and services in 3G and 4G
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worlds. Attendees will learn how to
search for innovative wireless devices
and services that are fueling the industry
and driving today’s workforce and tips on
how to choose a hearing aid compatible
(“HAC”) wireless handset. The panel will
feature industry experts, wireless carrier
and manufacturer representatives and
individuals with hearing loss who will
share their personal wireless experiences.
1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Strategic Collaborations
to Improve Access
Room: Grand Ballroom B
Moderator: Steven A. Florio, President/
Executive Director, Rhode Island Commission
on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Panelists:
Marilyn Call, Division Director, Utah Division of Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Lisa Kornberg, Executive Director, Maryland Governor’s Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Heidi Reed, Commissioner, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Opeoluwa Sotonwa, Executive Director, Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
John Wyvill, Executive Director, Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The five panelists, who are the directors
of their state agency serving people who
are deaf and hard of hearing, will share
insights as to how they collaborate with
various organizations for positive outcomes.
The audience will learn more about state
governments’ roles and systems in addressing
the needs of people with hearing loss, ranging
from discrimination to education to training
to health care to employment to much more.
The audience will learn that state laws are
varied from state to state, and how they can
work with the state agencies to find remedies
more effectively.
Not all state agencies have the same
structure and statutes. Some state
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
The Naida CI Q70, the world’s most
advanced behind-the-ear sound
processor, features a lightweight
design, fun, fashionable colors, Phonak
Binaural VoiceStream Technology™ and
the industry’s first wireless bimodal
streaming capabilities for highperformance hearing.
communication strategies such as skits,
programs conducted by behavioral
therapists, and panels comprised of
couples who experience the challenges of
hearing loss in their relationships. This
workshop will present helpful ways to
create entertaining and thought-provoking
programs about communication strategies.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
agencies are allowed to pursue legislation
while some others are not allowed. Some
agencies are independent and selfdetermined, and some others are not.
The audience will have the opportunity
to ask questions.
HLAA’s New Consumer Technology
Initiative and What It Means to You
Room: Regency C
Presenter: Cynthia Compton-Conley, Ph.D., Director, Consumer Technology Initiative, Hearing Loss Association of America
Many exciting advances in hearing
enhancement technology are being made
every day that make it possible for people
with hearing challenges to function
independently and with dignity at home,
in the workplace and when out and
about in their communities. However,
due to complexities in the hearing
health care delivery system, finding the
right technology to meet a consumer’s
particular hearing and lifestyle needs can
be challenging. Not all providers are wellversed in hearing assistance technology.
Unfortunately, many have been taught,
incorrectly, to focus on hearing aids and/
or cochlear implants as the sole solution
to hearing difficulties. Because of this,
consumers are often left to themselves to
research technology options that can be
used in addition to hearing aids and/or
cochlear implants to hear better in noise,
on the phone, in the theater, and in many
other situations.
In response to this state of affairs,
HLAA is launching the Consumer
Technology Initiative. This innovative
program will partner with consumers,
families, educators, providers and
industry to demonstrate how current
and emerging assistive technologies
can offer life-changing and significant
qualitative benefits to a person’s life. This
presentation will provide an overview of
this new program.
What, Why and How:
Hearing Aids 2015
Room: Regency B
Presenter: Douglas L. Beck, Au.D.,
Director of Professional Relations, Oticon, Inc. and Web Content Editor, American Academy of Audiology
For many consumers, terms used by
hearing care professionals (HCPs)
and hearing aid companies such as
“noise reduction,” “directionality” and
“compression” seem ambiguous and
confusing. That is, some of these terms
seem familiar and have intuitive or
common meanings – but these intuitive
or common meanings might not apply
directly to hearing aid technologies. Of
course, many consumers simply want
to place hearing aids in their ears to
“fix” their hearing loss, just like wearing
glasses to correct vision. Indeed, for most
of us, visual correction is just a matter
of magnification, or simply making
images larger. Unfortunately, hearing loss
correction is rarely as simple as making
things louder. In fact, for many people,
loudness is not the primary hearing
deficit. Most often, the primary complaint
is “clarity” (specifically hearing clearly
in background noise) and that problem
(clarity) isn’t going to be remedied by
simply making things louder.
Hearing loss usually takes many years to
occur. As hearing worsens, many other
changes in the ear (multiple distortions)
and brain (neural plasticity and reduced
processing speed) occur, all of which
make it difficult to hear and listen.
Fortunately, modern hearing solutions
involve technology and strategies which
help the consumer hear (i.e., having
an awareness of sound) and listen
(i.e., making sense of sound). In this
presentation, we will address and define
the most common hearing aid terms and
offer solutions and strategies which work
to better enable people with hearing loss
to hear and listen in difficult listening
situations, such as in small groups,
restaurants, while using the telephone,
while watching TV, and one-on-one.
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Questions are welcomed throughout the
presentation and an extensive question
and answer period will be provided.
Perseverance to Triumph
Room: Grand Ballroom C
Presenter: Brian Patrick Jensen, Director
of Emerging Markets, Communication Service for the Deaf, Inc. (CSD);
motivational speaker and training consultant
Five years ago, Brian Patrick Jensen
suffered sudden and profound hearing
loss at the height of his successful
business career as corporate executive
and leadership training consultant.
Devastated and looking for answers,
Brian became fascinated with the study of
personal resilience and the dynamics of
perseverance over life-changing setbacks.
The subject quickly emerged as Brian’s
most popular presentation, including
business leaders, self-help audiences and
advocacy groups. Pragmatic, behaviorbased and peppered with hands-on
application exercises, Perseverance to
Triumph combines heartfelt inspiration
with practical action steps to increase
personal resilience and emerge stronger
through hardship.
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Aural Rehabilitation (AR) for the
Consumer: What Every Person with
Hearing Loss Should Know
Presenter: Peggy Ellertsen, M.Ed.,
C.C.C.-S.L.P., Speech/Language/Reading
Specialist, Maps for Communication with
Acquired Hearing Loss (private practice)
When we become knowledgeable about
the components of effective hearing loss
management, we are better able to work
with our hearing health care professionals,
advocate for best practices in the care
that they offer us, and achieve well-being.
This talk will provide the consumer with a
structure for understanding the important
differences between the traditional
medical models found in many hearing
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How to Start a Loop Initiative in Your
Community
Room: Regency C
Presenter: Juliëtte Sterkens, Au.D.,
Hearing Loop Advocate, Hearing Loss
Association of America
Hearing loops have made a comeback
in some areas of the country. If you have
wondered why this is not happening in
your area – this workshop is for you.
Learn the nuts and bolts of getting a
hearing loop initiative started in your
community. Find out how to get the key
players at the “looping table” and how
to implement the most important steps.
Bring a flash drive to receive handouts,
PowerPoint slides and copies of other
materials to help you get started the day
after you get back from the Convention.
HIA Manufacturers Panel:
Technological Advances to Address
Difficult Listening Situations
Room: Regency B
Moderator: Andy Bopp, Executive
Director, Hearing Industries Association
Panelists:
Bill Dickinson, Au.D., Vice President, Audiology, Phonak
Annette Mazevski, Au.D., Ph.D., Manager, Technology Assessment, Oticon
John Nelson, Ph.D., Vice President, Audiology Global Relations, ReSound
Tom Powers, Ph.D., Vice President, Product Management and Government Accounts, Siemens Hearing Instruments
Dennis Van Vliet, Au.D., Senior Director, Professional Relations, Starkey Hearing Technologies
The Hearing Industries Association
(HIA) Manufacturers’ Panel will focus
on advances in hearing aid and related
technologies that help people with hearing
loss to address difficult listening situations.
Following up from the highly-rated HIA
program at the HLAA Convention 2014
in Austin, panelists will review general
auditory issues that cause difficulties and
the steps that people can take to address
specific situations such as listening in
noisy rooms, using the telephone, and
watching television. The presentation will
be geared to a non-technical audience, and
it will focus on solutions that every person
with hearing loss can adapt. Panelists
will discuss hearing aid advances, as well
as innovative new solutions related to
wireless connectivity, the use of assistive
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listening and other devices. Given the
increasingly rapid pace of technological
innovation, panelists will also examine the
most significant technical innovations in
the past year that people with hearing loss
can adapt.
Individuals with Hearing Loss in an
Office Environment: Overcoming
Communication Barriers and
Changing Perception
Presenter: Latisha Porter-Vaughn, Legal
Support Specialist, Seton Hall Law School
It is clear that the 21st century
workplace has changed. The shift
from a manufacturing industry to a
communication-based service impacts
an individual with hearing loss. An
employee with hearing loss faces many
challenges since most of their work will
be based on effective communication.
However, an employee with hearing
loss must be assertive with leadership
and management when requesting
accommodations. They must be specific
about their unique needs. At the same
time, it’s pivotal that leadership celebrates
inclusion and differences.
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health care settings and the patientcentered, aural rehabilitation model that
offers a wide array of components to help
persons with hearing loss actively create a
successful plan for living well. In exploring
the components of AR, we will examine
the work of rehabilitation audiologists
from three hearing health care
professional groups – the Ida Institute, the
Academy of Rehabilitation Audiology, and
the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Special Interest Group 7 – that
have conducted research on the outcomes
created by various aural rehabilitation
treatment options. Finally, we will talk
about how to find AR resources that help
us build effective plans for living well with
hearing loss.
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5 P.M. – 6:30 P.M.
OPENING SESSION
GRAND BALLROOM D – F
Welcome to Convention 2015
Donald Doherty, HLAA Board of Trustee
Recognition of Delegates, State and Chapter Leaders, HLAA Volunteers, Distinguished Guests, Board of
Trustees, Former Board of Trustees,
Former HLAA Executive Directors, and
Two Very Special Attendees
Margaret Wallhagen, Ph.D., Chairperson,
HLAA Board of Trustees
Welcome to St. Louis
Bob O’Loughlin, Chairman/CEO,
Lodging Hospitality Management (LHM), owner of St. Louis Union Station Hotel
Update on HLAA
Anna Gilmore Hall, Executive Director
Presentation of the Advocacy Hall of Fame Award
to Senator Tom Harkin
Anna Gilmore Hall
Presentation of National Access Award
to Regal Entertainment Group,
Randy Smith, Senior Vice President,
Chief Administrative Officer & Counsel
Anna Gilmore Hall
Keynote Address:
Charles Laszlo, Ph.D.
Advances, Obstacles and Solutions in a Changing World
Final Remarks
Donald Doherty
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Symposium: Employment Issues for
People with Hearing Loss
Room: Grand Ballroom D- F
Moderator: Valerie Stafford-Mallis,
Business Development Manager, Alternative
Communication Services; Vice Chairperson
of the HLAA Board of Trustees
Background
Prior to
joining ACS,
she served
as Health
Educator
Consultant
for the Florida
Coordinating
Council for
the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing (FCCDHH). Valerie is
an oral, late-deafened adult who uses bilateral cochlear implants. She also utilizes
many other types of assistive technology
in her activities of daily living. As a
person who lost her hearing while she
was still in the workforce, Valerie has
experienced first-hand the struggles
faced by all persons with disabilities to
maintain employment, independence
and full participation in public life.
Valerie conducts trainings and advises
and educates public and private
organizations on methods that improve
communication access for persons who
are deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened,
and deaf-blind. She has presented widely
at the national, state, and local level to
conventions, professional associations,
continuing education organizations,
employers, health care providers,
law enforcement and public safety
organizations, and businesses. She also
provided subject matter expertise by
serving on a number of state councils,
commissions, and task forces in Florida.
had worked in HR for 25 years. In all
that time, never once had Brian hired or
provided assistive accommodations for
an employee with hearing loss until he
became one. Brian muddled through the
challenging listening situations at work
and tried a variety of coping strategies,
some of which were more effective than
others.
Valerie is active in the deaf and hard of
hearing community. She was appointed
to the HLAA Board of Trustees in May
2013 and serves on the board of trustees
of the HLAA-Sarasota Chapter. She is
a member of the Association of LateDeafened Adults and chairs the Outreach
Committee. She was nominated by
Communication Access Inc. as its 2013
Hearing Loss Advocate of the Year.
Brian struggled to understand the
spoken word during interviews with job
candidates, client meetings, interactions
with co-workers and superiors,
trainings and presentations. Like many
employees with hearing loss, he was
uneducated about assistive technologies
and workplace accommodations and
no one else at his place of business was
knowledgeable either.
Valerie will moderate the symposium and
provide an introduction to hearing loss
in the workplace and set the stage for the
discussions that will follow.
Brian chose to embrace his hearing loss
head-on and learn coping strategies
that allowed him not only to thrive but
to become an outspoken champion
for workplace change – Brian has
built award-winning human resources
organizations and corporate university
programs and earned “Top Workplaces”
distinction in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Summary
• Incidence of hearing loss in the
workplace - majority (65%) of people
with hearing loss are younger than age
65 and are active in the work force
• Negative impact on household income
• Adverse effect on the human experience
• It’s more than just the law, it makes
good business sense
Brian Patrick Jensen, Director of
Emerging Markets, Communication
Service for the Deaf, Inc.
Background
In June 2010,
Brian received
the diagnosis
of severeprofound
bilateral
hearing loss
that was
permanent.
Brian was vice
president of
human resources (HR) at the time and
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Summary
• How Brian came to terms with his
hearing loss; defining moments
• Personal struggle of being the employee
with hearing loss and wearing the HR hat
at the same time
• Coping strategies – what worked for
Brian; what will work for you in your
environment?
Lori B. Golden, Abilities Strategy Leader,
Ernst & Young, LLP (EY)
Background
Lori Golden
has been
with the firm
for sixteen
years. She is
EY’s Abilities
Strategy
Leader,
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driving efforts to create an enabling
environment and supportive culture
where people of all abilities can
feel comfortable and do their best
work. She helped develop the firm’s
accommodation process and policy
and consults on accommodations and
career development for EY people
with disabilities, leads accessibility
initiatives, education and training around
abilities-related issues, and advises EY’s
disabilities-related employee resource
networks. She serves as Secretary/
Treasurer of the U.S. Business Leadership
Network Board of Directors, Vice Chair
of the Board of TransCen, a nonprofit
focused on transitioning youth with
disabilities from school to competitive
employment, and is a member of
the Department of Labor’s Circle of
Champions.
Summary
• Enlightened employers and employees
want the same thing – to create
a workplace where everyone is
comfortable and can do his/her best
work
• Protocols for critical listening
situations, such as meetings and
conference calls
• Strategies for addressing
communications challenges with clients
and colleagues
• Innovative resources developed by EY
and available on EY website
Background
Becky
Montgomery
has profound
hearing loss in
both ears, and
has worked
at Microsoft
for nearly 18
years. She
is active in
Microsoft’s “Huddle Group” which is
one of a dozen “Employee Networks”
(ENs) under the umbrella of the CrossDisability Employee Resource Group.
The EN groups are organized around
a specific disability, such as Huddle
for hearing loss, MSVIP for visually
impaired people, mobility, and so on. In
addition to informal meetings, Huddle
members reach out to recruits and new
employees to help them get a good start
at Microsoft. When possible they try
to match people with others who have
similar career interests. Especially for
a new hire, it’s really exciting to meet
someone in your field who also has a
hearing loss.
Summary
• What does owning your hearing loss
mean professionally?
• Self-advocacy – knowing what you
need and how to articulate that
• Sure, Microsoft is a huge corporation
and financially able to provide CART,
interpreters, and assistive technology;
what smaller companies can do to
accommodate employees with hearing
loss
• How Huddle Group at Microsoft works
and why
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Bob Vetere, Senior Workplace
Accommodation Specialist in the Global
Corporate Responsibility organization,
Northrop Grumman
Background
Bob Vetere
has had a very
successful
career with
Northrop
Grumman
Corporation
since 1978,
with many
achievements
in the Business Management
organization. Bob is a strong advocate
for the employment of qualified
individuals of all abilities and has served
in many roles and has achieved many
accomplishments inside and outside
of Northrop Grumman, including the
following:
• 2014 - Bob was elected to serve as
chairperson of the U.S. Business
Leadership Network’s (USBLN)
Corporate Advisory Board
• 2014 - USBLN Conference
presenter and moderator on panel,
Creating a Harmonized Reasonable
Accommodation Process
• 2013 - USBLN Conference track chair
and presenter of Employing College
Students with Disabilities
• 2012 - USBLN Conference session
presenter on Cornell/ODEP Mentor
Pilot Program and introduction to
awards banquet keynote speaker
• 2011 - USBLN Conference presenter of
Employing Injured Service Personnel
• 2010 - Virginia Governor’s Forum on
Economic Growth for the Disabled
Community
• 2009 - Maryland Governor’s Forum
on the Inclusion and Employment of
Individuals with Disabilities
• 2009 - appeared on the cover and was
the featured article in the magazine,
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Lori didn’t think of herself as a person
with non-visible disabilities until she
began this work eight years ago and
learned that medical conditions she’d
worked around for years were in fact
disabilities. She has a child with learning
disabilities and a child with mental
illness. Her oldest friend is profoundly
hard of hearing and keeps it secret,
fearing discrimination in the workplace.
That friend and close colleagues who
are hard of hearing inspire her work to
find comfortable ways for employees to
discuss hearing loss and enable people
who are hard of hearing to collaborate
more easily and efficiently.
Becky Montgomery, Senior Content
Developer, Office 365 and Accessibility
Lead, Office Content Publishing, Microsoft
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Summary
• How people with some residual
hearing, who prefer to use oral and
written communication, can be or
are supported at Northrup Grumann;
how people who communicate in sign
language are supported
• The role of HR in addressing the
on-the-job isolation that sometimes
accompanies communication
disabilities such as hearing loss
• Initiatives that NGC HR has pursued to
create the environment that encourages
employees with hearing loss to selfdisclose and to be an active participant
in getting what they need to do their
best in the workplace
• Self-service accommodations portal
• Harmonized reasonable-
accommodation process
• Any employee resource groups there might be at NGC for people
with disabilities and if they have
members with hearing loss
• Hearing protection initiatives
Lise Hamlin,
Director of
Public Policy,
Hearing Loss
Association
of America
(HLAA)
Background
Lise Hamlin
was deafened
on one side as a child, but had intact
hearing in her other ear until age 30,
when she experienced sudden severe to
profound hearing loss in the “good ear”.
She now wears a cochlear implant in the
deafened ear, and hearing aid in the other
ear. She has been an advocate for people
with hearing loss for some 20 years. She
has been a long time member of Hearing
Loss Association of America and on staff
since 2008.
Summary
• Rights and responsibilities
• Right to accommodations on the job
under the ADA, and the Rehabilitation Act
• Under the ADA,
• Pre-employment: ADA prohibits
all disability-related inquiries and
medical examinations, even if they
are related to the job; the employer
can ask an employee whether s/he
can perform job functions
• After an applicant is given a conditional
job offer, but before s/he starts work:
an employer may make disabilityrelated inquiries and conduct medical
examinations, regardless of whether
they are related to the job, as long as it
does so for all entering employees in
the same job category
• After employment begins, an employer
may make disability-related inquiries
and require medical examinations only
if they are job-related and consistent
with business necessity
• Responsibility of the employee
• Must be qualitied to do the job
• To qualify under the ADA, must have a disability that limits a life function, like hearing
• Must understand the kinds of accommodations you need and how to help your employer find the best tools
for you to be the most productive worker
• Case examples
Barbara Johnson, IT Project Manager,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT)
Background
Ms. Johnson
has more than
25 years of
experience
as a working
professional
with hearing
loss and
experience in
advocating for
people with
hearing loss.
Summary
• Strategies from a personal and
technological perspective, such as how
to approach your employer regarding a
reasonable accommodation
• How to reframe the discussion from
one of what you need to what is
beneficial for the company – shifting
employer from being the enforcer to a
benevolent collaborator
• How to find solutions that work for you
and for your colleagues
• Real cost of providing an
accommodation vs. real cost of not
providing the accommodation (lost
productivity, turnover, disability claims,
early retirement, legal challenges)
Following a 15-minute break we will
begin a moderated discussion about
several topics, including:
• When should a person disclose their
hearing loss to their employer?
• What are some of the challenges
people who are hard of hearing face
at work and what are some strategies
for addressing them? Lori Golden
will discuss some of the protocols EY
has developed around how colleagues
interact and teams function that are
making it easier for people with hearing
issues to communicate effectively and
comfortably.
• What are other challenges people are
facing in their workplace and what
strategies are working?
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Book Signing
Location: The
Midway Exhibit
Hall (near booths
306 and 311)
Living Better with
Hearing Loss: A
Guide to Health,
Happiness,
Love, Sex, Work, Friends... and
Hearing Aids by Katherine Bouton $14.99
Living Better with Hearing Loss is a
practical guide to daily life with hearing
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loss, from the mildest to the most severe.
Detailed information about hearing
aids, assistive listening devices, PSAPs –
and where to buy them -- will help the
newcomer to hearing loss as well as the
veteran navigate the confusing world of
hearing loss technology. With anecdotes,
humor and hard-earned experience, the
author shares tips for travel, restaurants,
the workplace, love, sex and friends.
Katherine Bouton is also the author of
Shouting Won’t Help, a memoir of adultonset hearing loss.
based on audiological diagnostics and an
overview of the client’s communication
needs and listening environments, an
audiologist recommends a complete
solution to his client, to address all
different hearing challenges.
4 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Instead of focusing solely on the
T-coil, or on the hearing aid, or on the
telephone, or on understanding the TV,
or on a wireless microphone, the holistic
solution approach includes all situations,
stakeholders and solutions.
Demo Room Schedule
2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Location for all Demo Room
presentations: Midway Suites III & IV
(just off the Exhibit Hall floor)
Advanced Bionics: Solutions for
Hearing Your Best in Noise
Presenter: Helen Cartwright, Cochlear
Implant Consumer Specialist
Support for your lifetime, that’s our
promise to you. Learn about Cochlear’s
community of support options from
self-support to friendly people who
will directly support you. Discover
myCochlear™, the latest innovation that
gives you access to secure, personalized
information, online tools and support
resources to help you make the most of
your hearing life with Cochlear.
12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
HyperSound is a first-of-its-kind
directed audio solution to enter the
hearing healthcare market. From
early champions of our technology, to
partners, shareholders, and end-users,
HyperSound has proven its potential to
change the quality of life for people with
hearing loss. This presentation offers a
brief introduction to HyperSound and
includes a hands-on demonstration of its
unique technology.
1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Phonak AG: What You Should
Demand from Your Audiologist: The
Solution Approach
Presenter: Hans Mülder, Director of
Marketing
Many consumers are not aware of
solutions available on the market.
Consumers would like to be informed by
their audiologists on what is out there,
so that they can make informed choices.
Phonak proposes the solution approach:
It’s a noisy world! Discover how the
combined technologies of Advanced
Bionics and Phonak have come together
to create the most advanced cochlear
implant sound processor for superior
hearing in noise, the Naida CI Q70.
Come learn about the newest cochlear
implant technologies and accessories
that will help you converse more easily
in noisy settings and hear your best
wherever your day may take you.
3 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
ZPower, LLC: Recharge Your
Hearing Aid
Presenter:
Barry A. Freeman, Ph.D., Vice President of Business Development
Sara Sable-Antry, Vice President of Sales
Rechargeable batteries are among the
top features sought by hearing aid users.
Yet, only a small number of rechargeable
hearing aids are dispensed. ZPower has
developed a battery door module to
integrate silver-zinc rechargeable batteries
into new and existing hearing instruments.
The battery powers wireless hearing aids for
a full day; has no effect on the electronics;
resolves the vision and dexterity concerns
of patients; and, because it is recyclable and
is only replaced once per year, is a benefit to
the environment.
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Learn how Cochlear will be here to
support you now, and always.
State/Chapter
Development Workshops
All State/Chapter Workshops - Regency A
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
How to Plan a Major Community Event
to Expand Your Mission, Awareness
and Source of Funds
Panelists:
JoAnne DeVries, Sarasota Manatee Chapter
Ron and Jean Haynes, Kentucky State Leaders
Art Matlock, Lakeland Chapter
Focusing at educating the hearing loss
community in their state, the California
State Association has hosted a state
convention, while the Kentucky leaders
have hosted a regional convention in
partnership with the state’s CCDHOH.
Chapters like Lakeland and Sarasota have
held expos to educate their community.
Learn how these different formats can
be designed to draw crowds in the
hundreds, greatly increase your area’s
understanding of hearing loss, attract
new members, build alliances and
needed funding.
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HyperSound: Hypersound Directed
Audio Solution – Hear Every Word
Presenters:
Brian Taylor, Au.D., Senior Director of
Clinical Affairs
Rodney Schutt, Senior Vice President
and General Manager
Cochlear:
Hear and Be Heard – Your Partner for
Life
Presenter: Sara Chinnock, Engagement
Manager
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3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
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How to Run a Rap Session to Fully
Support Your Members
Presenters:
Joan Haber, Certified Peer Mentor,
Board Member, HLAA
Sarasota and Manatee Chapter
Ed Ogiba, HLAA Director of Chapter Development
The rap session was developed by Rocky
Stone as a self-help tool for members
to help other members address their
most important issues and needs. Many
members rate the forum as the most
effective educational and support medium
as it can speak to their needs head-on and
in-depth. Properly designed, it can also
be a productive way for members to get
connected to others, as well as become
a fertile training ground for developing
chapter mentors and volunteers. The session
will provide the planning steps, moderating
techniques and a checklist for getting the
most out of this foundational tool for any
chapter. Learn why HLAA recommends
that every chapter should be using the
format at least once or more times a year.
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Heroes with Hearing Loss: A
Conversation with Veterans
Presenter: Master Sergeant Sean Lehman, U.S.
Air Force (retired); B.S., A.A.S., Liberal Political
Studies, Communications, Public Affairs
Hearing loss and tinnitus remain
the top two service-related injuries
affecting veterans returning from the
battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. Often
overshadowed by other physical and
mental injuries of combat and service that
returning veterans sometimes endure,
hearing loss remains a very personal,
unique, ongoing challenge for many of
our nation’s heroes. As those “other”
challenges are managed, the day-to-day
frustrations veterans face as a result of
hearing loss and tinnitus begin to take
center stage. This presentation serves
as a catalyst for an ongoing public
conversation between veterans and
veterans’ advocates about some of the
many hearing loss challenges and real-life
management solutions available to assist
in the management of such obstacles.
Through this dialog, veterans share
real-life experiences leading to a better
understanding of their hearing loss and
ultimately to finding solutions that can
increase the quality of life – not only for
themselves but for their loved ones as well.
Making an Informed Decision When
Purchasing a Hearing Aid Compatible
(HAC) Mobile Handset
Room: Regency C
Moderator: Avonne Bell, Esq., Senior Manager,
Government Affairs, Telecommunications
Industry Association (TIA)
Panelists:
David Dougall – Director, Product
Sustainability & Accessibility, BlackBerry
Heather Dowdy – Product Manager,
Accessibility Engineering, Motorola Mobility
Anthony Jasionowski – Senior Group
Manager, Accessibility, Panasonic Corporation of North America
The overarching goal of this session
will be for members of industry
and HLAA members to have an
informative discussion about both the
user experience in using hearing aid
compatible (HAC) handsets and how
manufacturers design, develop, and test
HAC handsets for HAC certification.
The session will also provide insight
on the important role of hearing aid
manufacturers under the HAC standard.
Age 65 Plus: Cochlear Implant
Candidacy and Outcomes
Room: Regency B
Presenters:
Teresa A. Zwolan, Ph.D. Professor and Director, University of Michigan Cochlear Implant Program, Vice-Chair, American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA)
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Donna Sorkin MA, Executive Director, American Cochlear Implant Alliance
Ann Liming, cochlear implant recipient
Are you Medicare age, using hearing
aids, and still having difficulty hearing?
Have you been evaluated for a cochlear
implant and told that you have too much
hearing to qualify to receive one based on
current Medicare candidacy criteria? Has
your audiologist or dispenser encouraged
you to try one more hearing aid before
moving forward with being evaluated for
a cochlear implant?
This session will review the steps taken
to determine candidacy for a cochlear
implant for adults, and will include
description of a recent study approved by
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) that expands criteria
for cochlear implants in the Medicare
population. We will additionally review
and discuss studies indicating that adults
tend to do better with cochlear implants
if they experience shorter periods of
deafness prior to receiving a cochlear
implant. An HLAA member and study
participant will share her experiences
related to her participation in this study
to evaluate potential expansion of CMS
criteria.
How the Hearing Loss Revolution and
its Nine Guiding Principles Empowers
People with Hearing Loss
Presenter: Pat Dobbs, author of The
Hearing Loss Revolution and its Nine
Guiding Principles, public speaker, and
writes a popular blog on living with hearing
loss. Pat launched the HLAA-Morris
County Chapter (New Jersey) in 2011 and
currently serves as its president. She is also
a trustee of the HLAA New Jersey State
Association and a member of the HLAA
New Jersey Hearing Loop Committee
The Hearing Loss Revolution is a personal
revolution for people with hearing loss. Its
goal is to let go of the negative stereotypes
associated with hearing loss so that we can
advocate for ourselves as easily as we
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breathe. Now we will be able to better hear
and be energized to live a fulfilled and
satisfying life.
The “revolution” is supported by the Nine
Guiding Principles of the Hearing Loss
Revolution.
3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
A HoH on the Road
(Traveling with Hearing Loss)
Presenter: Gael Hannan, author, blogger,
comedienne and hearing loss advocate
Technology for Success
in the Workplace
Room: Regency C
Presenter: Esther Kelly, Hearing Loss
Resource Specialist, DARS/Office for
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Technology is a vital part of success in
the workplace. When using hearing
aids and cochlear implants we are still
faced with limits such as distance,
noise, telephone and other challenges.
This workshop will show and explain
technology that will address these
challenges. Creative ways to adapt
technology to many workplace needs will
be presented. Esther works daily with the
Texas Vocational Rehabilitation Service
to help consumers find technology for
success in the workplace.
The panel will consist of individuals with
bilateral cochlear implants. The members
represent all three FDA approved
cochlear implant manufacturers.
The story of these individuals on their
journey to regain hearing is an inspiring
experience. This is especially important
for those who have only one cochlear
implant as well as those who do not yet
have a cochlear implant to see, hear, and
meet these individuals who are bilateral.
There will be three individuals
representing the three FDA-approved
cochlear implant manufacturers. A set
of questions will be asked of each of the
panel members, such as:
1. Which device do you have?
2. How long have you been bilateral?
3. What prompted you to go bilateral?
Active audience participation will be a
key part of this presentation.
Harness Your Hearing Loss
Superpowers (Amaze with Your Gifts)
Presenter: Angie L. Fuoco, MPH, CPH,
Public Health Analyst, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Learn about and refine the gifts of
your hearing loss. This presentation
will help you claim amazing gifts of
healing, understanding and connecting
with others, powered by your hearing
loss. Discover these and other gifts
lying dormant in you; learn how to
defuse negative situations; help others
understand you and help YOU hear them!
This will challenge participants to look
deeper into the responses they receive
from friends and family (often negative,
fear-based, etc.) and to turn those around
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into positive interactions, making every
encounter with others a positive one. The
presenter will teach participants how to:
help others help them hear, heal rough
spots (where the interaction or relationship
has run amok!), and how to get others on
their side, taking them from adversary to
advocate.
Friday Night Off-site
Event
Route 66 Rivalry:
St. Louis Cardinals
vs. Chicago Cubs at
Busch Stadium
Sponsored by
Sprint CapTel
If you purchased a ticket for the game
in advance, the ticket(s) is in your
registration packet. The stadium is just
1.1 miles from the hotel and there are
three easy ways to get there:
Walk – head down Market Street (toward
the Arch); take a right on S. 8th Street
(Bank of America is on the corner) and
you will see the stadium on your left; it’s
about a 20-minute walk.
Metro – travel time is an estimated 3
to 5 minutes from the Union Station
Metrolink Station (18th Street) to the
Busch Stadium Ballpark Station on Clark
Avenue; cost each way is $2.50.
Bus – HLAA will provide two buses to
shuttle passengers between the hotel and
stadium; however, because of the volume of
traffic in the downtown area on game nights,
this is not the preferred method. One way is
estimated to take 30 minutes. Buses will pick
up passengers at the 20th Street entrance of
the hotel. The buses will shuttle attendees
back after the game.
Ballpark Village, just across the street
from the stadium, has plenty of dining
options for pre-game dinner, including
Budweiser Brew House, Cardinals
Nation, Drunken Fish, El Birdos Cantina,
FOX Sports Midwest Live!®, Jamba Juice,
Ted Drewes®, The Fudgery. See more at
www.stlballparkvillage.com/dining/dine.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
A HoH on the Road (Traveling with
Hearing Loss) is a practical but entertaining
look at the communication challenges
faced by the person with hearing loss who’s
on the move. This workshop will address
how to anticipate and handle typical
situations—often referred to as the trials and
tribulations—involved with getting there
(car, airplane, train, etc.), accommodations,
eating out and sightseeing, as well as what’s
in the suitcase of the Best Dressed Traveler
with Hearing Loss.
Bilateral Cochlear Implant
Experiences
Room: Regency B
Moderator: Wayne L. Roorda, IT
Specialist, U.S. Department of Defense –
Defense Logistics Agency
Panelists:
Jason Anderson
Pat Dobbs
Howard Samuels
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SATURDAY, JUNE 27
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Registration Open
Information Booth
Volunteer Check-in
Demo Room Schedule
Room: Midway Suites III & IV
9:15 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Sprint CapTel: Getting the Most from
Your Captioned Phone Provider
Presenter: Chameen Stratton, CapTel
Marketing Manager
10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Federal Relay (Sprint):
Veterans and Telecommunications
Presenter: Kraig Ankiewicz, Federal Relay
- Veteran/Civilian Personnel Liaison
The Federal Relay program contracts
with the Department of Defense to
provide free captioned telephone
equipment and services to our veterans.
The CapTel equipment works like a
regular phone, yet has a built-in screen
on which you can read and follow
along with what your caller is saying!
This provides the opportunity to keep
in touch with family and friends on
the phone, and never miss out on that
important conversation!
Dogs for the Deaf will have one of their
dogs demonstrate how Certified Hearing
Dogs are trained to alert people to
various sounds.
1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Listen Technologies:
Self-Advocacy Under the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Presenter: Andrew Glasmacher, Product
Training Manager
Hearing loss is the single largest disability
covered under the Americans with
Disabilities Act, yet people with hearing
loss are unaware of what their rights
actually are. Being able to navigate the
ADA, truly understanding what your
rights are in public and private spaces,
and becoming a self-advocate is an
important step in building awareness.
Learn more about this important step
and truly grasp how to start advocating
for yourself.
2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Cochlear: Cochlear™ Hearing
Implants – Innovations for a Lifetime
of Better Hearing
Presenter: Chris Koehler, Engagement
Manager
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of better hearing with innovations from
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only with Cochlear. Discover how you can
focus less on hearing and more on what’s
important: life.
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State/Chapter Development
Workshops
All State/Chapter workshops - Regency A
8:45 a.m. – 10 a.m.
FUNdamentals of Loop Fundraising
Presenters:
Juliëtte Sterkens, Au.D., HLAA National
Loop Advocate
JoAnne DeVries President, HLAA
Sarasota and Manatee Chapter
Cheri Perazzoli Washington State Loop
Advocate
While some loops are quickly paid for
once houses of worship and venues
know the reasons why they are needed,
finding the funds for many others can be
challenging. The presenters have fostered
hundreds of hearing loops amongst
them in different geographic areas of
the country and with very different
approaches. Focus in Wisconsin has
been on loop installations in houses of
worship and libraries, in the Sarasota
area of Florida the focus has been on
theaters and the arts while in Washington
the civic community and social justice
through the arts has been rallied to learn
more about loops. The speakers will share
their experiences and pitfalls of their
efforts. Handouts and practical materials
will be provided.
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
How to Start, Revitalize or Energize a
Chapter
Panel of new and established chapter
leaders moderated by Ed Ogiba, HLAA
Director of Chapter Development
This session will focus at the tactics
and techniques that chapter leaders
have successfully employed to create
excitement and enthusiasm among
their members and community to drive
greater attendance, participation and
volunteerism for the chapter. All leaders
from new chapters formed in the past
year as well as those seeking to revive
or refresh an established chapter are
encouraged to attend.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
Are you getting the most from your
captioned telephone? Did you know
that there are many different captioned
phones out there and they don’t all
caption the same way? Make sure you are
getting the most from every call. Join us
for an informative workshop on things to
look for and products available to you!
11:15 a.m. – Noon
Dogs for the Deaf: Hearing Dog
Demonstration
Presenters:
Blake Matray, President and CEO
Annette Vitello, Executive Assistant
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall and Demo Sessions Only
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Young Adults Roundtable Terry and Jim Bedard, Hartford Chapter
Zina Jawadi, California State Association President
Viral Tejani. Au.D., past vice president, HLAA-Washington, D.C. Chapter
HLAA will host a working discussion of how
selective chapters are effectively addressing
the needs of young adults. All young
members and leaders, as well as chapter
leaders seeking more young adult members,
are encouraged to join the discussion.
3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Vision for State and Chapter Leadership
Anna Gilmore Hall, HLAA Executive
Director
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
This brainstorming session will focus on
developing leadership skills for State and
Chapter Leaders, a halftime assessment
of the 35th Anniversary with plans
for the anniversary’s second half and
how leaders can get the most out of the
Consumer Technology Initiative (CTI).
8:45 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Gallaudet’s Peer Mentoring Program:
Benefits and Future Directions
Presenters:
Larry Medwetsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Gallaudet University
Matthew Bakke, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences, Gallaudet University
Mary Garvert, B.A., Communication
Sciences and Disorders; Teaching
Assistant and Graduate Student currently
seeking doctorate of audiology at
Gallaudet University
The Peer Mentoring Certificate Program
at Gallaudet University trains people
who are hard of hearing to become
peer mentors to other individuals with
hearing loss. This session will discuss the
benefits that graduates from the program
have experienced in addressing their
own hearing loss as well as placing them
in a unique position to understand and
advocate for the hearing related needs of
their peers.
A panel of alumni will share their
experiences and benefits of the program,
including how they have been able to
implement what they have learned into
their everyday lives as well as discussing
some of the frustrations they have
encountered. The session will conclude
with an opportunity for audience members
to address questions to the panel, which
will hopefully provide them with greater
insight into this program, and also possibly
provide presenters with ideas to improve
the Peer Mentoring program even further.
Smart Phones: Hearing Assistive
Technology
Room: Regency C
Presenter: Perry C. Hanavan, Au.D.,
Professor, Augustana College
Smartphones are transforming
communication globally. Technologies
beyond hearing aids and cochlear
implants are often helpful to effectively
communicate with others. Few people
actually utilize the full benefits of their
smartphone. This presentation will
illustrate how one device, a smartphone,
can provide a wealth of hearing assistive
technologies and other functions.
Best Practices and What Patients
Should Ask When Purchasing
Hearing Aids
Room: Regency B
Presenter: Michael Valente, Ph.D., Clinical
Professor of Otolaryngology and Director
of Adult Audiology, Washington University
School of Medicine, Department of
Otolaryngology and Neck-Surgery and the
Division of Adult Audiology
It is believed that the incorporation of Best
Practices by an audiologist will lead to a
better outcome for those pursuing hearing
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aids. This workshop will describe what
must be included in a Best Practice clinic.
The workshop will review two national
standards on Best Practices for dispensing
hearing aids to the adult patient. The
emphasis will be on the importance of
real ear measures, outcome measures, and
the telecoil. Participants will have a better
understanding what to look for in his or her
audiologist when pursuing hearing aids.
Untreated Hearing Loss:
Effects on Physical, Cognitive,
and Social Well Being
Presenter: Lyndsey Nalu, Au.D., CCC-A,
owner, Adept Audiology, LLC
Research indicates that individuals with
hearing loss wait an average of seven to
ten years before seeking treatment with
hearing devices. Many of these individuals
are unaware of the detrimental effects of
untreated hearing loss. This workshop will
outline various research studies that indicate
how our physical, cognitive, and social wellbeing are at risk when we leave hearing loss
untreated. Specifically, an increased risk for
fatigue, balance and falls, hospitalizations
and illness, cognitive decline, dementia,
depression, and social isolation are a few
of the factors highlighted. The workshop
concludes with suggestions on how to avoid
putting yourself at risk and experiencing the
detrimental effects of untreated hearing loss.
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Owning Your Hearing Loss
Presenters:
Maureen Fischer, M.S. CCC-A, Master of Science, Certificate of Clinical Competence-Audiology
Audiologist, Instructor, Saint Louis University
Saneta Thurmon, M.A. CCC-SLP/A, Master of Arts, Certificate of Clinical Competence SLP/A; Speech-Language Pathologist/
Audiologist, Clinical Instructor, Director of Undergraduate Program, St. Louis University
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By increasing working knowledge of
degree and type of hearing loss as well
as devices and other aural rehabilitation
strategies and their typical applications,
people with hearing loss will be able to
better advocate for themselves when
interacting with professionals, friends
and family. People with hearing loss
will also be able to apply specific aural
rehabilitation strategies discussed to
everyday living situations.
Hearing Restoration Beyond
Amplification
Room: Regency C
Presenters:
G. Robert Kletzker, M.D., Otolaryngologist, Ear Care & Skull Base Surgery, Inc.
Richard M. Hogan, MS, CCC-A, Audiologist, Ear Care & Skull Base Surgery, Inc.
Me and My Audiologist: How to
Become Partners for Better Hearing
Room: Regency B
Presenters:
Barbara Johnson, IT Project Manager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ann-Marie Hennessey, Au.D., Senior Audiologist, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Do you have a love/hate relationship with
your audiologist? Do you feel like your
audiologist finds you annoying? Are you
flummoxed by not knowing what to ask
or tell your audiologist? Do you have a
secret fear that you are missing getting
the most from your hearing devices
This session will provide some effective
strategies to deal with these questions,
and more. Attendees will learn how
to understand more about their
own hearing loss from an audiology
perspective, translated into everyday
language. Knowing more is empowering
and helps you to set reasonable
expectations; don’t beat yourself up when
you face hearing challenges.
Co-presented with a professional
audiologist to help fill in the blanks in
our knowledge and to provide valuable
advice for attendees from an audiologist’s
perspective. Learn how to get the most
out of your next visit by exploring what
you should know about hearing health
and how to keep a “hearing loss file.”
Managing Your Hearing Loss
with a Smile
Presenter: Rose Aird Minette, M.A.,
Program Specialist for Hard of Hearing
Services, State of Texas, Department
of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
(DARS) Office for Deaf and Hard of
Hearing Services
Rose Aird Minette, M.A., has had a
severe hearing loss since childhood and
experiences the daily frustrations of
communication breakdowns with family,
co-workers and friends. Additionally,
she has worked for the state of Texas for
more than 20 years providing training on
hearing loss issues for various professionals
and persons who are hard of hearing.
The audience will be presented with
information about the biggest barriers
to successful communication (listener,
environmental and speaker issues), and
will be given the tools to manage many of
these barriers. We will discuss managing
our hearing loss through acceptance,
diplomacy and humor.
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11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall and Demo Sessions Only
Come enjoy an ice cream treat in the
Midway. Sponsored by IntriCon.
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Book Signing
Location: The
Midway Exhibit Hall
(near booths 306
and 311)
The Way I Hear It:
A Life with Hearing
Loss
by Gael Hannan
In The Way I Hear It, Gael Hannan
explodes one myth after another about
the life with hearing loss—at any age.
Part memoir, part survival guide, The
Way I Hear It is a witty and honest
journey into the life of communication
challenges: a deaf marriage proposal
(where are those hearing aids when
you need them?), pillow talk and
other relationships, raising a child, the
things we like to do, on the job, hearing
technology and bridging the gap between
consumer and professional for the best
possible hearing health care.
Aimed at people with hearing loss, their
families and friends—as well as the
professionals who serve them—The Way
I Hear It offers strategies for effective
communication, poetic reflections,
and heartwarming stories from people
she has met in her workshops and at
conferences throughout North America.
Writing in the entertaining, insightful
style that has gained her an international
following for her weekly blogs on
HearingHealthMatters.org, Gael Hannan
intertwines life’s daily frustrations with
a strong message of optimism for living
successfully with hearing loss.
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Amplification of sound with hearing
aids has limitations in providing
adequate benefit to individuals with
moderate/severe to profound hearing
loss. Technologies are available with
bone conduction hearing aids, middle
ear implants and cochlear implants, to
address the needs of specific hearing
impairments. The various devices and
indications for surgical intervention for
hearing restoration are reviewed. Case
examples of patients benefiting from
these technologies are presented.
because you haven’t managed to hit the
configuration “sweet spot”?
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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Influencing Behaviors and Practices in
the Pursuit of Treatment for Hearing
Loss: Beyond Cost, Stigma, and Other
Challenges
Presenters:
Noreen Gibbens, Au.D., Lead
Audiologist, hi HealthInnovations
Charlie Brown, BC-HIS, hi
HealthInnovations
Encouraging individuals to pursue
any help for their hearing loss can be
a significant task. There are multiple
issues to consider. Stigma, denial and
cost certainly are factors that interfere
with this pursuit, but additional obstacles
remain. We can be supportive of an
individual’s choices in the pursuit of
hearing health care. However, when
one individual (or many) decides to go
without treatment, the result can be that
hearing loss is deemed a trivial issue
by society in general. This presentation
will focus on some of the key factors
that have been identified in the study
of influencing behavior, in order to
encourage use of peer support, assistive
devices and other available technologies.
Encouraging these actions can aid HLAA
in its goal of making hearing loss an issue
of national concern.
Advocacy Training for Hearing Access
Room: Regency C
Presenters:
Mary Heron Dyer, Co-Owner, Loop Evangelist, Hearing Access Solutions, LLC
Sheryl Butler, B.S., Information Technology, Co-owner, Loop Engineer, Hearing Access Solutions, LLC
Advocacy training is essential to bring
about hearing access inclusion in public
places. While the general public is aware
of and supportive of mobility access, this
is generally not the case with hearing
access, the lack of which negatively
impacts a great many more people.
People with hearing loss and their allies
have the mission to educate others
not only about the impact and extent
of hearing loss but also how assistive
listening technology, in particular
hearing loops, can provide access.
This workshop will provide training for
both groups so that we may have the
skills and tools we need to further the
cause of hearing inclusion, with a focus
on advocating for hearing loops in local
governments, such as city council and
county boards of supervisors meetings.
Incorporating Spouses into Aural
Rehabilitation Therapy for Adult
Cochlear Implant Users
Room: Regency B
Presenters:
Christina Gabany, First Year Graduate Student, Research Assistant, Saint Louis University; Bachelor of Arts, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Saneta Thurmon, M.A. CCC-SLP/A, Speech-
Language Pathologist/Audiologist, Clinical Instructor, Director of Undergraduate Program, Saint Louis University
This is a case study presentation
highlighting the importance of
incorporating a spouse into aural
rehabilitation therapy for an adult cochlear
implant user. Background information will
include a description of aural rehabilitation,
auditory training, cochlear implants, and
the process of developing goals in aural
rehabilitation therapy. The case study
information will explain how the spouse
was incorporated into therapy as the
stimuli elicitor and conversation partner. It
will also describe the counseling that was
provided to both the client and the spouse
together, as well as the separate counseling
provided to the client and spouse.
Managing Hearing Loss: Advocating
for Person-centered Care
Presenter: Joseph Montano, Ed.D.,
Associate Professor of Audiology, Weill
Cornell Medical College
Many people live with hearing loss for
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several years before seeking treatment.
Once they begin the journey, there can
be a number of obstacles preventing
satisfactory results. A person-centered
care approach to the management of
hearing loss can help establish a healthy
partnership with a hearing care provider
and lead to better outcomes. This session
will focus on the components of personcentered care and provide suggestions for
shared treatment options.
3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Job Search – Persistence and
Creativity Pay Off
Presenter: Tracey Dorr, ASIC Commodity
Manager – Procurement, QLogic
Corporation; Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
Looking for a job or want to advance your
career? Don’t let your hearing loss keep you
from getting the job you want. The job search
rules are the same for those with hearing
and for those with hearing loss. Candidates
must convince hiring managers why they
are qualified for the position. Born with
moderately severe hearing loss, Tracey Dorr
wears bilateral hearing aids and has built a
successful career by incorporating a variety
of job search techniques. Tracey will share
tools and personal experiences that will
demonstrate how to get past the hearing loss
challenges to get the job and career you desire.
Implantable Surgery for
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Room: Regency C
Presenters: Jacques Herzog, M.D.,
Surgeon, Otology and Neurotology, The
Center for Hearing and Balance Disorders
This workshop provides a primer
for the understanding of therapeutic
alternatives for the management of
sensorineural hearing loss. While hearing
aid amplification is sufficient for many
individuals with hearing loss, this modality
is not always the best choice. An in-depth
discussion of cochlear implants, bone
anchored solutions, as well as other options,
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are presented. This includes the description
of the most advanced and contemporary
technologies and their application for
individuals affected with hearing loss.
Benefits of Binaural Stimulation with
Bimodal Devices and Bilateral
Cochlear Implants
Room: Regency B
Presenters:
Lisa G. Potts, Ph.D., CCC-A, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine
Jill B. Firszt, Ph.D., CCC-A, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine
Sponsored in part by Contacta
Tonight’s Rocky Stone: Operation 35 Banquet is a special tribute recognizing the
founding of Hearing Loss Association of America.
Welcome
Founding Family Member, and
HLAA Board of Trustee Member
Michael H. Stone, Host
Greetings from Banquet Sponsor
Richard McKinley,
Managing Director, Contacta
Announcement of Convention 2016
Michael H. Stone
Greetings from IFHOH
Ruth Warick, President
Presentation of the Rocky Stone
Humanitarian Award
Alice Marie “Ahme” Stone
Announcement of Winners of Play to Win
Tonight’s Entertainment
Michael Stone
Kathy Buckley
Rocky Stone Humanitarian Award
The Hearing Loss Association
of America Board of Trustees
presents this very special award to
a former trustee for extraordinary
contributions toward the furtherance
of the objectives and personal
exemplification of the philosophy
envisioned by Howard E. Stone,
founder of Hearing Loss Association
of America (formerly Self Help for
Hard of Hearing People).
Living Well with Hearing Loss
Presenter:
Samuel Trychin, Ph.D., psychologist,
private practice
Living well with hearing loss requires
information about what can be done
to prevent or reduce communication
breakdowns and to stay in tune with
important information from the physical
environment. It is also necessary that
people who have hearing loss and their
communication partners learn and
practice methods for reducing emotional
arousal in difficult situations.
Rocky and Ahme Stone’s daughters, Jolie Stone Frank and Melanie Stone Hogan,
who both took their turn as Stone Family Representatives on the national board
of our organization, are the recipients of this year’s award. Not only did they
dutifully serve on the board, they both took active roles in furthering the status
and mission of the organization their father founded in 1979. Further, they
continue to exemplify the values and mission of HLAA in their professional lives.
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For years, unilateral cochlear implants have
been the standard of care in clinical practice;
however, in recent years the number of
individuals using a cochlear implant and
a hearing aid in opposite ears and bilateral
cochlear implants has grown substantially.
Research studies completed at Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis
will show the benefits to speech recognition
in quiet and noise and localization ability
with binaural stimulation (both a cochlear
implant/hearing aid and a cochlear implant
in each ear.) In addition, case studies will be
presented for cochlear implant recipients
transitioning from bimodal devices to
bilateral cochlear implants.
ROCKY STONE: OPERATION 35
GRAND BALLROOM
7 P.M.; DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M.
Host: Michael H. Stone
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
Today’s worship service and Awards Breakfast and Ceremony have CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation), and a
hearing loop. If you do not have a telecoil, sign out a loop receiver at the Information Booth.
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Worship Service
Room: Regency A
Join founding family member Ahme Stone and the “old faithfuls” in praising the Lord and thanking Him for His many blessings.
8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Exhibit and Attendee Registration Open Information Booth
Return your loop receiver before going home, or just stop by to say, “So long.”
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Awards Breakfast and Ceremony Grand E - F
Sponsored by CapTel Captioned Telephone
Host: Edward F. Obiga, HLAA Director of Chapter Development
This is a very special event where we honor HLAA members and others who have worked so hard to make a difference in the lives
of people with hearing loss. A sit-down breakfast will be served promptly at 8:30 a.m.
Joan Ireland – A Familiar Face Who’s Here in Spirit
(1931-2014)
If you’ve attended several HLAA Conventions, you would have seen Joanie Ireland who
traveled year after year from Rancho Bernardo, California, to attend the annual event.
We loved her gentle, upbeat ways and seeing her pick up her registration packet.
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Joan was a member of HLAA for 22 years and president of the HLAA California State
Association. She was editor of the now-closed Beaumont Chapter’s newsletter, Message,
and received the Best Chapter Newsletter Honorable Mention in 2007.
When she realized that her life had an end date, Joan focused on writing personal notes
to those who had been inspirations in her life. She attended her final HLAA Convention
last year in Austin, Texas. She passed away with her husband, Everett, holding her hand
on October 20, 2014.
Joan received the Spirit of SHHH (now known as HLAA) award in 1999. She truly was an inspiration to all of us and her spirit
lives on with us here in St. Louis as we wander the Exhibit Hall, attend workshops, and greet our friends. There is one less
special person with us this year who will be truly missed.
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AWARDS BREAKFAST
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
8:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.
AWARDS BREAKFAST AND CEREMONY
GRAND BALLROOM E - F
Host: Edward F. Ogiba
Sponsored by CapTel® Captioned Telephone
AWARD
RECIPIENTPRESENTER
NATIONAL AWARDS
Howard E. “Rocky” Stone
Humanitarian Award
Presented at the Banquet
on Saturday, June 27
Jolie Stone Frank, MD and
Melanie Stone Hogan, OH
Ahme Stone
Michael Stone
Advocacy Hall of Fame
Presented at the Opening
Session on Thursday, June 25
Senator Tom Harkin, IA
Anna Gilmore Hall
Keystone
Nanci Linke-Ellis, CA
Meg Wallhagen
National Access
Presented at the Opening
Session on Thursday, June 25
Regal Entertainment Group
Randy Smith
Anna Gilmore Hall
Outstanding Employer
Microsoft
Becky Montgomery
Valerie Stafford-Mallis
Barbara Kelley
Alice Marie Stone Family Involvement
Ron Hendricks, OK
Ahme Stone
Community Service
John “Bill” Burke
Don Doherty
Get in the Hearing Loop
Marcia Dugan Advocacy
Michael Langner, NM
Anna Gilmore Hall
Georgia Fleischer, CA
Barbara Kelley
Outstanding Chapter on a Mission
Central Oklahoma Chapter, OK
Sue Miller
Professional Advisor
David Levine, MO
Barbara Kelley
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AWARDS BREAKFAST
Walter T. Ridder
Abigail Van Buren
(Dear Abby column)
AWARDS BREAKFAST
Service Award
Elizabeth Booth, AZ
Gael Hannan
Spirit of HLAA
JoAnne DeVries, FL
Ron and Jean Haynes, KY
Marian Reyburn, NE
Gael Hannan
Founder’s Day Recognition
Augusta Chapter, GA
Bulloch County Chapter, GA
Chattanooga Chapter, TN
Montgomery County Chapter, MD
Washington State Association
Jolie Stone Frank
Colorado Springs Chapter, CO
Dianne Reitan, Editor
Holly Cohen
Central Oklahoma Chapter, OK
Vernice Meade, Editor
Holly Cohen
Rochester Chapter, NY
Michelle Gross, Webmaster
Cynthia Moynihan
CHAPTER AWARDS
Chapter Newsletter Honorable Mentions
Chapter Website
STATE PRESIDENTS/ COORDINATORS RECOGNITION
State Association Presidents - Retiring
Tess Crowder, FLJeff Bonnell
Jim Montgomery, CA
Linda Schaab, NJ
State Association Presidents - Incoming
Zina Jawadi, CAJeff Bonnell
Cynthia Moynihan, FL
State Chapter Coordinators - Incoming
Vincent Portulano, ORJeff Bonnell
Richard Little, OR
AWARDS BREAKFAST
SCHOLARSHIPSAhme Stone
Rocky and Ahme Stone Endowment Scholarship
Robyn Skodzinsky, MI
Bob Branigin Scholarship
Deirdre Bolemon, FL
Debra Rogers, CA
Stanley Thomas, NJ
HLAA
Christine Klessig, WI
HLAA-Boston Chapter
Linda Lawson, CA
Phonak
Carol Winkel, WI
Tracfone Wireless
Elaine Goddard, FL
Latisha Porter-Vaughn, NJ
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AWARDS BREAKFAST / ABOUT THE HLAA AWARDS
Washington DC Walk4Hearing
Tiffany Anderson, GA
Carole Griffin, TN
Karrie Hyatt, MI
Wendi Washington, CA
Delta Air Lines
Ira Brand, IL
Charlene Spencer, GA
Hamilton CapTel
Charles Lermond, OH
DuWayne Preston, DE
Maurice Wilson and Russell Page
William Milzarski, MI
VETERAN SCHOLARSHIPS
WALK4HEARING RECOGNITION
2014 Locations and Walk Chairs
Ronnie Adler
Brighton, MA – Suzanne D’Amico and Kim LaBrecque
Cary, NC – Ronnie Adler
Chattanooga, TN – Betty Proctor
Chicago, IL – Ronnie Adler and Cheryl Carter
Dayton/Cincinnati, OH – Marlene Ferry and Cheri Samworth
Hartford, CT– Suzanne D’Amico
Houston, TX– Teri Wathen and Lois Davis
Hudson Valley, NY – Suzanne D’Amico
Jacksonville, FL– Judy Martin and Ronnie Adler
Littleton, CO – Ronnie Adler
Long Beach, CA– Ronnie Adler
Milford, MI – Janet Haines and Barb Quart
Milwaukee, WI – Caroline Ludka and Ronnie Adler
Minneapolis, MN – Ronnie Adler
New York City, NY – Suzanne D’Amico
Philadelphia, PA – Ronnie Adler
Rochester, NY – Cindy Kellner and Sue Miller
St. Louis, MO – Kathy Patrick
Washington, DC – Ronnie Adler
West Windsor, NJ– Suzanne D’Amico
Westchester/Rockland, NY – David Goldwasser and Steve Wolfert
Walk4Hearing Award
Boston Chapter
Peggy Ellertsen
ABOUT THE HLAA AWARDS
Ronnie Adler
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) Conventions are a stimulating time of sharing, learning and fellowship and a time
to honor our organizations and members with well-deserved awards. HLAA members, Chapters and State organizations and
others find unique and special ways to serve member needs as they reach out and make an impact. HLAA acknowledges these
achievements and contributions. Not every award is presented each year.
Howard E. “Rocky” Stone Humanitarian Award
Established in 1990 by the Board of Trustees, this prestigious award honors an outgoing or past trustee for his or her extraordinary contributions
toward the furtherance of the objectives and personal exemplification of the philosophy envisioned by Howard E. Stone, founder.
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AWARDS BREAKFAST / ABOUT THE HLAA AWARDS
National Access Award
The HLAA National Access Award is given to those who have provided or improved access in a significant way for people with hearing loss.
James B. Snow, Jr., M.D. Award
This award was created in 1997 to honor the contributions of James B. Snow, Jr., M.D., toward furthering scientific research in the
field of hearing loss. Dr. Snow was the first director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders,
(NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health, which was created in 1988 and has served to focus and advance scientific endeavors
relating to communication disorders in unprecedented ways.
Advocacy Hall of Fame
This award is given to honor an individual, group or organization that through their advocacy efforts that significantly impacts
awareness for, and/or implementation of the HLAA Public Policy and Advocacy and Agenda which benefits people with hearing
loss and furthers the mission of the Hearing Loss Association of America. The nominee must demonstrate significant achievement
which has resulted in national impact and greater awareness around the issues of hearing loss. This award is given to people and
organizations that have worked diligently over a long period of time to improve the lives and circumstances of people with hearing
loss. The outcome of their work must have enduring and meaningful impact.
Keystone Award
The Keystone Award was established in 1986. The Keystone Award is a special honor awarded to persons for outstanding
achievement and/or contribution to the establishment, advancement and continued success of HLAA. The names of the recipients
are inscribed on a plaque in the national office.
President’s Award
The President’s Award was established in 1986. This award is given to persons who have worked diligently over a long period of
time to improve the lives and circumstances of people with hearing loss.
Get in the Hearing Loop Campaign Award
In June 2010, the Hearing Loss Association of America on behalf of people with hearing loss and the American Academy of
Audiology, on behalf of audiologists, announced a collaborative public education campaign, “Get in the Hearing Loop.” The
campaign was designed to enlighten and excite hearing aid users, as well as audiologists and other professionals who dispense
hearing aids, about telecoils and hearing loops and their unique benefits. Today, in the spirit of this historic campaign, the
award recognizes excellence in communicating the benefits of loop technology to a broad audience and success in getting loop
technology accepted and installed in local communities.
Marcia Dugan Advocacy Award
Each year HLAA members, Chapters and State organizations spend a great deal of time advocating locally and statewide for issues
affecting people with hearing loss. The Marcia Dugan Advocacy Award recognizes the outstanding efforts of an HLAA Chapter
or State organization, an individual HLAA member or a team or committee of members who serves as advocates with decision
makers and others about laws and other crucial issues affecting people with hearing loss. This award is presented to an individual
or individuals, a chapter or a state organization in recognition of their outstanding advocacy accomplishment. The Advocacy
Award was renamed in late 2010 to honor the late Marcia Dugan of Penn Yan, New York, a former national HLAA Board of
Trustees president, Rochester Chapter leader and long-time community volunteer, writer, speaker, and advocate for issues related
to hearing loss. Dugan’s volunteerism stretched beyond her work of helping people with hearing loss.
Outstanding Young Adult Award
HLAA created this award in 1995 to recognize HLAA members in the age group 18-30 who have contributed significant time and
effort to advancing the HLAA mission including helping to increase the number of fellow young adult members whose enthusiasm
grows as they bond with, sustain and support each other. These dedicated members represent the future of HLAA.
Service Award
The HLAA Service Award is presented to individual members or state or chapter organizations who have completed a service that directly
benefits Hearing Loss Association of America, its members and its national presence as well as HLAA State and Chapter affiliates. This
award acknowledges contributions made to fill a void created by a lack of funds, time or personnel. One outcome of the service would be
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to move HLAA closer to recognition of HLAA as a household name when people seek information about hearing loss. Simply stated, the
award is for service that is a step forward for the mission of HLAA. Examples of service might be the development and dissemination of a
public service announcement or any form of mass media, development of training materials available to all, volunteering for a project the
national office could use help with, financial donations earmarked for a specific need to benefit all of HLAA.
Spirit of HLAA Award
The Spirit of SHHH Award was first presented in 1988, and is now known as the “Spirit of HLAA” Award. Repeatedly office staff heard about
or was in touch with exceptional members. These members seemed to be amazing people not because they achieved more or did something
better, but because they possessed a special quality, a rare gift, that set them apart from others. HLAA looks for caring, dedicated people who
are not only actively involved in HLAA but who also set an example for others as positive role models of the self-help philosophy and who
also embody the attitude that “it’s not the difference we have, it’s the difference we make.” This award is given to the recipient(s) who radiates
the hopes and dreams of others, thinking selflessly, acting always out of love and appreciation for the joys and sorrows of all human beings.
Outstanding Employer Award
The HLAA Outstanding Employer Award is awarded to those who have provided or significantly improved communication
access for people in the workplace. In selecting a recipient, HLAA looks at contributions made to further attitudinal change and to
improve the quality of the work environment for people with hearing loss.
Community Service Award
The Community Service Award was established in 1986. The recipients of Community Outreach Awards have planted a seed of
hope for people with hearing loss, followed through on the project, and have had the opportunity to watch the project grow to
fruition. Any publicity generated by this activity will have had a positive impact on the goals of HLAA, as well as on the lives
of people with hearing loss in the community. In 1989 the Community Service Award was amended to include Community
Awareness and Communication Access.
Chapter/State Newsletter Award
Newsletters are excellent educational tools as well as outreach vehicles. Chapter/State organizations that publish a regular newsletter
monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly are eligible for this popular category. Although a newsletter is frequently a joint project, usually one
individual, the editor, is responsible for its publication. Where possible, the award will be presented to the editor.
Chapter/State Website Award
HLAA Chapter/State websites are an enormous source of pride. While all of them are useful, many of these websites exhibit true
excellence. HLAA honors Chapters/States with this award and is presented to the webmaster.
Outstanding HLAA Chapter On a Mission Award
Founder’s Day Recognition
Established in 1986, Founder’s Day Recognition honors chapters who have made financial contributions to the national office to
support chapter development. The National Office recognizes chapters who succeed in following through on a project that serves
to honor Founder Rocky Stone, raise funds and promote the self-help philosophy.
Walk4Hearing Recognition
The annual HLAA Walk4Hearing was launched in 2006 to increase public awareness and decrease the stigma attached to hearing loss, to educate
and to raise funds to expand HLAA services and programs for people with hearing loss at the national and local levels. Thanks to widespread
participation in the Walks, HLAA is reducing the impact of hearing loss in people’s daily lives. HLAA has every reason to be extremely proud of
their members for quickly embracing this ambitious outreach program. This program has been extremely successful. HLAA is even prouder of
the outstanding creative and practical ways the finances realized are being used locally to make a positive impact on the HLAA mission. HLAA
recognizes an HLAA Chapter that has used their proceeds from the Walk in a way that is of greatest benefit to the most people with hearing loss.
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The HLAA mission is to open the world of communication to people with hearing loss through information, education, support and
advocacy. Chapters deliver this mission by educating and supporting their members and local people with hearing loss on how to
improve their listening and communications skills to lead more fulfilled lifestyles. Effective HLAA Chapters also promote self-advocacy
and greater communication access in their local communities. Chapters become respected members of the community at large. This
award recognizes a chapter that best administers HLAA’s standard of education, support and advocacy on a local community level.
WALK4HEARING
Walk4Hearing Celebrates 10 Years of YOU
Walking Coast to Coast
Thank You to the 2015 Walk4Hearing
Sponsors
10th Anniversary Sponsor
Presenting Sponsor
The HLAA Walk4Hearing began in 2006 with just six Walks. This
year, the Walk4Hearing celebrates 10 years of creating awareness
with 21 Walks throughout the country. Over those years, we have
brought more than 58,000 people together for a day of fun and
sharing to make hearing loss an urgent public health issue. We’ve
also contributed to hundreds of local organizations that serve
those with hearing loss through our alliances.
Platinum Sponsor
WALK4HEARING
Join us this year to continue the tradition and make this our
best year yet!
Visit Walk4Hearing.org for all spring and fall locations
and information.
Diamond Sponsor
Wanted! Fall Walkers
September 26
Minneapolis
St. Louis
September 27
Chicago
New York City
October 10
Houston
Gold Sponsors
October 18
New Jersey
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
October 24
Washington DC
October 25
New England
San Diego – NEW THIS YEAR!
November 7
Jacksonville
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JOIN HLAA
Has HLAA Helped You Live Successfully with Hearing Loss?
If so, give a gift of HLAA membership to someone you care about.
When you join HLAA you support the work that benefits 48 million people with hearing loss in the United States. We work to
make hearing health care more affordable, ensure communication access, and make hearing loss an issue of national concern.
Many existing laws and policies are due to the work of HLAA.
With membership you also get:
To join HLAA and support its work, visit hearingloss.org or call 301.657.2248.
FREE! Sign up for the free online HLAA e-News at hearing loss.org and find out how HLAA fights for
your rights in addition to all the breaking news important to you.
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BOARD, ADVISORS & STAFF
Director of Web Technologies
Susan Parras
Director of Consumer
Technology Initiatives
Cynthia Compton-Conley, Ph.D.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Margaret Wallhagen, Ph.D., CA
Chairperson
Valerie Stafford-Mallis, FL
Vice Chairperson
BOARD, ADVISORS & STAFF
Katherine Bouton
Secretary
LEGAL
Henry Fader, Esq.
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Northeast Region
Walk4Hearing Coordinator
Suzanne D’Amico
MEDICAL
Paul Hammerschlag, M.D.
New York University
Langone Medical Center
Office Manager
Sue Ann Colella
John W. House, M.D.
Michael Stone, Esq., DC
Treasurer
Michael D. Seidman, M.D.
Henry Ford Hospital
Anna Gilmore Hall, ex-officio
Diana Bender, Ph.D., PA
Don Doherty, VA
Richard Einhorn, NY
Peggy Ellertsen, MA
Kevin Franck, Ph.D., MA
Toni Iacolucci, NY
David M. Jones, VA
Patricia Kricos, Ph.D., FL
James C. Saunders, Ph.D., PA
Nancy Lelewer Sonnabend, MA
Alyssa R. Terk, M.D., PA
Jack J. Wazen, M.D., FL
MENTAL HEALTH
Samuel Trychin., Ph.D.
PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS
AUDIOLOGY
Jennifer Yeagle, M.Ed., CCC-A
The Listening Center, Johns Hopkins
CAPTIONING/CART
Deanna Baker, RMR, FAPR
PARENTS’ ISSUES
John Flanders, Esq.
TECHNICAL
Linda Kozma-Spytek, MA, CCC-A
Gallaudet University
Mead Killion, Ph.D.
Etymotic Research
Harry Levitt, Ph.D.
RERC, Gallaudet University
Advanced Hearing Concepts, Inc.
HLAA STAFF
Executive Director
Anna Gilmore Hall
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT
Joan Kleinrock
Deputy Executive Director &
Editor-in-Chief
Barbara Kelley
EDUCATION/CHILDREN’S ISSUES
Carol Flexer, Ph.D.
Director of Public Policy
Lise Hamlin
GET IN THE HEARING LOOP STEERING
COMMITTEE
Cheryl Davis, Ph.D.
Stephen O. Frazier
Director of Events & Marketing
Nancy Macklin
HEARING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Ron Vickery
HEARING LOOP ADVOCATE
Juliette Sterkens, Au.D.
Director of Walk4Hearing
Ronnie Adler
Director of Development Loretto McNally
Director of Chapter Development
Edward F. Ogiba
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Database/IT Administrator
Heather Callin
Hearing Assistive Technology
Education and Training Coordinator
Lisa Devlin
Program Assistants
Gaelin Bryant
Hollace Goodman
Barbara Miller
National Office Volunteers
David Gayle
Meyer Gordon
David Sherman
Peggy Wyss
Hearing Loss Association
of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200,
Bethesda, MD 20814
301.657.2248 Voice
301.913.9413 Fax
hearingloss.org
[email protected]
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