Welcome! We strive to improve the quality of life of people who are hard of hearing through education, advocacy, support and self-help!
We provide support and information to hard of hearing people and their families. Monthly meetings are free and are held at the Giant Community Room, 2nd floor in the Camp Hill Shopping Center, Camp Hill, PA, the fourth Monday of each month at 7:00 PM. All meetings are captioned in real-time, in addition to providing audio-loop for T-switch users.
Examples of discussion topics:
Emotional aspects of hearing loss
Impact of hearing loss on the family
Service dogs for hard of hearing people
Understanding your audiogram
Speechreading
Digital Captioning on TV
Next meeting: February 27, 2012
Topic: Hearing Loss Management
The talk will address communication tips and strategies, tricks for "repairing" breakdowns in communication, and suggestions that communication partners can implement to make it easier to be heard and understood by a hearing impaired listener.