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  • Letter to Governor Hochul

    January 26, 2024 Hon. Kathleen C. HochulGovernor, State of New York Re: Interagency Coordinating Council for Service to Persons who are Deaf, Deafblind & Hardof Hearing Dear Governor Hochul: Thank you for announcing the re-establishment of the Interagency Coordinating Council.(IAC). Our Hearing Loss Association leaders across New York State are heartened that NewYork will soon…

  • HLAA 2023 State & Chapter Award Recipients

    HLAA’s 2023 State & Chapter Award Recipients were recognized on Friday, June 30, 2023 at the Awards Ceremony & Reception at the HLAA 2023 Convention sponsored by CapTel Captioned Telephone and held in New Orleans, LA. The New York State Association was the recipient of the Phoenix Award; see below. Visit HearingLoss.org for the full story on…

  • 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 experiences playing their instruments with CIs. In addition, they discussed the issues they confronted in…