Dear friends of HLAA-MI & Board of Trustees. The annual meeting committee is following suit along with many other events that have been cancelled across the country. Our annual meeting event that was scheduled for April 18 has been CANCELLED. It will not be rescheduled for this year.
Author Archive | HLAMI-Admin
Can Hearing Aids Help Prevent Dementia? from The New York Times
Click Here for an interesting article from The New York Times about hearing loss, hearing aids and dementia. To activate the link you need to click “Continue Reading” first.
Latest appointments to the Advisory Council on Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing
Congratulations to HLAA Michigan member and Grand Rapids Chapter leader, Gerid Adams! Governor Whitmer just announced her latest appointments to the Advisory Council on Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing. Here are the names and bios of those appointed: Gerid C. Adams, of Wyoming, is a field trainer and accounts manager for CaptionCall and the […]
Beginning Lip Reading
Cochlear Implants: Who is a Candidate?
Aural Rehab Events at Central Michigan University
Learn about hearing loss and new technology with different topics every month. Flyer is available below. Most of the info should also be in this post (just not a pretty!). Our free classes are for hearing aid & cochlear implant recipients or those with hearing loss interested in amplification or cochlear implants. Friends and family […]
A Convention Experience Shared by Our 2019 Scholarship Recipient
Gerid Adams, the current President of the Greater Grand Rapids HLAA Chapter, was the recipient of the 2019 HLAA-MI Scholarship to the HLAA National Convention. Gerid shares his impressions of his first convention experience. The HLAA 2019 convention consisted of 10 workshop sessions; each session had a choice between 5 tracks. The tracks were Advocacy, […]
2019 HLAA Convention Fun!
The 2019 HLAA National Convention was held on June 20-23 in Rochester, New York. HLAA-MI folks who attended the 2019 convention represented the following chapters: Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Royal Oak and Western Wayne County. See below for a few pictures from the fun convention photo booth! The Greater Grand Rapids chapter (formerly known as the […]
Walk4Hearing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2019 CONTACT: Ronnie Adler National Walk4Hearing Manager radler@hearingloss.org Springtime? Michigan Walk4Hearing Time! BETHESDA, Md. – The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) invites you to join us for the annual Michigan Walk4Hearing, now celebrating its thirteenth year. Take a walk with us and meet our passionate regulars, enthusiastic newcomers, loyal […]
Board Elections – April 2019
The Hearing Loss Association of America, Michigan State Association is pleased to announce the election of Christopher Dorais to our board of trustees. He will be serving a three-year term. Responsibilities include becoming familiar with hearing loss issues on our agenda, attending board meetings (3 times a year), and actively participating on the newly formed […]