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 About
HLA-LA
Hearing Loss Association of Los Angeles
was founded in 2004 by a group of working age adults. Our
primary goal is to counter the perception that hearing loss
only effects older people. Our members range in age from those
just starting their careers to those whom we call "active
retirees". HLA-LA provides information, understanding
and support for people with all degrees of hearing loss, their
families and friends. While most of our members are oral,
we use what ever works best to communicate, whether that is
writing notes, speech(lip) reading or sign language. So that
everyone can participate, all of our regular meetings are
captioned. In addition, an induction loop was recently installed
in our meeting room and those who have a t-coil in their hearing
instrument will find listening and understanding to be much
easier.
Members of HLA-LA have many opportunities
for interaction. Our monthly meetings are informative and
also provide ample time to get to know each other while
sharing a cup of coffee and experiences. We like to enjoy
the friendships we've made through additional activities.
Our annual Memorial Day Picnic and Holiday Parties are highlights
of the year. In addition, our group has enjoyed group outings
to live captioned theater, Dodger games, bowling, and more.
In short, our nickname "the party chapter" was
rightfully earned!
Our members also get to know each other, seek advice and
lend support via our yahoo group listserve. For more information
and to join that group, click here. Even if you don't join
the yahoo group, you are welcome to read the posts from
others or check out information and resources in our files
and links section.
Membership in HLA-LA is free. We hold an annual Garage Sale
to raise the funds necessary to pay for our captioning needs
(more info).
Since we feel that it is important to try to reach out to
the thousands of people who have become isolated because
of hearing loss, we seek to raise additional funding through
sponsorships and advertisements (for more information click
here). Our very successful "Taste of the Good Life"
Wine Tasting and Silent Auction was held in the fall of
2007 and more than $10,000 was raised to support our outreach
efforts.
HLA-LA is proud to be the host chapter for HEAR2009, the
upcoming Hearing Loss of California State Conference. This
exciting event will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Anaheim
February 13-February 15th, 2009. For more information, click
here.
For more information about Hearing Loss Association of Los
Angeles, please contact:
For more information about Hearing Loss Association of Los
Angeles, please contact:
Pat Widman,
Katherine Burns
or Michael
Kaplan
Phone (voice) 626-256-4157
We meet the 4th Saturday of most months, 10 a.m. to Noon
at the HEAR Center 301 East Del Mar Blvd., Pasadena, CA
91101 - 626.796.2016. For
directions, click here.
HLA-LA Steering Committee
Pat Widman - President
Katherine Burns, Alicia Fernandez, Diane Gross, Mike Kaplan,
Nanci Linke-Ellis,
Liz Pruyn, Danny Tubbs, Elizabeth Wieland, Lisa Yuan
Some of our events in pictures:
Christmas
Party - 2007
Dodgers
Game - August 2007
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