Hearing Loss Association of America - Washington State

WEBINAR—Hearing Loss at Work Series Tech Tips for Smart Inclusive Employment - Hearing Loss Association of America Discover tech-driven strategies for workplace inclusion in this HLAA webinar—tools, tips, and insights to empower deaf and hard-of-hearing professionals.

When you have a hearing loss, technology can help you succeed at work. But which tech? And what else can you do to thrive?

Find out at this HLAA webinar on October 29, 2025.

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To Wear or Not to Wear: My Story of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids in the Early 1970s - HLAA-WA A story of a young girl with hearing loss and the doctor whose words stayed with her across the miles and decades.

A story of a young girl with hearing loss and the doctor whose words stayed with her across the miles and decades.

From Abha Sharma, this week on our blog.

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Washington State Hearing Loss News, September 30, 2025 - HLAA-WA Catch up on our latest news.

This week, we share leadership opportunities (with us!), webinars on cochlear implants and hearing better at work, and more in our news.

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#HearingLoss #HearingAids #CochlearImplants #HearingLoop #DisabilityAwareness

New Seattle Waterfront Is Accessible from the Start - HLAA-WA The new Seattle waterfront is a pretty special, very accessible place.

We toured Seattle's beautiful new waterfront to learn about its accessibility features.

It's really a special place--and now it's safer and more accessible to people with disabilities.

#HearingLoss #Disability #Accessibility #Seattle #seattlewaterfrontpark

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YouTube video by TEDx Talks What you don't know about hearing aids | Juliëtte Sterkens | TEDxOshkosh

ONE MILLION VIEWS!

Congratulations to hearing loss hero and loop advocate Juliette Sterkens on one million TEDx talk views!

New, modern hearing aids, paired with assistive listening and other tech, can open doors.

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Hearing Loss News: A Paid Study for People with Cochlear Implants, Our President Is Interviewed by Bluetooth, and More - HLAA-WA Catch up on our latest news.

Catch up on our latest news, including a paid study for #CochlearImplant wearers, our president's interview on #Accessibility with @bluetoothsig.bsky.social and more.

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Accessible Chicago attractions for deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors | Choose Chicago As an architectural photographer, tour guide, and storyteller, I spend most of my days crisscrossing Chicago with my camera in hand and a curious eye…

Chicago is a very hearing-accessible city.

Check out these ways you can hear better in Chi-town if you have a hearing loss, whether you're a resident or just visiting.

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Action Alerts - Hearing Loss Association of America HLAA fights for access and affordable hearing care for 50M+ Americans. See our recent wins and how you can support current efforts.

Hearing aids are vital, yet without Medicare coverage, the cost of hearing aids is out of reach for millions of seniors.

Take a moment and urge Congress to support the Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act (H.R. 500).

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We agree.

Back to School with Confidence - Hearing Loss Association of America Helpful back-to-school tips for parents of children with hearing loss from a pediatric audiologist and mom.

"Listening fatigue is real. It doesn’t always look like a yawn or droopy eyes—it often shows up as hyperactivity, zoning out, irritability or sudden mood swings. Kids may seem 'fine' all day at school, only to melt down... at home." www.hearingloss.org/back-to-scho... #backtoschool #keeplistening

Embracing Community at Our Annual Picnic - HLAA-WA Where can you find community while you're living with a hearing loss? At our events, like this summer picnic.

Our picnic this year was all about embracing community.

See some photos and learn about what was new this year, including a silent auction and guests from the Northwest Academy of Audiology.

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A Portable Hearing Loop Saves the Day - HLAA-WA Need a hearing loop for a small space temporarily? Read on.

A portable hearing loop might be the assistive listening system you need. Read how the Contacta Portable Room Loop Kit (PRLK) helped us hear one another at an outdoor picnic shelter. And download the guide that shows you how you can do it, too.

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A New Way to Experience Music, a Hearing Loop Saves the Day, and More Hearing Loss News - HLAA-WA Catch up on our latest news.

Picnic photos, a new way to experience music, outreach, and more in our latest news.

#HearingLoss #HearingAids #HearingAccess

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Why Are You So Quiet? Itna Chup Kyoon? Part 1 - HLAA-WA A two-part story of growing up with a hearing loss in India, and learning to advocate for yourself, starting with beloved family.

This month, we introduce our creator series.

In "Why Are You So Quiet?," Abha Sharma shares her love for her family, sharing meals, and how she learned to not be quiet about her hearing loss.

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#HearingLoss #Disability #Stories

An Ear for Art - HLAA-WA Meet visual artist and writer Kate Johnston, who happens to have a hearing loss.

In the first of our creators series, artist Kate Johnston talks about how her hearing loss informs her life and her art.

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B.C. college among Canada's first to install groundbreaking assistive listening tech Stan Hagen Theatre fitted with Induction Hearing Loop technology

We like the thoughtful planning that includes not only a #HearingLoop, but #Auracast. Both of these #AssistiveListening systems will need to co-exist for quite some time.

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Congrats and best wishes to the new Dallas chapter of The Hearing Loss Association of America.

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AAV gene therapy for autosomal recessive deafness 9: a single-arm trial - Nature Medicine Preliminary results from an investigator-initiated clinical trial showed that an AAV-OTOF gene therapy was safe and led to hearing improvements in ten patients with congenital deafness with 6–12 month...

🧬 Restoring hearing with gene therapy

A new trial shows that a single injection of gene therapy improved hearing in children and young adults with inherited deafness - most within just 1 month.

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#SciComm #HearingLoss 🧪

We promise: You have something to say, and your story can help others.

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Resilience is a step towards pride.
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Open Caption Movie Club | We LOVE open captions! Find open caption movies playing near you! Open Caption Movie Club makes it EASY to find movies with open captions playing nearby. OCMovieClub sends our Members weekly listings of movies with open ca...

Do you love open captions, but you struggle to find an open-captioned movie?

Join the OC Movie Club and get details on OC movies near you.

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We're excited about Marlee Matlin's documentary, "Not Alone Anymore," which opens today.

ALL screenings will be #OpenCaption.

#HearingLoss #Captions #Movies #Seattle #MarleeMatlin

Research study opportunity - and the pay is $250!

This study is about how people in Deaf and hearing loss communities experience music.

Click here to see if you qualify: app.uriux.com/studies/1376
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Free Museum Tickets, a Research Opportunity, and More Hearing Loss News - HLAA-WA Catch up on our latest news.

Catch up on our latest news, including new picnic details, free museum tickets, where you can see the Marlee Matlin documentary in Seattle, a music enjoyment study opportunity, and more.

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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, ...

Playing at SIFF Cinema Uptown July 11 - 17, 2025. All screenings open-captioned.

It's playing elsewhere around the country, too.

Looks like an outstanding film. We 💙Marlee!

#HearingLoss #OpenCaption

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Embrace Disability Pride? Me? YES. - HLAA-WA Should people with hearing loss celebrate Disability Pride?

July is Disability Pride Month. What does that mean, exactly?
Becky Montgomery takes a look at the idea of Disability Pride and why people with hearing loss, like herself, have a right to be proud.

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#HearingLoss #Disability #DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth

Hearing Aids with Artificial Intelligence: June 2025 HOPE Notes - HLAA-WA How do you advocate for yourself and your hearing loss when you're feeling alone?

Our HOPE virtual support group is on summer break. But you can read the notes from past HOPE meetings on our blog. In June, we talked about hearing aids with AI, caption glasses, and more.

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Summer Events, Hearing Aid Glasses, and More Hearing Loss News - HLAA-WA Catch up on our latest news.

Summer Events, Hearing Aid Glasses, and More Hearing Loss News....

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