In this e-news, we share more Hearing Loss Community Day details, highlight hearing-friendly events coming up at Town Hall Seattle, detail what it means to self-advocate, and more.
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#HearingLoss #HearingLossAwareness #HearingAids #AccessibleTechnologies
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Captioned phones can be an easy way to stay connected with loved ones when you have a #HearingLoss.
🎯 Lynzee McShea explores how nurses can support detection, assessment, and management of hearing loss in this population.
📘 Read the full article. Link in thread.
#BJNinform #HearingLoss #LearningDisabilities #NursingPractice #InclusiveCare #CPD
Your smartphone can be a terrific #accessibility tool to help you hear and understand better. Check out these tips from Tina Childress.
#HearingLoss #HearingTech
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In this issue of our e-news, we share exciting speakers and topics at our Community Day, terrific hearing-friendly live theater this spring (with a ticket discount!), ways to get cochlear implant care at home, and more.
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#HearingLoss #HearingAids #CochlearImplant
Hands-on help with tech, how to ask for hearing access, coping with the emotional impact of hearing loss, and more at our FREE #HearingLoss Community Day April 25, 2026, at @townhallseattle.bsky.social.
Registration required. Lunch included. All are welcome!
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Registration is OPEN for our annual community day at Town Hall Seattle on April 25. Plus where to get free tax help and more #HearingLoss news for Washington State and beyond. hearingloss-wa.org/hearing-loss...
Thank you, Loblaw!
Workplace hearing loss has been called one of the most prevalent — and preventable — occupational health crises in the United States. | Occupational Hearing Loss: Still a Loud Problem https://buff.ly/K94mrOY #HearingLoss #WorkersComp
Workplace hearing loss has been called one of the most prevalent — and preventable — occupational health crises in the United States. | Occupational Hearing Loss: Still a Loud Problem buff.ly/K94mrOY #HearingLoss #WorkersComp
A hearing aid bank, a donation-based (no-fee) clinic, a holistic approach to patient care, plus a wonderful relationship with the community. Find out what's great about the Western Washington University Audiology Doctoral program and Hearing Clinic. hearingloss-wa.org/western-wash...
#HearingLoss
Would you like a friendly, caring space to talk about hearing loss? Come to a virtual HOPE meeting.
Our next meeting is April 1. Always free and open to everyone. hearingloss-wa.org/what-we-do/h...
#HearingLoss #HearingLossAwareness
Happy World Hearing Day!
Did you know that in America, one in ten kids aged 6-19 have some degree of hearing loss?
Parents of kids with hearing loss can find help with HLAA's national support group: hearingloss.org/parents
#HearingLoss #WorldHearingDay #HearingLossAwareness #WorldHearingDay2026
Deafblind doesn't mean pure darkness and silence.
Hands United offers education, support, translation, and advocacy for immigrant families with children who are #Deaf or hard-of-hearing. Classes include driver's education taught in ASL, and Immigration 101 starting today, February 13, 4 pm.
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#HearingLoss #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage
Save the date for our annual community meeting, and much more news and info for people with #HearingLoss
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It's making sure everyone can see, hear, navigate, understand, communicate....
Have #HearingLoss and work in a high-noise environment? This free webinar on Feb 18 can help you use technology, self-advocate, and build confidence. hearingloss-wa.org/webinar-thri...
"Hearing loss and tinnitus are the most common service-connected disabilities among veterans, according to the VA.... with the VA the largest employer of audiologists in the U.S." www.stripes.com/veterans/202... @starsandstripes.bsky.social #hearing #tinnitus #keeplistening
"Researchers found that as long as people got a hearing aid within two years of having an abnormal hearing test, their risk of developing PD later in life was lowered substantially." www.va.gov/portland-hea... #parkinsons #hearing #keeplistening @ohsunews.bsky.social
Thank you, Nanaimo!
Students with a #HearingLoss or who are studying hearing loss? You may qualify for a scholarship.
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#HearingAids #Deaf #Scholarships #Education
Scholarships for students with #HearingLoss, our latest outreach in Longview, cool accessibility tech at CES, why bluffing isn’t your best hearing loss strategy, and much more news.
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In our latest news...
*Our president, Cheri Perazzoli, on Seattle's KING-5 TV
*More open-caption movies in Washington State
*What it's REALLY like to wear hearing aids
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And much more.
#HearingLoss #HearingAids
Congrats again to our president, Cheri Perazzoli, the AARP Washington special-mention Andrus Award winner for 2025.
(That's not Cheri in the screenshot below. Watch the video to see photos of Cheri.)
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#HearingLoss #HearingLossAwareness
Congrats again to the AARP Washington special-mention Andrus Award winner, our president, Cheri Perazzoli.
(That's not Cheri in the screenshot below. Watch the video see photos of Cheri.)
www.king5.com/video/sponso...
#HearingLoss #HearingLossAwareness
More open-captioned movies are coming to Washington State in 2026, thanks to the John Waldo Act, which we were happy to support.
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#HearingLoss #Captions #OpenCaptions
"Around 200 medicines are known to have ototoxic effects." www.the-independent.com/life-style/h... #keeplistening @the-independent.com
Early diagnosis and treatment of your hearing loss can help in so many ways.
#HearingLoss #HearingAids #HearingLossAwareness
Today is your *last chance* to make a gift to HLAA-WA in 2025.
Please donate to help enrich our hearing loss community.
Together, we're people helping people, every day.
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