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May 2009 www.hearingloss-nyc.org E-mail: HLAANYC@aol.com
Hearing
 
Loss
 
 Association
 
of 
 
 America
 
exists
 
to
 
open
 
the
 
world
 
of 
 
communication
 
to
 
 people
 
with
 
hearing
 
loss
 
through
 
information,
 
education,
 
advocacy,
 
and
 
support.
 
Tuesday,
 
May
 
19,
 
2009
 
5:30
 
–
 
7:30
 
PM
 
(Socializing 
 
at 
 
5:30;
 
 program
 
begins
 
at 
 
6:00.)
 
Assistive
 
Listening
 
Devices
 
SPEAKER:
 
Josh
 
Gendel
 
MEETING
 
LEADER:
 
Joe
 
Gordon
 
Location
 
MUHLENBERG
 
LIBRARY
 
BRANCH
 
209
 
West
 
23
rd
 
St.
 
(between
 
7
th
 
and
 
8
th
 
Ave.,
 
closer
 
to
 
7
th
)
 
3
rd
 
floor—elevator
 
available
 
*Taxi
 
looping
 
project
 
after
 
the
 
meeting!
 
See
 
page
 
7.
 
*The
 
A/C
 
will
 
be
 
turned
 
on
 
in
 
the
 
building
 
starting
 
May
 
15.
 
This
 
is
 
a
 
heads
 
up
 
to
 
bring
 
a
 
sweater!
 
NOTE:
 
Assistive
 
listening
 
help
 
is
 
provided
 
at
 
our
 
meetings
 
through
 
live
 
CART
 
captioning
 
and
 
a
 
room
 
loop
 
for
 
those
 
whose
 
hearing
 
aids
 
have
 
a
 
T
‐
coil.
 
Headsets
 
are
 
also
 
available.
 
Welcome
 
to
 
the
 
May
 
2009
 
issue
 
of
 
the
 
HLAA
‐
Manhattan
 
News
 
&
 
Views!
 
Did
 
you
 
know
 
that
 
May
 
is
 
Better
 
Hearing
 
and
 
Speech
 
Month?
 
Take
 
the
 
opportunity
 
to
 
encourage
 
those
 
around
 
you
 
who
 
have
 
a
 
possible
 
hearing
 
loss
 
to
 
get
 
a
 
hearing
 
screening.
 
(Does
 
the
 
person
 
have
 
trouble
 
hearing
 
what
 
someone
 
else
 
is
 
saying
 
in
 
another
 
room,
 
or
 
trouble
 
communicating
 
in
 
a
 
social
 
setting?
 
Do
 
they
 
have
 
any
 
ringing
 
in
 
their
 
ears?)
 
Free
 
screenings
 
are
 
available
 
at
 
the
 
Center
 
for
 
Hearing
 
and
 
Communication
 
(formerly
 
the
 
League
 
for
 
the
 
Hard
 
of
 
Hearing)
 
on
 
Tuesdays,
 
12
‐
2
 
PM,
 
and
 
Thursdays,
 
4
‐
6
 
PM,
 
at
 
50
 
Broadway,
 
6th
 
Floor.
 
E
‐
mail
 
appointments@chchearing.org
 
or
 
call
 
(917)
 
305
‐
7766
 
to
 
reserve
 
a
 
screening.
 
You
 
can
 
also
 
find
 
an
 
audiologist
 
near
 
you
 
 by
 
contacting
 
The
 
American
 
Speech
‐
Language
‐
Hearing
 
Association
 
(
www.asha.org
 
or
 
(800)
 
638
‐
8255).
 
For
 
hearing
 
loss
 
facts
 
and
 
worksheets
 
for
 
kids,
 
visit
 
the
 
Better
 
Hearing
 
and
 
Speech
 
Month
 
section
 
of
 
the
 
American
 
Academy
 
of
 
Audiology’s
 
Web
 
site
 
here:
 
www.audiology.org/resources/consumer/BHM/Pages/default.aspx#wallpaper
.
 
This
 
month’s
 
Chapter
 
meeting
 
will
 
 be
 
our
 
annual
 
presentation
 
on
 
Assistive
 
Listening
 
Devices.
 
 Josh
 
Gendel,
 
the
 
Director
 
of
 
the
 
Assistive
 
Technology
 
Center
 
at
 
the
 
Center
 
for
 
Hearing
 
and
 
Communication
,
 
will
 
speak
 
about
 
hearing
 
assistive
 
technology.
 
Questions
 
and
 
answers
 
will
 
follow.
 
(The
 
 building’s
 
A/C
 
will
 
 be
 
turned
 
on
 
starting
 
May
 
15,
 
so
 
you
 
may
 
want
 
to
 
 bring
 
a
 
sweater.)Once
 
again
 
N&V
 
is
 
featuring
 
an
 
“Ask
 
the
 
Expert!”
 
column,
 
courtesy
 
of
 
NYU
 
Associate
 
Clinical
 
Professor
 
of
 
Otolaryngology
 
Dr.
 
Paul
 
E.
 
Editor’s
 
Corner
 
–
 
Elizabeth
 
Stump
 
Go
 
Green!
 
Would
 
you
 
like
 
to
 
receive
 
N&V
 
by
 
e
‐
mail
 
only
 
rather
 
than
 
receive
 
a
 
mailed
 
version
 
to
 
help
 
us
 
cut
 
down
 
on
 
paper
 
consumption
 
and
 
save
 
money?
 
Please
 
notify
 
HLAANYC@aol.com
 
to
 
make
 
this
 
change.
 
Thanks!
 
Next
 
Month:
 
Tues.,
 
June
 
2,
 
5:30
 
PM
 
This
 
Will
 
Not
 
Be
 
A
 
Regular
 
Meeting—High
 
School
 
Student
 
Scholarships
 
Reception
 
Instead!
 
Come
 
support
 
the
 
Chapter
 
and
 
the
 
student
 
winners!
 
 
 2 
Hammerschlag.
 
Turn
 
to
 
page
 
4
 
for
 
the
 
scoop
 
on
 
hearing
 
aids
 
for
 
people
 
with
 
acoustic
 
neuromas.
 
Thanks
 
to
 
members
 
who
 
submitted
 
questions,
 
and
 
keep
 
them
 
coming!
 
See
 
you
 
at
 
the
 
chapter
 
meeting
 
on
 
May
 
19
th
!
 
Captioning
 
at
 
NY
 
Baseball
 
Stadiums
 
The
 
new
 
Yankee
 
Stadium
 
has
 
 been
 
declared
 
a
 
“model
 
of
 
accessibility
 
to
 
people
 
with
 
disabilities.”
 
In
 
compliance
 
with
 
the
 
Americans
 
with
 
Disabilities
 
Act
 
(ADA),
 
the
 
stadium
 
 boasts
 
free
 
assistive
 
listening
 
devices;
 
captioning
 
in
 
centerfield
 
and
 
on
 
video
 
 boards
 
in
 
right
 
and
 
left
 
fields,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
on
 
televisions
 
throughout
 
the
 
stadium;
 
home
‐
game
 
schedules
 
and
 
other
 
print
 
materials
 
in
 
Braille
 
or
 
large
 
print;
 
506
 
wheelchair
 
spaces,
 
530
 
companion
 
seats,
 
and
 
490
 
designated
 
aisle
 
transfer
 
seats;
 
wheelchair
 
lifts
 
in
 
 both
 
the
 
home
 
and
 
visiting
 
dugouts;
 
16
 
public
 
elevators
 
that
 
service
 
all
 
seat
 
locations;
 
accessibility
 
at
 
every
 
entrance,
 
in
 
 bars
 
and
 
lounges,
 
and
 
in
 
restrooms;
 
electrical
 
outlets
 
at
 
guest
 
services
 
 booths
 
and
 
many
 
seating
 
locations
 
for
 
re
‐
charging
 
wheelchairs
 
and
 
other
 
medical
 
equipment;
 
and
 
allowance
 
of
 
service
 
animals.
 
Thanks
 
to
 
Ed
 
McGibbon
 
for
 
representing
 
HLAA
 
at
 
Yankee
 
Stadium
 
accessibility
 
meetings,
 
said
 
 Joe
 
Gordon,
 
Chair
 
of
 
the
 
HLAA
‐
NYS
 
Captioning
 
Committee.
 
For
 
additional
 
information
 
or
 
questions
 
about
 
accessibility
 
at
 
Yankee
 
Stadium,
 
contact
 
Yankees
 
Disabled
 
Services
 
at
 
(718)
 
579
‐
4510,
 
(718)
 
579
‐
4595
 
(TTY),
 
or
 
disabledservices@yankees.com
.
 
The
 
new
 
Mets
 
stadium,
 
Citi
 
Field,
 
now
 
provides
 
captioning,
 
as
 
well.
 
For
 
more
 
information,
 
go
 
to:
 
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ballpark/news.jsp
.
 
 
CHAPTER
 
PLANNING
 
COMMITTEE
 
 Join
 
us
 
on
 
the
 
first
 
Tuesday
 
of
 
each
 
month
 
to
 
help
 
plan
 
programs
 
&
 
events.
 
HLAA
 
Manhattan
 
Chapter
 
Phone
 
Number:
 
(voice)
 
(212)
 
769
‐
HEAR
 
(4327)
 
Barbara
 
Bryan
 
 barbarabryan@usa.net
 
Barbara
 
Dagen,
 
Newsletter
 
Committee
 
 bdagen1@verizon.net
 
Mary
 
Fredericks,
 
Secretary
 
(212)
 
674
‐
9128
 
maryfreder@aol.com
 
 Joe
 
Gordon
 
NYJGordon@aol.com
 
Toni
 
Iacolucci,
 
NYC
 
Walk4Hearing
 
Co
‐
chair
 
giantoni@nyc.rr.com
 
Shera
 
Katz,
 
Web
 
Site
 
Coordinator
 
sherakatz@verizon.net
 
Anne
 
Pope,
 
Immediate
 
Past
 
President,
 
HLAA
 
Board
 
of
 
Trustees;
 
NYC
 
Walk4Hearing
 
Co
‐
chair
 
atpop24@aol.com
 
Ellen
 
Semel
 
(212)
 
989
‐
0624
 
ellen13@rcn.com
 
Susan
 
Shapiro,
 
Treasurer
 
sdshappy@aol.com
 
Dana
 
Simon
 
dana2cat@gmail.com
 
Elizabeth
 
Stump,
 
Newsletter
 
Editor
 
ElizabethMStump@gmail.com
 
Diane
 
Sussman
 
dlsuss@optonline.net
 
Advisory
 
Members
 
Amy
 
McCarthy
 
Lois
 
O’Neill
 
Robin
 
Sacharoff
 
Professional
 
Advisors:
 
 Josh
 
Gendel,
 
Technical
 
Director,
 
Center
 
for
 
Hearing
 
and
 
Communication
 
(CHC)
 
Laurie
 
Hanin,
 
PhD,
 
CCC
‐
A
 
Exec.
 
Director,
 
CHC
 
 Joseph
 
Montano,
 
Ed.D.,
 
Director,
 
Hearing
 
&
 
Speech,
 
Weill
 
Cornell
 
Medical
 
College
 
 
 3 
WHAT
 
YOU
 
MISSED
 
IN
 
APRIL
 
 Mary
 
 Fredericks
 
Our
 
April
 
21
 
meeting
 
was
 
special:
 
the
 
Chapter’s
 
co
‐
founder
 
 Joe
 
Montano
 
came
 
to
 
talk
 
to
 
us
 
about
 
hearing
 
aids
 
(and
 
our
 
other
 
co
‐
founder
 
Kiki
 
Smith
 
was
 
in
 
attendance).
 
Dr.
 
Montano
 
is
 
Assistant
 
Professor/Director
 
of
 
Hearing
 
and
 
Speech
 
at
 
Weill
 
Cornell/NY
 
Presbyterian
 
Hospital.
 
He
 
has
 
also
 
published
 
 Adult
 
 Audiological
 
Rehabilitation
 ,
 
the
 
first
 
textbook
 
of
 
its
 
kind.
 
He
 
understands
 
that
 
people
 
with
 
hearing
 
loss
 
need
 
more
 
than
 
 just
 
hearing
 
aids,
 
so
 
his
 
focus
 
is
 
on
 
rehab.
 
 Joe
 
mentioned
 
different
 
 brands
 
of
 
hearing
 
aids,
 
 but
 
it
 
is
 
his
 
 belief
 
that
 
the
 
 brand
 
does
 
not
 
matter
 
as
 
much
 
as
 
what
 
the
 
hearing
 
aid
 
does
 
for
 
 you.
 
An
 
audiogram
 
gives
 
only
 
limited
 
information,
 
essentially
 
whether
 
the
 
hearing
 
loss
 
is
 
sensorineural
 
(in
 
cochlea
 
or
 
 beyond)
 
or
 
conductive
 
(middle
 
ear),
 
and
 
also
 
whether
 
the
 
loss
 
is
 
mild
 
or
 
severe.
 
But
 
it
 
does
 
not
 
tell
 
the
 
audiologist
 
how
 
the
 
loss
 
affects
 
 you.
 
Why
 
do
 
people
 
get
 
hearing
 
aids?
 
Mainly
 
due
 
to
 
communication
 
problems
 
at
 
home,
 
work,
 
school,
 
and
 
in
 
noisy
 
environments.
 
But
 
why
 
don’t
 
they
 
get
 
them?
 
The
 
stigma
 
attached
 
to
 
hearing
 
loss:
 
“I
 
must
 
 be
 
old
 
(and
 
there
 
is
 
a
 
negative
 
perception
 
of
 
aging
 
in
 
this
 
country).
 
I
 
don’t
 
want
 
people
 
to
 
know.
 
If
 
I
 
need
 
fixing,
 
then
 
I
 
must
 
 be
 
 broken.”
 
Hearing
 
aid
 
manufacturers
 
are
 
now
 
addressing
 
these
 
issues
 
with
 
new
 
marketing
 
tactics,
 
directing
 
them
 
to
 
younger,
 
more
 
athletic
 
populations.
 
In
 
determining
 
who
 
is
 
a
 
candidate
 
for
 
hearing
 
aids,
 
these
 
are
 
the
 
factors
 
to
 
 be
 
considered:
 
motivation
 
(do
 
you
 
want
 
the
 
aids
 
or
 
is
 
someone
 
else
 
pushing
 
you);
 
self
‐
assessment
 
(how
 
well
 
do
 
you
 
function
 
with
 
your
 
hearing
 
loss);
 
acceptance
 
(of
 
your
 
hearing
 
loss);
 
financial
 
(do
 
you
 
need
 
a
 
 basic
 
analog
 
or
 
a
 
digital
 
model
 
with
 
all
 
the
 
 bells
 
and
 
whistles);
 
cosmetic
 
(do
 
you
 
want
 
to
 
show
 
your
 
hearing
 
loss
 
or
 
keep
 
it
 
secret).
 
Many
 
companies
 
have
 
different
 
“platforms”
 
–
 
entry
‐
level
 
aids,
 
mid
‐
range,
 
and
 
top
 
of
 
the
 
line.
 
As
 
 Joe
 
said,
 
the
 
guts
 
of
 
those
 
hearing
 
aids
 
are
 
essentially
 
the
 
same.
 
As
 
they
 
get
 
more
 
expensive,
 
we
 
can
 
do
 
a
 
little
 
 bit
 
more.
 
But
 
as
 
far
 
as
 
quality
 
hearing
 
goes,
 
you
 
will
 
get
 
excellent
 
help
 
even
 
with
 
an
 
entry
‐
level
 
aid.
 
Recent
 
developments
 
include
 
transposing
 
frequencies,
 
feedback
 
reduction,
 
open
 
fit,
 
multiple
 
microphone
 
arrays,
 
and
 
automatic
 
features.
 
Hearing
 
aids
 
can’t
 
distinguish
 
speech
 
from
 
noise,
 
 but
 
there
 
is
 
help:
 
omni
‐
directional
 
microphones
 
pick
 
up
 
sounds
 
from
 
all
 
around;
 
directional
 
mics
 
emphasize
 
sounds
 
coming
 
from
 
in
 
front
 
of
 
you
 
 but
 
they
 
do
 
not
 
rid
 
the
 
environment
 
of
 
noise.
 
The
 
newest
 
trendy
 
thing
 
is
 
Bluetooth
 
connectivity,
 
 but
 
this
 
provides
 
a
 
narrower
 
 bandwidth
 
than
 
the
 
hearing
 
aids.
 
(Phonak’s
 
I
‐
Com
 
device
 
is
 
a
 
Bluetooth
 
receiver,
 
as
 
is
 
the
 
Oticon
 
Streamer.)
 
 Just
 
 because
 
something
 
is
 
new
 
doesn’t
 
mean
 
it’s
 
for
 
you.
 
Some
 
people
 
expect
 
hearing
 
aids
 
to
 
solve
 
every
 
problem.
 
But
 
they
 
don’t,
 
and
 
other
 
technology
 
can
 
help:
 
T
‐
coils,
 
FM
 
systems,
 
audio
 
loops,
 
to
 
name
 
a
 
few
 
examples.
 
Another
 
way
 
to
 
go
 
is
 
with
 
self
‐
help
 
therapy:
 
LACE
 
(Listening
 
and
 
Communication
 
Enhancement)
 
is
 
a
 
software
 
program
 
of
 
20
 
sessions
 
to
 
use
 
on
 
your
 
computer,
 
involving
 
training
 
for
 
degraded
 
speech
 
(rapid
 
speech,
 
competing
 
voices,
 
loud
 
noise).
 
Get
 
this
 
from
 
your
 
audiologist
 
or
 
at
 
www.neurotone.com
.
 
“Seeing
 
and
 
Hearing
 
Speech”
 
is
 
another
 
computer
‐
 based
 
program,
 
 basically
 
speechreading
 
training;
 
this
 
is
 
available
 
from
 
www.sensimetrics.com
.
 
More
 
independent
 
research
 
on
 
hearing
 
aid
 
performance
 
is
 
needed.
 
Most
 
research
 
is
 
done
 
 by
 
hearing
 
aid
 
manufacturers;
 
while
 
it
 
is
 
good,
 
it
 
is
 
not
 
unbiased.
 
Our
 
condolences
 
to
 
Chapter
 
member
 
Hollace
 
Goodman,
 
whose
 
father
 
passed
 
away
 
in
 
April.
 
Success
 
in
 
College
 
Oh,
 
the
 
Places
 
You’ll
 
Go!
 
 by
 
Dr.
 
Seuss
 
is
 
a
 
common
 
gift
 
for
 
high
 
school
 
graduates.
 
But
 
here’s
 
another
 
one,
 
specifically
 
for
 
teens
 
with
 
hearing
 
loss
 
who
 
are
 
about
 
to
 
make
 
the
 
transition
 
from
 
high
 
school
 
to
 
college
 
(or
 
those
 
already
 
in
 
college):
 
“Hard
 
of
 
Hearing
 
Students
 
in
 
Postsecondary
 
Education:
 
A
 
Guide
 
for
 
Service
 
Providers,”
 
developed
 
 by
 
the
 
Postsecondary
 
Education
 
Programs
 
Network.
 
Get
 
it
 
online
 
here:
 
www.pen.ntid.rit.edu/newdownloads/resources/documents/other/pepnet_resources.pdf
.
 
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