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Hearing Loss Association of America - Do You Believe Everything You Read on the Internet or See on TV?
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HLAATech@hlaagroups.hearingloss.org Integration <HLAATech@...>
Do You Believe Everything You Read on the Internet or See on TV?By Tim Browning
Barbara Kelley Executive Director Hearing Loss Association of America. We have a response in our family when one of us shares a factoid suspect to truth. We reply sarcastically with, “It must be true... |
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Re: Chrome Live Captions
#Captioning
Carolyn,
toggle quoted message
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Do you have instructions for an iPad? The windows are different from these instructions. Thanks, Carol
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Chrome Live Captions
#Captioning
Yes it is very easy to turn on Chrome Live Captions. For example, this means that you can caption YouTube videos that were not previously captioned by YouTube.
Here are the instructions attached, with screen prints, using a Mac. I am attaching the same document in Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF. Carolyn J. Odio
--HLAA Washington State
--Resident Council Rep at www.panorama.org --Hearing Loss Group at www.panorama.org (703) 725-8292 iPhone/Text
Residence: 1835 Circle LN SE, Apt 425, Lacey, WA 98503
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Hearing Loss Association of America - Rules are Long Overdue
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HLAATech@hlaagroups.hearingloss.org Integration <HLAATech@...>
Rules are Long OverdueBy Tim Browning
Lise Hamlin Director of Public Policy Hearing Loss Association of America President Joe Biden Issues Directive for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids By Lise Hamlin President Joe Biden signed a sweeping... |
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Re: Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids
#Publication
Yes if HLAA would sell individual copies that would be great. I just need one copy for our Panorama Library...and cannot afford to buy them in bulk.
-- Carolyn J. Odio
(703) 725-8292 iPhone/Text
Residence: 1835 Circle LN SE, Apt 425, Lacey, WA 98503
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Re: Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids
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I encourage you to ask HLAA to order these in quantity and put them in the order department. Know they had them a few years ago. Wonder how many were distributed. At $7 a copy for a small order, they could sell for $10 and clear costs. Makes me realize how much I’ve missed having ‘real’ conventions where I”ve been able to pick up an amazing number of excellent materials.
Julie Olson
From: HLAATech@... <HLAATech@...> On Behalf Of Louise Smith
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2021 4:37 PM To: HLAATech@... Subject: Re: [HLAATech] Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids #Publication
Carolyn, 7 I am in the SAME boat!!
I lead a Hearing Solutions SIG in Sun City Texas (not an HLAA chapter because we can only inclue Sun City residents). We will be starting up and rebuilding our membership in September and really want to have this available!! I have previously gotten them at the HLAA Convention or ordered them from the HLAA site.
I contacted HLAA and got this reply. ------------------------------------------------------------------
The John Wilson Group creates the Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids and updates it yearly. They also create other health guides including one about tinnitus.
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I have sent email to Cory.johnson and will be happy to forward his reply to you.
Louise Smith
On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 9:49 AM Carolyn Odio <carolyn@...> wrote:
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Re: Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids
#Publication
Louise Smith
Carolyn, I am in the SAME boat!! I lead a Hearing Solutions SIG in Sun City Texas (not an HLAA chapter because we can only inclue Sun City residents). We will be starting up and rebuilding our membership in September and really want to have this available!! I have previously gotten them at the HLAA Convention or ordered them from the HLAA site. I contacted HLAA and got this reply. ------------------------------------------------------------------
The John Wilson Group creates the Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids and updates it yearly. They also create other health guides including one about tinnitus. They offer the guide in print and also as an online version. The structure for the guide has changed for 2021. "As far as pricing goes, our structure has changed for 2021. Printed guides and downloads are now the same price (60 = $420; 120 = $825.60, etc. (cost per guide goes down with each additional quantity of 60 purchased))." To order the guides in bulk you can contact Cory Johnson: cory.johnson@.../ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have sent email to Cory.johnson and will be happy to forward his reply to you. Louise Smith On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 9:49 AM Carolyn Odio <carolyn@...> wrote: I first saw this publication when a hearing aid dispenser checked this magazine, (in the Costco Hearing Aid Center). I found out that it is a vendor magazine, published annually, that lists hearing aids manufactured. It is divided into 4 sections regarding level of technology. Within each section appropriate brands/models are listed with their technology specified. (For example there is a one column indicating whether telecoil is available for that brand/model.) |
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Re: Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids
#Publication
The John Wilson Group creates the Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids and updates it yearly. They also create other health guides including one about tinnitus.
They offer the guide in print and also as an online version. The structure for the guide has changed for 2021. "As far as pricing goes, our structure has changed for 2021. Printed guides and downloads are now the same price (60 = $420; 120 = $825.60, etc. (cost per guide goes down with each additional quantity of 60 purchased))." To order the guides in bulk you can contact Cory Johnson: cory.johnson@.../ |
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Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids
#Publication
I first saw this publication when a hearing aid dispenser checked this magazine, (in the Costco Hearing Aid Center). I found out that it is a vendor magazine, published annually, that lists hearing aids manufactured. It is divided into 4 sections regarding level of technology. Within each section appropriate brands/models are listed with their technology specified. (For example there is a one column indicating whether telecoil is available for that brand/model.)
Now I am trying to order the current year's copy of this publication. In the past I have been able to order it on the HLAA national website (www.hearingloss.org) for about $18. But now it is no longer there...I did a search for it and it did not appear. Previously, searching for it on the internet, I had no luck since it seems to be restricted to hearing aid vendors. Does anyone know how/where I can order the current year's edition? A picture of the past edition cove of the magazine is included here. -- Carolyn J. Odio
(703) 725-8292 iPhone/Text
Residence: 1835 Circle LN SE, Apt 425, Lacey, WA 98503
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Hearing Loss Association of America - President Biden Directs HHS to Consider Issuing Proposed Rules within 120 Days for Allowing Hearing Aids to be Sold Over the Counter
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HLAATech@hlaagroups.hearingloss.org Integration <HLAATech@...>
President Biden Directs HHS to Consider Issuing Proposed Rules within 120 Days for Allowing Hearing Aids to be Sold Over the CounterBy Carrie Johnson
Today, U.S. President Biden issued an executive order that directs the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider issuing proposed rules within 120 days for allowing hearing aids... |
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Hearing Loss Association of America - How I Used Zoom to Learn About Hearing Health
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HLAATech@hlaagroups.hearingloss.org Integration <HLAATech@...>
How I Used Zoom to Learn About Hearing HealthBy Tim Browning
Carrie Johnson Director of Communications Hearing Loss Association of America HLAA Virtual Convention 2021 By Carrie Johnson I attended my first HLAA Virtual Convention June 24-26, 2021. I joined... |
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If you use your browser for research (who doesn't), you may be missing out if you are not using Microsoft Edge. I have used Chrome and was a devout Firefox user for years. There are features built into Edge that will enhance your ability to gather and organize your research. A recent YouTube video released by Leila Gharani, "Top Features of Edge," reviews some of these features. I recommend viewing this twelve-minute video and try using a couple of features like "collections" and "web capture." The video has timestamps, so you can skip to features that interest you.
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HLAA Executive Director Barbara Kelley’s Email Account Hacked
Carla Beyer-Smolin
Dear HLAA Community, Earlier today (June 30), you may have received a spam email requesting a gift card from HLAA Executive Director Barbara Kelley. This was a spam email–please do not respond. Barbara would never request this from our HLAA Chapters. She would never make any requests outside of HLAA. The HLAA National Office immediately connected this morning with our IT support team when we learned of this spam email. This email was sent from bkelley.hearingloss@..., which is not a legitimate email address. It is important to know how to look for spam email, scams and phishing. We hope you find these resources helpful. How to Recognize and Avoid Phishing Scams Spammers Get Up Close and Personal Thank you for your support of HLAA. Kind Regards,
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Louise Smith
We are still "in process." Several classes have now installed big screens and I suspect this class will also. We have great technical expertise with one retired EE professor and one Asst Dean of EE as class members!!! I am going to be MOST interested in what our Senior University does after this fall session. EVERYONE is asking for hybrid - - but I suspect they may end up "recording" and posting the recordings online. You can't ask questions of the recording, but you can view and get the information. I think our whole "world" of how we conduct meetings is going change because of ZOOM! Louise Smith On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 4:41 PM Alan Katsura, Moderator, CA Diablo Valley Chapter <akatsura@...> wrote: Hi Louise |
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I've been studying hearing loops since the 1980s and I am the leader of the IEC standards committee on the subject. I don't remember exactly how I found out about HLAAGITH (rather the predecessor mailing list) but it might have been through Juliëtte. I have sensorineural loss and what some are calling 'audio dyslexia' - I can hear rapid speech but it doesn't turn into words. In real life, I am an electronics consultant, interested in EMC and safety as well as other things. I am not sure what you mean by 'easily
accessible'. The Latin tag is my attempt at 'The bad things
are now going away, but not everywhere.' Previous tags could be
said to anticipate the pandemic by about 2 years. Just
coincidence. ======================================================================================
Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only www.woodjohn.uk Rayleigh, Essex UK Istae nunc praetereunt nisi non ubicumque On 2021-06-29 22:20, Alan Katsura,
Moderator, CA Diablo Valley Chapter wrote:
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Also true. Our chapter uses three or four people to monitor various events during a Zoom meeting - admitting, muting, monitoring chat, replying to technical issues, etc. The Raise Hand feature in Zoom (and I assume other platforms) is underutilized. When used, it lets you know when someone has a question or comment by displaying a hand in the participant's thumbnail and in the participant window in the order in which the hand was raised. It also allows for the participant to actively engage in the meeting instead of relying on chat. Q&A is only available in webinars with Zoom.
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Louise Smith
Just FYI My SS Class did a remote speaker/teacher. It went very well except that since it was interactive, we had to assign someone in the "in-person" meeting to monitor questions "in the room" since the speaker could not see some of those people. And IF the speaker had been showing their desktop, it would have been very difficult to monitor for questions unless they used the Chat and/or Q&A and typed them Louise Smith On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 2:47 PM Alan Katsura, Moderator, CA Diablo Valley Chapter <akatsura@...> wrote:
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Hi Louise
Thank you for all the good info. Everyone says the audio quality is more important than video. You can continue a meeting without video - hard to do without audio. I think all of our chapters use the meeting format. It is less formal and allows for a better engaging session. Many chapters have social time either before or after their meetings - hard to do in webinar format. It will be important for chapters to take inventory of their resources, including the facility you use. Something to consider for your Sunday school situation - do you have access to a portable projector and screen? You should be able to output the video from a laptop and have a projector throw it up on the screen. It is the same process used to present a PowerPoint. If there is captioning in the virtual platform, it should also display, so your in-person attendees will have access to the captions. -- Alan Katsura akatsura@... Moderator HLAA Tech Group |
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Hi John
I am interested in how you found out about us. I am also interested in how your email conversation was so easily accessible? I searched for the Latin phrase you used and this popped up. In the interest of privacy, I will display only the subject line: *Subject:* Re: [PSES] [EXTERNAL] Re: [PSES] What percentage of products pass first time? -- Alan Katsura akatsura@... Moderator HLAA Tech Group |
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You are both right. Everyone needs a microphone (actually in some arrangements you can use one between two or three, depending on how reverberant the room is), but only one microphone should be open ('on') at a time. To set up this type of hybrid session needs
careful design, especially where the ideal equipment is not
available. But it can often be done. For example, in some room
layouts, one or two 'roving' microphones are practicable, in
other layouts not. ======================================================================================
Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only www.woodjohn.uk Rayleigh, Essex UK Istae nunc praetereunt nisi non ubicumque On 2021-06-29 18:58, Alan Katsura,
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