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

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

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

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

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.

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