Here are the "instructions" I said were needed for the survey. Instructions: This survey is designed to help us evaluate what accommodations VA currently offers for veterans who are deaf or hard

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What is posted are just the questions for your review and input. The instructions are not yet written and will be included with the survey when it is sent out. We are considering whether we want to

Please see my notes in green: Veteran Communication access accommodation Question Title 1. Are you a veteran, veterans spouse, or veterans caregiver? Yes No Question Title 2. Do you (or your

Hi Everyone, Jim Rau has started a survey with help from Ann Thomas, who is part of the Get In The Hearing Loop Committee to find out about Communication Access at the VA. Jim has had difficulty

Hey all! I have lots going on with a couple of deadlines coming up. Sorry I am going to have to miss tonight AGAIN. Hope to see everyone next

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Thanks Ron http://www.conceptscommunications.com/team/ronald-drach/

Dr Cliff Olson explains bone conduction headphones on his YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygGQhjCIkbo

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Jim! Thanks for your comments. I am very disappointed in Teams especially given Microsoft’s long standing leadership in the technology field. I am lookin forward to

Thanks Ron. It is good to see Microsoft getting into the "inclusion" game. Apple has been dominating until now. And using the work "inclusion is a good thing too. The other term that is better

I just registered for the captioning on February 9. Ron http://www.conceptscommunications.com/team/ronald-drach/ Begin forwarded message: From: Sheryl Rosenberg <srosenberg@...> Date: February 7, 2022

Approving a guest speaker is not up to me. If it were I"d ask for more information. I think a discussion with Don, David, and Carla would be in order to talk about inviting a presenter. The

Jim! Thanks for the feedback. You know a heck of a lot more about this than I do. I understand and share your skepticism. I am on the Board of Speech to Text Captioning and shared this with them.

The information they provide is conspicuously devoid or any technical description. It still looks to me like it is a bone conduction system which is not at all new. We all receive a bone conduction a

I believe I mentioned I was contacted by the developer of this new initiative and have been in an email exchange with him. He would like to speak at one of our meetings and it might be interesting.

I saw a post on FB about Starkey's 2-Way Audio and asked if it was available through the VA and they referred me to their site. I haven't looked at it but may pursue this through my VA audiologist.

Jim! Thanks for the feedback. One of the questions I asked him was about various venues and distance a voice will carry. Hoping for a call on Friday and will get back to everyone

Yes Ron. It worked. Looks like a bone conduction system to me. I’ve experienced bone conduction system meant for motorcycling and it was OK in a normal room but with road noise it was unusable for