Hearing Loss Association of America
Albuquerque Chapter
Helping People Communicate
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About Us
Improving Peoples Life
Our purpose is to improve the life of people with hearing loss. We do that by providing information to our members and to regulatory agencies, legislative bodies, and providers
We hold regular meetings once a month from September through June with a informative guest speakers or where we share experiences and knowledge with others.
We publish an informative newsletter each month.
We are affiliated with the National Hearing Loss Association of America and Loop New Mexico
We publish important information for people with hearing loss.
Hearing Loss Association of America
Albuquerque Chapter
Our Next Meeting is April 20th
Using Zoom
10:00 am to Noon (MST)
Topic: Discover InnoCaption
In this presentation, Matt Goncalves, marketing director at Innocaption, will describe the InnoCaption app for the deaf and hard of hearing and how its real-time captioning service for the cell phone works. He will cover all the key features available to InnoCaption users in-depth, how InnoCaption keeps their users’ privacy information confidential, and also share ways that you can stay in touch with the InnoCaption Team. Matt will answer all questions from the audience throughout the presentation and during the Q&A at the end,
Matt leads Inno-Caption’s direct marketing and outreach efforts. Matt joined InnoCaption in 2016 and since then has traveled all around the country, raising awareness of InnoCaption’s service by attending conferences and presenting to local hearing loss association groups. Matt also regularly hosts and attends virtual webinars to speak about their service with various resource providers and healthcare professionals. Matt is passionate about InnoCaption’s mission and loves the frequent opportunities he has to meet with users in person and virtually, where he can answer their questions and see the difference InnoCaption can make in their lives.
To join the meeting, click on the Zoom link below within 15 minutes before the meeting and follow the instructions.
Link for the April 20th, 10:00 pm, Zoom Meeting - Click Here
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Meetings will include Captioning
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Meetings will include Sign Language Interpreters
Videos of selected past meetings are available on the "Past Zoom mtg" page. CLICK HERE
Hybrid Meetings have been temporarily suspended. See Sept 2023 Newsletter for Details.
First Hybrid Meeting - Feb 2023
Read the Wired for Sound Newsletter
Providing Valuable Information
April 2024 Issue
The monthly newsletter is mailed or emailed to members The newsletter is a must read for people who want to be informed about how to deal with hard of hearing challenges.
Providing Information
Our "Resources" page has a wide variety of information ranging from Guidelines for Purchasing Hearing Aids to Medicines That Can Effect Your Hearing AND vidios of most of our informative Zoom meetings.
Tired of not being able to hear when you eat out!
YOU CAN HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM!
We encourage you to use the following smartphone application to both (1) measure the noise level at venues (restaurants, cafes, coffee/tea shops, bars) that you frequent and (2) search for quiet venues (where there are adequate measurements).
Check out this smartphone app!
Soundprint - Available for Android Devices or iPhone
The link
https://hearingloop.org/state-lists goes to a webpage that provides an updated list of looped venues for anywhere across the country.
Contribute - No Cost to You
Smith’s Community Rewards
Shop at Smith’s with their Rewards card, and Smith’s will make a donation to HLAA Albuquerque chapter. You get your usual rewards points.
Call (888) 444-8081, choose "Option 3" to sign up or re-enroll. Ask for "Hearing Loss Association Of America - Albuquerque Chapter". The "Not for Profit Organization" number for Smith’s is NC419.
