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Save the Date–October 16th at 10 am3. July 2010 by Cape Cod Chapter HLAA Blog.
Posted in meetings, News From National, News and Events, Cape Cod Chapter HLA | Print | No Comments » NEW–Open Captioned Videos on Hearing Loss26. May 2010 by Cape Cod Chapter HLAA Blog.
The Hearing Loss Association of America announces 7 new videos about hearing loss. All videos have easy to read captions and informative, well organized content. Highly recommended! The topics are:
Posted in News From National | Print | No Comments » Senate Bill S 3304, “Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act of 201022. May 2010 by Cape Cod Chapter HLAA Blog.
Read this information from our National headquarters in Washington, and thank Senator Kerry! HLAA sent the following letter of thanks to co sponsors of S. 3304: May 21, 2010 Senator John F. Kerry, Chairman Senator Mark L. Pryor, Member Senator Byron L. Dorgan, Member Senator Kent Conrad Re: “Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act of 2010” (S. 3304) Dear Chairman and Senators: Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) wishes to express our deep The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) is the nation’s leading HLAA is encouraged by the introduction of S. 3304. In this year of the HLAA is particularly pleased to see that S. 3304 contains the following Increasing Communications Access - Requires access to phone-type equipment and services used for - Requires caption decoder circuitry or display capability in all video We look to your leadership to establish significant new achievements in HLAA is committed to working with you and the whole Committee to ensure Sincerely, Brenda Battat The letter was sent via fax and US Mail to: Senator John F. Kerry, Chairman Senator Mark L. Pryor, Member Senator Byron L. Dorgan, Member Senator Kent Conrad Posted in News From National, Advocacy | Print | No Comments » Audubon Meeting May 22nd at 2 pm21. April 2010 by Cape Cod Chapter HLAA Blog.
May 22 Saturday 2 pm at Dennis Public Library, Dennisport — UNDERSTANDING OUR LOCAL WILDLIFE: CURRENT RESEARCH AT WELLFLEET BAYWhat do piping plovers, diamondback terrapins, horseshoe crabs and the Wellfleet oyster have in common? They are all subjects of long-term projects conducted by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Wellfleet Bay engages in a number of wildlife studies that examine the population, ecology, and conservation issues of a variety of coastal species. Diamondback terrapins and Eastern box turtles are the subjects of a mark-and-recapture project; horseshoe crabs are tagged and censused to learn more about their distribution and population size; nesting piping plovers and least terns are monitored and protected; and an exciting new project to restore oyster habitat off the sanctuary is underway. And the majority of these projects are executed with the help of citizen scientists—trained volunteers, many with no previous experience, who work with Wellfleet Bay staff to meet the goals of the projects. This exciting network of volunteers helps raise our understanding of Cape Cod’s wildlife on multiple levels. This presentation will highlight Wellfleet Bay’s current research and monitoring projects and provide insight into what we have learned from our studies. Posted in meetings, News and Events | Print | No Comments » Spring Meeting, Saturday March 2726. March 2010 by Cape Cod Chapter HLAA Blog.
David Roellke of Cape Cod Hearing Center in Hyannis will discuss NEW ADVANCES IN HEARING TECHNOLOGY at Dennis Public Library in Dennisport. Coffee and Conversation at 1:30 pm, meeting begins at 2 pm. David is a very entertaining and most importantly, understandable, speaker who can explain technology in a very nontechnical way. Plus, the hearing loop in the room and CART, live transcription, means you will understand every word without straining. Everyone welcome! Also, Harwich Adult Education programs are beginning soon. http://www.harwich.edu/depts/hsfrc/hclc/adulted/adedschedule.htm 300 Intro. to ASL & Deaf Culture Cost $80 April 5, 12, 26; May 3, 10 17, 24;June 7 This course is a basic sampling of everyday vocabulary, ASL instruction and overview of the Deaf Culture. It is a total involvement class and students will quickly learn how to communicate in modes other than verbal. Instructor: Tom Driscoll; Cape Cod Community College Instructor for American Sign Language 402 Confidence Course for the Hearing Impaired Cost $85 April 28; May 5,12,19 If you or someone you know has a hearing loss, you should be using email, texting, web captel (FREE captioned telephone service through your computer), and taking advantage of the tons of information Posted in News and Events | Print | No Comments » Captions in YouTube — try it!7. March 2010 by Cape Cod Chapter HLAA Blog.
– Here’s some information from another HLA member about You Tube captions. It’s a great start, though if you are NOT hearing impaired, you should look at Sandra Bullock’s Oscar acceptance speech to see why captioning by human beings is better than voice recognition captioning. As Dana said, it can be funny, unless you really want to know what someone is saying. – As I hope most everyone knows, YouTube recently started providing I just did a search for a new video to doublecheck on how to make the For example, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtZLvFrl6qk&feature=aso Click on the “CC” on the bottom part of the video and wait for the Click on “Transcribe Audio (Beta)” at the top. This turns on the automatic After activating the automatic captioning, one can then choose to change The captioning is pretty cool! Note that the automatic captioning will invariably have errors in it Dana Posted in Cape Cod Chapter HLA | Print | No Comments » Hearing and the Health Profession22. February 2010 by Cape Cod Chapter HLAA Blog.
Sometimes we take our hearing aids for granted and forget what it’s like without them. Here are some actual stories we’ve heard lately to get you thinking about what would happen if you were in a situation without your hearing aids. How can you let people know how much you need them (other than tattooing “please face me, I lipread” on your forehead.) –Before an MRI, your hearing aids are taken away. Then the attendant talks to you through a microphone when you are inside the machine and you have no idea what he’s saying. –You are about to have minor surgery. You wait in the pre-op room for over an hour and don’t get taken. You discover they have called your name and you didn’t hear them, so they thought you went home. –You collapse at home (without your hearing aids on) and the rescue squad comes to get you. They decide that you have Alzheimer’s because you don’t respond to their questioning while their backs are turned. Luckily your family arrives and asks where your hearing aids are. You will have to do some advanced planning to avoid these situations, but what to do? Posted in Cape Cod Chapter HLA | Print | No Comments » Super Bowl Ads — more captioning!5. February 2010 by Cape Cod Chapter HLAA Blog.
NAD, NFL, and CBS Collaborate to Increase Captioned Super Bowl Commercials The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the National Football League (NFL) along with CBS Corporation, the network airing Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010, have collaborated to make advertisers who purchase Super Bowl commercials aware of the importance of captioning their content. As a result of these efforts, viewers should notice an increased number of captioned commercials compared to previous Super Bowls. The NAD thanks the NFL and CBS Corporation for their efforts to promote closed captioning of the television commercials. Working alongside with the NAD and the NFL, CBS encouraged all of their Super Bowl advertisers to close caption their commercials. The NAD appreciates the efforts of the NFL and CBS on this important issue for the deaf and hard of hearing community. The NAD will monitor the results as we pursue a fully captioned experience from start to finish for all future Super Bowls. The Super Bowl experience includes not only the exciting battle between two football conference champions, but also groundbreaking creative ads which have become a cultural phenomenon. While the Super Bowl game has been captioned for years, the commercials have remained less accessible. With the help of the NFL, the percentage of Super Bowl commercials captioned in last year’s Super Bowl showed a significant improvement. The deaf and hard of hearing community has engaged in an annual ritual of counting the number of captioned advertisements during the Super Bowl. Posted in Advocacy, Cape Cod Chapter HLA | Print | No Comments » Hearing Help for All Ages–January 23rd Topic13. January 2010 by Cape Cod Chapter HLAA Blog.
Happy New Year to members and friends of the Hearing Loss Association, Cape Cod Chapter! Our first meeting of the new year will be Saturday, January 23rd, at 1:30 Cara Jordan, Director of the Clarke School East, has extensive experience working Tom Driscoll teaches sign language at Cape Cod Community College. His topic is “Living Because it gets dark so early, please make an effort to offer a ride to someone who doesn’t drive late in the day. Please join us for this interesting program. Thanks to the generosity of Siemens Hearing Instruments and the Cape Cod Hearing Center, we will have CART at this meeting. See you on Saturday, January 23rd, at 1:30, Dennis Public Library in Dennisport! Posted in News and Events | Print | No Comments » Spread the word about these exciting new groups!14. December 2009 by Cape Cod Chapter HLAA Blog.
You have an opportunity to help pioneer and join two great new groups within the HLAA family in Massachusetts! Hear@Boston is a community of young adults with hearing loss in the Boston area. Most of our members are 20-35 years old, though we welcome people of all ages. We host monthly events ranging from happy hours to invited speakers. In addition to these monthly events, we also set up area events that are accessible (open-captioned theater, accessible tours of the MFA or Fenway Park). Our members are also involved in advocacy, most recently with the push to get medical coverage for hearing aids. If you or someone you know who would be interested in participating in our next support/social function, please feel free to contact James at HearAtBoston@gmail.com Working 9-5ers If you are a person with a hearing loss, between the ages of 35-55 and would like to meet other people on a social basis, perhaps you may be interested in joining our active social group allied with Hear@Boston. We are a social/support group of “working 9-5ers” who would like to meet other folks with hearing loss and participate in activities such as dinners out and about in the city, cinema, theatre, sporting and museum events, pleasure trips to Foxwoods/Mohegan Sun, “happy hour”, bowling, sailing lessons, skiing excursions, concerts, poker or scrabble night, and day trips to historical towns throughout New England. If you or someone you know who would be interested in participating in our next social function, please feel free to contact Anthony at ajcinmass@yahoo.com Our next social event open to everyone is the December 20th performance of Mama Mia, an open captioned matinee playing at the Colonial Theatre. Email ADABoston@BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com or call 617-880-2419 to purchase tickets. When leaving a voicemail message, be sure to include your desire for seats closest to the open captioning. For more details, please visit: http://www.bostonscolonialtheatre.com/Access.html Posted in News and Events | Print | No Comments » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brenda Battat, Executive Director of the Hearing Loss Association of America, will speak at the Saturday, October 16th meeting.