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About HLA-NC and Local Chapters
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 HLA-NC is a state association of Hearing Loss Association of America, and it's focus is on state-wide advocacy and cooperation. All HLA-NC meetings are open to anyone interested in hearing loss. If you'd like to attend and get involved in promoting the interests of people with hearing loss, please email Steve Barber at steve.barber@earthlink.net.
You're also invited to attend local chapter meetings where you will meet others sharing information about hearing loss and working on a local level to support our interests. See Local Chapters for more information.
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Next State-Level Event/Meeting
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 If you are interested in participating in HLAA-NC, please email Steve Barber at steve.barber@earthlink.net.
For local chapter contacts and other information see Local Chapters.
The 2016 NC Walk4Hearing is scheduled for Sunday, October 16th at the Wake-Med Soccer Park in Cary.
You can start a team or join an existing team to raise money for HLAA that will be shared with your local chapter or with a qualifying non-profit related to hearing loss. It's a great way to help fund important activities and advocacy for hearing loss at the national and local level .
For more information, see the FLYER.
Click on the underlined links or follow the instructions, below to:
- REGISTER for the FREE KICKOFF LUNCHEON (Noon Aug 27th)
- JOIN or SUPPORT an existing team:
- At that same page, you can select a team to join or support by stopping the scrolling “Top Teams” and selecting one of the existing teams. That will take you to that team’s page where you can join or select an existing walker to donate to.
- Sign in with your ID and password if you’re a returning member or register to create a new ID and password.
- FROM ANY TEAM PAGE, you can donate to a walker (It’s tax deductible):
- Select FIND WALKER/TEAM (a purple box on the right side of a team).
- At the bottom of the screen, select FIND A WALKER.
- Type in the walker’s FIRST NAME & LAST NAME, & press FIND.
- Click the team member's name to whom you want to donate.
- Click DONATE (a purple box on the right side).
- DONATE OFFLINE:
- You can give a check to any walker at one of the NC HLAA Chapter meetings or at the kickoff or walk or
- You can mail a check to our Chapter Treasurer: (Find Chapter Contacts)
Below is a small slide show of the 2014 NC Walk4Hearing. See a Much Larger Version.
Start planning now for the 2017 HLAA National Convention. It's planned for Salt Lake City June 22nd - 25th.
Hearing Loss Glossary: Check out HLA-NC's Hearing Loss Glossary.
It's a work in progress, but if you want, you can help by submitting terms or definitions. If the glossary doesn't pop-up on the left of your screen, then you may have to disable your pop-up blocker (try selecting the link while holding down the Cntl key). If that doesn't work try this alternate link to glossary.
3D Model of Inner Ear: To see and interact with this 3D Model of the Inner Ear
 , you'll need Shockwave and a reasonably fast computer. It may take a couple of minutes to load on a dialup, too, but it could be worth the wait.
These web pages provide news, information and paid advertisements for things related to hearing loss. None of these should be considered as product, program or service endorsements by Hearing Loss Association of America, Hearing Loss Association of North Carolina or the local chapters in North Carolina.
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More About These Web Pages
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These web pages have been tested to work correctly on recent versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and on Netscape 4.7 and later. The pages also work under limited testing on the latest Mac OS.
You must have Javascript enabled, and for two pages (People and the Glossary pages under Projects), you must allow popup windows. If you use a popup blocker, consult your instructions on how to authorize those pages to open their popup windows.
If you have any questions, problems or recommendations for these web pages, please email Steve Barber.
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HLAA has a new Executive Director
 Barbara Kelly has been appointed the new Executive Director of Hearing Loss Association of America. This is great news. Barbara was hired by the Rocky Stone (HLAA Founder) in 1988, has been responsible for the success of the wonderful "Hearing Loss" magazine, and served as Deputy Executive Director for 8 years. See the announcement.
Asheville Hearing Loss and Accessibilty Expo
This Expo, hosted by NC CapTel, is coming to Asheville September 8th at the Reuter Center. Youou won't want to miss it. Admission is free and a free lunch will be provided for participants. RSVP to secure your ticket at our event by registering online at captelnc.com/expo. See this FLYER that includes details.
Starting Out in Hearing Loss?
People with a lot of experience in hearing loss are often asked for advice by people who are new to hearing loss. See this List of Suggestions that provided one answer to that question.
New Loops in the Triangle
There are two new loops recently installed by professional installers in the Raleigh area. If you enjoy theatre, or museums, then check these out. And be sure to let them know how much you appreciate their providing an audio loop, when you do visit.
 Raleigh Little Theatre's Sutton Theatre installed a loop last Summer. HLAA Wake Chapter held one of our program meetings in the theatre to celebrate the new loop. Click Here to see an article about the RLT loop and the Wake Chapter Celebration event at the theatre.
 The NC Museum of Art now has a professionally installed loop in the SECU auditorium. You can use their loop to hear lectures or movies better. HLAA Wake Chapter will be presenting a traning session for the museum staff and docents.
Hear at a Distance? Yes, You Can!
Ron Vickery, from the Wake Chapter, explains how to hear things clearly at a distance ... all it takes is a little ingenuity, a personal amplfier, a microphone and a wok ... yes, I said a wok (that you can also use to cook with). Here's a picture of Ron with his latest home made Assistive Listening Device. Believe it or not; this thing WORKS! You can read all about it in Ron's BLOG.
How to Loop Your TV Room: YouTube has several great videos that provide great tips on how you can install a hearing loop in your own TV room. It's not really that hard to do, and it can make hearing the TV dramatically better if you have activated and adjusted telecoils in your hearing aids. All recent Cochlear Inputs do have telecoils, but like with hearing aids you may need to make sure your audiologist has activated them and explained to you how to switch into and out of telecoil mode. Here's a link to a very good YouTube video to get you started. Here's a link to see more videos on hearing loops. Some are captioned, and some may have usable automatic captions, so be sure to turn on the caption option if you need it.
National News Releases: Ever wonder what the HLAA National organization is up to? See the HLAA National News Releases see how important it is for all people with hearing loss to support or national organization.
Spectacular Video:
 If you've ever wanted to really understand how we hear you won't want to miss this video "tour" that is perhaps the best I've ever seen. Take time to watch it all; it's amazing.
ALD Locator Web Site: Here's a link to a web site that maps facilities with assistive hearing technology: http://www.aldlocator.com/. If you know of any site that is not shown on the map that provides hearing assistance technology, you can fill in an on-line form at that site to have them add it to their map.
State of NC Job Opportunities: You can search the State of NC Office of State Personnel job listings at the NC Gov Jobs Web site for available jobs. There are often jobs available that require skills or experience related to hearing loss or deafness. Enter any term such as "hearing loss", "deaf", "assistive", or "interpreter" into the search field at the site to identify jobs that you might be interested in and qualified for.
The HLA-NC Web Site Hits New Highs, AGAIN!
The chart below shows for annual results for visits and unique visitors.
As you can see, we welcomed almost a quarter million visits, of whom over 200,000 were unique visitors.
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