Virtual Chapter Meeting
Thursday, January 23, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm EST
Our presenter Chelle
Wyatt is one of the owners of Hearing Loss Live! an online resource
that focuses on the communication needs of the Hard of Hearing (HoH). She has a
progressive hearing loss which started at 14 years old with hidden hearing
loss. The last big drop in hearing put her in the severe range. Hearing aids
helped but were not enough. Thanks to the Salt Lake City HLAA Chapter, the
SayWhatClub and the state of Utah's services for the Hard of Hearing, she
regained her confidence, the ability to socialize and re-entered the workforce.
Being successful with hearing loss is much more than hearing devices.
Learning lipreading strategies taught her how to manage her communication
needs. That’s the passion she now shares with others as she teaches
lipreading classes.
Possibly joining Chelle
for this presentation is the co-owner of Hearing Loss, LIVE! Julia
Stepp.
Julia Stepp provides CART (Communication Access Realtime
Translation) services to consumers with hearing loss and other processing
disorders for over 20 years now. Working closely with the hearing loss
community allowed her to understand her role as a hearing partner to family
members with a hearing loss, as well as how to best perform equal access to
communication through her work as a CART provider. She realized she's been a
lifelong family member to someone in her family who used lipreading for
communication so she understands the process. She too teaches lipreading
classes, encouraging students to be proactive for their communication needs.
Hearing Loss LIVE! is both sides of the communication equation. It takes two to make communication successful. Let's talk about some of the most common misconceptions in regard to lipreading and how a few simple strategies can improve your communication.