Schedule for Meetings and Social Events
January 31, 2024 - Being Heard at WorkMarch 27, 2024 - Bluetooth LE: A Look Under the HoodMay 11, 2024 - Our Hearing Loss, Ourselves*June 1, 2024 - Duke Farms SocialJune 26-29, 2024 - HLAA Convention, Phoenix, AZ
*Meeting Location for Our In-Person Chapter Meetings
Summit Speech School
705 Central Ave.
New Providence, NJ
705 Central Ave.
New Providence, NJ
Our meetings are captioned and the room for our in-person meetings features a Sound Field amplification system.
Meeting topics may include:
- The latest in hearing aids and ALDS (assisted listening devices), including looping systems
- Cochlear Implants
- Coping strategies
- Resources for managing hearing loss
- General sharing of information and encouragement in coping with hearing loss
- Advocacy - What is being done, and what we can do, at the national, state and county levels to make hearing loss less costly and easier to handle.
Past Meetings
March 27, 2024 - Bluetooth LE: A Look Under the Hood
January 31, 2024 - Being Heard at Work
September 23, 2023 - Film We Hear You/Now Hear Us and Discussion
June 10, 2023 - Communication Strategies - group discussion
March 8, 2023 - Lise Hamlin - HLAA's Advocacy Initiatives
January 18, 2023 - Shari Eberts/How to Live Skillfully with Hearing Loss
November 12, 2022 - Ask the Audiologist Moderated by Jeanne Graulich
September 17, 2022 - Open Discussion Meeting
March 16, 2022 - Carla Beyer-Smolin/Getting to Know the HLAA Website
January 12, 2022 - Sarah Sparks/Hearing, Balance and You
November 15, 2021 - Open Discussion Moderated by Pat Dobbs
September 20, 2021 - David Landsberger/Cochlear Implants: Past, Present and Future
May 15, 2021 - Larry Medwetsky/Managing the Quality of Your Life Through Amplification
March 13, 2021 - Gael Hannan/The Masks of Hearing Loss
January 9, 2021 - Open Discussion Moderated by Pat Dobbs
November 21, 2020 - Rights for People with Hearing Loss
September 12, 2020 - Brad Ingrao/Hearing Assistive Technology (HAT)
January 11, 2020 - Ask The Audiologist
November 23, 2019 - Chapter Update/Your Questions
September 21, 2019 - Laura Norris: Auditory Training, Help Beyond Hearing Aids
May 18, 2019 - Wendy Cheng: Enjoying Music Despite Hearing Loss
March 16, 2019 - Jody Prysock and Toni Iacolucci: Effective Communication in Health Care
January 12, 2019 - Jed Kwartler MD, MBA - Cochlear Implants/Criteria and What to Expect
November 3, 2018 - Our Hearing Loss Our Selves: Questions/Answers and Chapter Business
September 22, 2018 - Craig Barth and Karen Kushla: How to Have a Productive Relationship with Your Audiologist
May 18, 2018 - InnoCaption: Captions for smartphones
April 28, 2018 - Jeanne Graulich, Demystifying Digital Hearing Aids
January 6, 2018 - Dina Leyden, Hearing and Balance
September 9, 2017 - Richard Einhorn, Jay Alan Zimmerman, Matt Kaplan, Technology for People with Hearing Loss
May 20, 2017 - Craig Barth, Tinnitus
March 11, 2017 - Ed Nunn, Fire Safety for People with Hearing Loss
January 14, 2017 - Pam Paskowitz, Aural Rehabilitation
November 12, 2016 - Karen Kushla, Understanding Your Audiogram
September 17, 2016 - Arlene Romoff shares her experience about advocacy
May 14, 2016 - Sheree and Howard Listwa, Communication Partners
March 12, 2016 - David Landsberger, PhD and Alison Mendez (Cochlear Americas), Everything you always wanted to know about...Cochlear Implants
March 12, 2016 - David Landsberger, PhD and Alison Mendez (Cochlear Americas), Everything you always wanted to know about...Cochlear Implants
January 9, 2016 - Karen Kushla, Listening - The Receiving and Processing of Auditory informaton
November 7, 2015 - Pat Dobbs, Traveling Adventures with Hearing Loss
September 12, 2015 - Debra Schaser, Canine Hearing Companions
May 30, 2015 - Pamela Paskowitz, Executive Director of the Summit Speech School - Aural Rehabilitation
March 14, 2015 - Ask The Audiologist
January 10, 2015 - Rap Session - informative discussion about our website and sharing information about assistive listening devices
November 8, 2014 Nancy Williams of Grand Piano Passion - Following your passion despite hearing loss
November 8, 2014 Nancy Williams of Grand Piano Passion - Following your passion despite hearing loss
September 13, 2014 - Daniel Berke of Loop NJ and co-owner of Ahrens Hearing Aid Center in Fair Lawn, NJ
May 31, 2014 - Richard Einhorn world renowned composer and hearing technology advocate
May 31, 2014 - Richard Einhorn world renowned composer and hearing technology advocate
March 8, 2014 - Katherine Bouton, former NY Times editor and author of "Shouting Won't Help-Why I and 50 Million Other Americans Can't Hear You"
January 11, 2014 - Pat Dobbs, Chapter President and Hearing Loss Advocate will share her new Hearing Loss Revolution and 9 Positive Principles
November 11, 2013 - Jed A. Kwartler, MD, MBA, Director of the Ear Specialty Center at Summit Medical Group in Berkley Heights, NJ
September 21, 2013 - Elizabeth LaBarron, HLAA State and Chapter Coordinator
May 11, 2013 - Pat Dobbs, Psychological Effects of Hearing Loss based upon material from the acclaimed psychologist Sam Trychin
March 9, 2012 - Jeanne Graulich, MA, CCC-A audiologist, Communication Strategies
January 12, 2012 - Morris Leo Greb, Esq, Representing people with hearing loss
November 12, 2012 - Mark Zuckerman of Emcom Systems, True Hearing Loop mat for consultation settings
September 13, 2012 - Arlene Romoff, Past-President of HLAA-NJ and author of "Hear Again" and "Listen Closely"
May 12, 2012 - Learning From Each Other - Questions and Answers
March 10, 2012 - Presentation from representatives from CaptionCall
January 7, 2012 - Traci Burton, field representative for the NJ Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
October 29 2011 - First meeting of the new Morris County Chapter of HLAA