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Hearing Loss Association of America

Albuquerque Chapter

Helping People Communicate

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Members - Remember to Pay Your 2024 Membership Dues.  Click Here

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.

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19 October Meeting  - 10:00 AM to Noon
    Using Humor as a Coping Strategy for Hearing Loss

Even the worst of situations can have a humorous side, hearingloss included. Richard Pocker loves recounting the story of whenhis wife was giving birth and he thought his name was being called, and ran into the wrong delivery room! He still has flash-backs from that incident but can laugh at himself. He talks to support groups about seeing the humor in the mistakes that can inadvertently occur with hearing loss. Come learn the techniques and how to lower your stress level.

Totally deaf for 35 years, Richard received bilateral cochlear implant surgery just prior to his 65th birthday. He went from zero speech comprehension to 85% with time and effort at rehabilitation, and he recently tested at 100%.  He is the creator and producer of the podcast, cochlearimplantbasics.com (also available on Spotify). His book “Cochlear Implant Basics: What a Candidate for a Cochlear Implant Needs to Know” is available from Amazon in print or Kindle, and is published in seven languages.

An autobiographical sketch: The Idiot from Mensa: Not Among the Gifted. He holds local support groups for those with

hearing loss as well as mentoring candidates and recipients of cochlear implants.

To join the meeting, click on the Zoom link below within 15 minutes before the meeting and follow the instructions.

Link for the October 19th, 10:00 pm, Zoom Meeting  

Link will be posted HERE

  • Meetings will include Captioning

  • Meetings will include Sign Language Interpreters

Videos of selected past meetings are available on the "Past Zoom mtg" page.  CLICK HERE 

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Hybrid Meetings have been temporarily suspended.  See Sept 2023 Newsletter for Details.

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First Hybrid Meeting - Feb 2023

Read the Wired for Sound Newsletter

Providing Valuable Information

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October 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.
The "Past Zoom Mtgs" Page has links to recordings of past Zoom meetings, that includes presentations by ourtstanding speakers on Hearing Loss

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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

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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.

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Get In Touch

Email us and we will add you to our email list for notifications of meetings and Newsletter updates.

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Become A Member

Your membership helps people with hearing loss.  There are no paid staff and all the dues are used to fund continued member meetings and monthly newsletters

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Check Out Our Affiliates

The premier site for information about Telecoils and Looping Systems for better hearing at any venue - including your home.

Loop New Mexico Web Site

 

The website for the Hearing Loss Association of America National Organization

HLAA Web Site

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