Presented by NYS Senator John W. Mannion, the Disabilities Resource Fair is set for Tuesday, September 12th, from 11am to 2pm, at the North Syracuse Community Center at 700 South Bay Road in Syracuse. Visit and check out the many…
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Sept. 21: New Location for Long Island Chapter Meeting (Time TBD)
HLAA - North Shore Long Island has been the sole chapter on Long Island for over 10 years and includes members from Queens to Montauk Point. The chapter has been holding meetings in Eastern Queens for a long time due…
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Deaf Awareness Day @ NY Mets: July 30
HLAA-NYSA is partnering with the NY Chapter of the Olive Osmond Hearing Fund and the NY Mets for Deaf Awareness Day at Citi Field on Sunday, July 30. Game time is 1:40pm. This fundraising effort will support our next NYS…
May 6: Walk4Hearing Westchester/Rockland
Walk Day 2023: Please join us and help bring greater awareness to hearing health for all. Connect with teams of family and friends, raising funds to help every person with hearing loss thrive. Every step gets us closer to breaking down…
NYC Chapter Update
Our NYC Chapter has presented three programs over the past three months: December 2022Our December meeting topic was Musicians with Hearing Loss. Kate Gfeller of the U. of Iowa was joined by a panel of performing musicians with cochlear implants who shared their…
Celebrating 32nd Anniversary of ADA in New York State
July 28, 2022. ADA Remarks by Jerry Bergman during "Disability Rights in New York State"Â Sponsored by the NYS Division of Human Rights on July 28, 2022. In association with the New York Association on Independent Living, the Hearing Loss…
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“We Hear You” Wins Best Film on Disability
"We Hear You" is a one-hour documentary about hearing loss, the invisible disability that impacts 430 million people worldwide. The film won the "Best Film on Disability" category in the June 2021 awards at the Cannes World Film Festival and has a…
Patient-Focused Drug Development (PFDD) Meeting Hosted by HLAA
HLAA will convene & host a Patient-Focused Drug Development (PFDD) mtg. on May 25, with permission from the FDA on sensorineural hearing loss and its impact on daily life. Webinar on April 8. Register: http://bit.ly/3r2DOG1
Hearing Accessibility & the Law: March 10 @ 7pm (ET)
Your Rights and How to Obtain Them. Hosted by HLAA and the NYS Assoc. of HLAA. Federal, state and local disability laws are intended to bring people with all manner of disabilities, including hearing loss, into the mainstream of public life. But…
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HLAA NYSA State Conference 2022
Thank you to all who supported and participated in the 2022 State Conference held in Glens Falls on September 16-18.