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Hearing Loss Network News - 2004 If you're interested in keeping up with what we're doing, this is the place to do it! Our mission gets us out in the community on an ongoing basis, and here's where we'll keep you up to date. Check back often, and please do let us know if you think we're not doing a very good job of keeping you informed. Here are some of Hearing Loss Network's highlights for 2004:
HLN distributed Volume 1 Issue 1 of its fledgling newsletter "HLN News". We tried to tone down the obvious self-promotion and present information that you can use. If you didn't get your copy, check out the viewable and downloadable versions here! December 7 - HLN Presents Hearing Loss Program for Mission Valley Lions We were thrilled to have the opportunity to discuss hearing loss with the Mission Valley Lions Club! The Lions have wonderful programs to benefit people with hearing loss, including their hearing aid recycling program and their low cost hearing aid program. September 29 - HLN Presents 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at North County Inland Jewish Community Senior Center Executive Director Larry Sivertson presented a one-hour version of HLN's popular 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at the North County Inland Jewish Community Center. The workshop was very well-attended and well-received. The participants were especially interested in the discussion of how to hear better in the presence of background noise. September 18- HLN Participates in Deaf Awareness Day HLN participated in San Diego's Deaf Awareness Day for the second year! We were thrilled to meet so many folks who are affected by hearing loss. Our digital camera/photo printer was kept busy providing pictures of the attendees. And lots of folks were thrilled to get hearing aid batteries for some of the best prices on the planet. This is one of our favorite events, and we hope to see you all again next year! August 14 - HLN Provides San Diego County TTY File for Reverse 911 System Testing We provided San Diego County with a .wav file that they can use to test their Reverse 911 System's TTY compatibility. August 10 - 'Treating the Person' Article Published in 'California Audiology' Last fall we were asked to write an article for 'California Audiology', a publication of the California Academy of Audiology. We chose one of our favorite topics, the idea that audiologists are the gatekeepers to hearing loss resources, and they can really enrich the lives of their patients by providing information on all the resources available to help those affected by hearing loss. It took awhile for the article to show up in the newsletter, but it finally arrived in the Summer 2004 Edition. Here's the html version. And here's the Word version. August 7 - HLN Releases Article on Pending 2006 Captioner Shortage FCC regulations require that 100% of new programming be captioned starting in January 2006. We believe that the severe shortage of captioners will prevent this from happening, and that the logistics of the situation make this situation FAR worse than previous increases in captioning requirements. Here's the html version. And here's the Word version. August 5 - HLN Releases Advocacy Handout for 2004 ALDAcon HLN is proud to serve on the ALDA Advocacy committee. Our goal is to encourage ALDAns to become involved in advocating for people with hearing loss. We wrote up a summary of our emergency captioning advocacy efforts to be handed out at the 2004 ALDAcon Advocacy Workshop. Here's the HTML version. And here's the Word version. August 3 - HLN Meets with KGTV Channel 10 to Discuss Emergency Captioning Executive Director Larry Sivertson participated in a meeting with other members of San Diego's hearing loss community and representatives of San Diego's KGTV Channel 10. The purpose of the meeting was to establish a dialog to ensure that Channel 10's emergency captioning provisions meet the needs of San Diegans with hearing loss. HLN applauds Channel 10's extremely supportive response to the emergency captioning concerns following last fall's wildfires. July 7 - HLN Meets with San Diego County Regarding TTY-Compatibility for Reverse 911 System Executive Director Larry Sivertson met with representatives of San Diego County to discuss a strategy to provide TTY Compatibility for the county's new Reverse 911 system. The meeting was productive, with participants accepting action items to prepare for a feasibility demonstration in September. Here's the story of that meeting! June 21 - HLN Executive Director Begins SDSU's PET-D Program Larry Sivertson, our Executive Director begins the Post Employment Training in Deafness (PET-D) program at San Diego State University (SDSU) today. The first phase of the program is a month long program of full-day classes on managing a hearing loss agency. Following this intensive summer session, Larry will complete a project that will benefit HLN. May 19 - HLN Presents 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at Brookview Village Executive Director Larry Sivertson presented a one-hour version of HLN's popular 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at Brookview Village. The workshop was very well-attended and much appreciated by the participants. April 17, May 14 - HLN Meets with KUSI Channel 51 to Discuss Emergency Captioning Executive Director Larry Sivertson met with representatives of San Diego's KUSI Channel 51 to discuss the requirements for emergency captioning and alternative ways to meet those requirements. HLN congratulates Channel 51 for its interest in rectifying the emergency captioning concerns following last fall's wildfires. April 9 - HLN Presents 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at Berman Center Executive Director Larry Sivertson presented a one-hour version of HLN's popular 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at the Berman Center. The workshop was very well-attended and much appreciated by the participants. April 9 - HLN Presents at SDSU Audiology Class Executive Director Larry Sivertson led a discussion of the impact of hearing loss and various coping strategies at as SDSU Audiology class. Larry was pleased to learn that the students, who would be receiving their M.A.s next month, were quite knowledgable about some of the important hearing loss issues. It was a great discussion and everyone learned a lot! March 31 - HLN Inquires About TTY Compatibility of County's Reverse 911 System We recently saw an article in the paper about a new reverse 911 system being installed in San Diego. The system allows emergency personnel to call you in case of emergency, rather than you calling them; it is being installed to provide greater responsiveness in emergency situations like last fall's wildfires. So we contacted the county to determine if the new system would be able to call people who use TTYs. Here's what happened. February 19 - HLN Presents 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at Friendship Senior Center Executive Director Larry Sivertson presented a one-hour version of HLN's popular 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at the Friendship Senior Center. The participants were students in a Mesa College class on maintaining quality of life in retirement. February 11 - HLN Presents 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at Blind Community Center Executive Director Larry Sivertson presented a one-hour version of HLN's popular 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at the Blind Community Center. The participants were people with both hearing and vision loss, and they have somewhat different needs than folks with just hearing loss. January 20 - HLN Presents 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at Brighton Gardens Executive Director Larry Sivertson presented a one-hour version of HLN's popular 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at Brighton Gardens. The participants were extremely attentive and interested in the various coping strategies. January 13 - HLN Presents 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at Casa Loma Executive Director Larry Sivertson presented a one-hour version of HLN's popular 'Coping with Hearing Loss' Workshop at Casa Loma. The workshop was very well-attended and much appreciated by the participants. |
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