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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I belong to a couple of groups that have been experimenting with hybrid meetings. These are just some of my observations. 1) Sound is critical. If the speaker is going to be more than 2 - 4 feet

Alan, whatever works, please let me know! Sandy

Hi Sandy My initial research does not support what your tech expert states. Audio setup is crucial in hybrid meetings not only so everyone can hear, but to eliminate feedback. In actuality, you do not

Our HLAA Plymouth (MA) Chapter would like to offer both in-person and virtual meetings as well. At a past chapter meeting in November 2019, Kevin Franck spoke on OTC hearing aids. We had a super

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this Terri. This has been in my thoughts too as our online meetings this past year + have drawn in people who would not attend regular meetings. Of course it

Hi Terri I am conducting research on the best way for our chapter to host hybrid meetings. A lot of the decisions will depend on what equipment the facility has and what you have available. There will

We are playing with the idea of offering hybrid of in-person and virtual meeting this fall. We feel if speakers can present virtually from their home or office to a monitor at our in-person meeting

Arlene I just sent you an email with the link. I will also place it here - Ava - Captions Everywhere -- Alan Katsura akatsura@... Moderator HLAA Tech Group

Hi Arlene, If you are speaking of the LA chapter meeting videos, you can find them on our website at http:// hlaa-la.org. Hope this helps. Tim

Has the chapter's latest video hit YouTube yet? Arlene

Facebook has a group for USA and Canadian residents for Cochlear Implants Swapping & Parts. It seems to list "for sale" items as well as free donations. It is a private group (which you can join) with

The captions I create often block content on the bottom of the screen more than YouTube auto-generated captions. Out of curiosity, today (06/09/21) I tried dragging the captions in YouTube and this