A self-help organization
dedicated to education, advocacy and support for people who do not hear well
and those around them.
Mail at
Email at Info@hearinglossky.org
Visit our website at http://www.hearinglossky.org/
August 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 6:30 P.M.
(Just south of the VA Hospital and North of
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – John Perry
Our Tuesday, August 10 meeting will focus
on discussing our upcoming fundraiser, the KY State Fair and a short Board
meeting. Everyone in our chapter is welcome to attend the Board meeting.
Following our meeting, please join us for a meal (Dutch treat) at a venue yet
to be determined. Donna
Kiley has generously volunteered to bring refreshments for our August
meeting.
Our fundraiser is scheduled on Saturday,
September 4 between the hours of 8:00 am and 10:00 am. at the Applebee’s on
Special thanks go to Laura Kogut for
providing her time and captioning skills for our July meeting. Thanks
also to Patrice F. Flynn from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation for
speaking about VR. Also thanks to Ed Schickel and Mimi Kiley for speaking
about the highlights from the HLAA convention. Finally, thanks to
Member News - If you have any “member news” please
let us know so that we can share it. We
especially love good news!
Hazel
Tucker fell Sunday night (7/18) and
broke her hip. She had surgery Monday (7/19) at Baptist Northeast and is
now in rehab there. Hazel is in room 1233 and hopes to go home the first
week in August. She received her flowers from HLAK and thanks everyone
for them.
Chester
Wilbert had his Nucleus 5 Cochlear
implant done on July 30 and word from him is “feeling good – all went
well!” He is looking forward to the
mapping/”turn on” session.
Ron
& Judy Brennan’s daughter, Major
Patricia Tate, USAF has been deployed on USS Iwo Jima for Project Hope.
She left
http://www.louisvilleky.gov/metrosafe/TourMetroSafeCommunicationsCenter.htm
for a tour.
Welcome
New Visitors!
Donald
L. Ensor Donald, a cochlear implant
wearer, has been on our newsletter list several months and was encouraged to
attend after an individual invitation from Chester Wilber.
Katie
Bluestein Katie is a student
of Dr. Barbara Eisenmenger, and is in her third year of the University of Louisville
Doctor of Audiology Program.
Mimi
Kiley We were so happy
to have Mimi back with us while she is home from
captain for the
Ingrid Edwards Normally we enjoy seeing Ingrid, an audiologist at the Heuser Hearing Institute, giving a presentation or at the state fair booth, in July, we were very happy to see her as a visitor.
Chapter News
A
volunteer is needed to supply refreshments for the November Meeting. If you
would like to sign up, the sheet will be on the sign in table at the August
Meeting. Thank you for your generosity!
The following people are
providing refreshments for the rest of the year.
August - Donna Kiley
September -
October - Theresa Kidwell
November - to be announced
December -
Upcoming Events
August 10 – Tuesday
Hearing
Loss Association of Kentuckiana (HLAK) will hold its meeting at 6:30 p.m. at
August 13 –
Friday
Lexington Hearing and
August 19 – Thursday
Hearing
Loss Association of America (HLAA)
August 19-29 –
Thursday-Sunday
August 23 – Monday
The
Hearing Loss Association of Kentucky Home in Bardstown will hold its meeting at
6:30 p.m. at 201 Cathedral Manor,
September 2-5 –
Friday-Monday
Kentucky
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH) DeaFestival Weekend will be
at
September 4 - Saturday
HLAK
will hold a Flapjack Breakfast Fundraiser starting at 8:00 a.m. at Applebee’s,
September 10-11 –
Friday-Saturday
September 14 - Tuesday
Hearing
Loss Association of Kentuckiana (HLAK) will hold its meeting at 6:30 p.m. at
September 28 – Monday
The
Hearing Loss Association of Kentucky Home in Bardstown will hold its meeting at
6:30 p.m. at 201 Cathedral Manor,
Miscellaneous News
Kentucky Home Chapter of Hearing
Loss Association of
Meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Monday of most
months at the Nelson County Public Library, 201
Cathedral Manor,
Audiologist Peter Pearlman MS CCC-A will
speak about Tinnitus at the August 23 meeting.
Questions regarding this upcoming
meeting or the association can be directed to information@hearinglosskyhome.org
or 502-349-6792.
50th Anniversary of
The Lexington Hearing and
The event, to be held in the RJ Corman Hangar
in
Try to keep a spot open in your schedule from August
19-29 when we will have the opportunity to support hearing health issues in our
community. To volunteer for the fair, many of last year’s folks are to be
contacted by Jim at KCDHH, who is overseeing the invitations to an online
scheduling system. He can be reached at Jim.Rivard@ky.gov
If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact
Emergency Pagers and Feeling Safe
-- KCDHH TAP Program
Its two o'clock in the morning and the walls of my
home started shaking. The television station indicated a tornado was in the
area and everyone needed to take cover, although captions weren't consistent we
got the message visually. I pulled my
two children into the bathroom of my trailer and sat in fear as the electricity
went out and we sat by candlelight wondering what was happening. You see, I am
deaf and both my children have a hearing loss and we have no way of knowing
what the weather was doing. Fortunately I had a wireless pager and I contacted
a co-worker in another area and ask him to give me updates on the weather. We
made it through the night and the next morning we walked outside our home to
find our shed and back porch ripped away and blown into the nearby fields. If
it was not for the wireless pager I would have been alone with my fears in the
darkness with no way to reach out for help.
This is only one of the many stories that spurred
KCDHH to push the provision of wireless pagers for all deaf, hard of hearing or
speech impaired Kentuckians. KCDHH has partnered with AT&T to be our
wireless provider for the Telecommunications Access Program (TAP). Devices
offered will include: Blackberry Bold, Motorola BackFlip and the I-Phone 3G and
4G. Individuals are encouraged to email www.kcdhh.org or call 800-372-2907 to
obtain an application for a wireless device.
It is very important that you know which device will
meet your communication needs prior to applying because you will only be
eligible for one piece of equipment within a four year cycle. Go to the AT&T
website to research the device that best suits your needs, http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/ welcome or visit a local AT&T
store to see the models and select the best one for you personally. Equipment
cannot be exchanged once distributed.
Many of you may be interested in the i-Phone 3G and 4G. However, typing on the keyboard of these
devices is very different as the tactile feel is not present on a touch screen
and you may need to watch the screen while typing. Many downloadable
applications such as Mobile CapTel (captioned conversations) and Face Time
(face to face video) are available on these models. Be SURE you consider all your needs before
you select a device from the TAP.
HEARING LOSS
ASSOCIATION OF
Prior to his retirement in 2003, Mr.
Fackler’s career spanned thirty years in higher education. He is a Certified Public
Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He has a bachelor’s
degree in economics from
Three new members joined the Board, including:
Zachary La Fratta, is a clinical doctorate student in
Nancy Lelewer Sonnabend of Boston, Massachusetts, has been
involved in learning disabilities and early childhood development for over
forty-five years and just recently released her second book The Lelewer
Legacy: Traditions of a Loving Family (Ivy House Publishing Group, May 2010);
and
Margaret I. Wallhagen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiological
Nursing and Director, John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence,
University of California, San Francisco, California.
The Carnegie Visual and
Each play has one
performance that is closed captioned and ASL interpreted. The first play is -
BIG RIVER | The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Music and Lyrics by ROGER
MILLER ● Book by WILLIAM HAUPTMAN
Adapted from the novel by
Mark Twain Directed by Dee Anne Bryll & Ed Cohen Music Direction by Brian
Hoffman
Nine Performances:
Friday, August 20, 7:30pm ●
Saturday, August 21, 7:30pm* ● Sunday, August 22, 3:00pm ● Friday,
August 27, 7:30pm ● Saturday,
August 28, 7:30pm* ● Sunday, August 29, 3:00pm ● Friday,
September 3, 7:30pm ● Saturday, September 4, 3:00pm ● Saturday,
September 4, 7:30pm
*Performances to include ASL interpreting and closed
captioning Tickets $19 - $26
Future
Plays at the Center:
THE ODD COUPLE (January and February 2011)
By NEIL SIMON Directed by Drew Fracher
CAROUSEL (April 2011)
Music by RICHARD
RODGERS Book and Lyrics by OSCAR
HAMMERSTEIN II
For more information or tickets, contact
The Carnegie Visual and
Performing
Box Office:
859.957.1940 Fax 859.655.8110 www.thecarnegie.com
Or Benjamin Ochsner at bochsner@thecarnegie.com
Member Recommendations/Tips - If you use products that are
helpful to hearing loss or have any personal tips on coping with hearing loss,
please share with us.
HEARING
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE TTY MACHINES ARE OLD FASHIONED
We hate it when we
use the VRS and/or email to speak to a bank or a credit card company or a
department store, and they tell us we must use our TTY machine to communicate
with them. We try to explain to them
that many deaf people have stopped using the TTY because it is old fashioned. For some reason they don't believe us and
continue to tell us to use our TTY. That
is very frustrating.
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Hearing Loss Association of
HLAA, headquartered in
Want to Join Hearing Loss Association of America
You can join HLAA online at www.hearingloss.org (click on
Join/Membership). If you prefer, you can
get the form online or at a HLAK meeting and mail it in. Annual national membership dues are:
$35 individual, $45 family, $20 student, $60 professional, $50 non-profit and $300 corporate.
Hearing Loss Association of Kentuckiana (HLAK)
HLAK is the local Kentucky/Indiana
chapter located in
Want to Join Hearing Loss
Association of Kentuckiana (HLAK)
HLAK
Annual Chapter dues are $12.00 per individual/household and are due October
1. Participation in chapter activities
is encouraged. HLAK also encourages HLAA
national membership. The HLAK E-mail
Newsletter is available at no cost and can also be found on our website. If you would like to be added to the free
HLAK list serve, to receive periodic email on hard-of-hearing issues, contact
HLAK
Officers/Board:
President John Perry Info@hearinglossky.org
Vice President/Program Chair Bonny Zilke
Secretary/Membership Merle Williams
Treasurer/Fund Raising Bob Stuckey
Ky
State Coordinator/Historian
Outreach
Coordinator
Membership
Committee Chair
Nominations
Chair Bud Smith
Immediate
Past President Ron Haynes
Professional
Advisor Barbara
Eisenmenger
Captioning McLendon-Kogut,
804 One Riverfront Plaza,