Upcoming Meetings & Events
Date Change! Sunday, November 16 - Wynne Whyman - Director of Advocacy & Communications, Center for Hearing Access - “If you don’t tell people what you need, they will make the decision for you” (Dr. Tina Childress). Explore ways to request accommodations for yourself as a person with hearing loss in social settings and public accommodation facilities.
January 17 - Tom Pritsky - Captify Captioning Glasses
February 21 - TBD
March 21 - Allison Biever, Aud. - Cochlear Implants
December 6 - Holiday Luncheon 12:00 at Blue Bonnet Mexican Restaurant
Past Meetings 2025
Saturday, October 11, 1:00 - 3:00pm in the Forum Theater at the Koelbel Library Lorri Dean, the Community Relations Liaison-Marketing & Communications Specialist from the Colorado Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf Blind (CDDHHDB) will talk about the Communications Technology Program and other services available for Hard of Hearing clients.
Saturday, September 20, 1:00 - 3:00pm in the Forum Theater at the Koelbel Library
5955 S Holly St, Centennial, CO 80121
Our presenter will be Jennifer McBride.
Jennifer will share information about the HLAA Convention 2025 she attended
in Indianapolis in June, including information about her presentation:
Speaking from the Heart: An Interactive Session on Navigating the Emotional Impact
of Hearing Loss.
Saturday, June 21, 2025
1:00 - 3:00pm in the Forum Theater at the Koelbel Library
Topic: Financial Assistance for Purchasing Hearing Aids
Our presenters will be Dusty Jessen, Au.D. from
Columbine Hearing Care and Hearing the Call and Arthur Belefonte
and Kit Mead from Friends of Man.
You can view a recording of this meeting HERE. Click on CC for captions.
Saturday, April 19, 2025
1:00 - 3:00pm at the Koelbel Library in the Forum Theater
Officer James Seneca is a police officer with the Aurora Police Department who serves as a senior resource officer at the Aurora Center for Active Adults. Officer Seneca will talk about how to best communicate with officers and how to avoid scams.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
1:00 - 3:00pm at the Koelbel Library in the Forum Theater
Our speaker will be Katherine Rybak, author of "Becoming Hearing Empowered - A Guided Journal for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing" and and creator of Hearing Out Loud https://www.hearingoutloud.net/. Katherine will provide solutions that transform the experience of living with hearing loss from “hearing impaired” to HEARING EMPOWERED!
You can view a recording of this meeting HERE. Click on CC for captions.
Saturday, May 17, 2025
1:00 - 3:00pm in the Forum Theater at the Koelbel Library.
Our speaker will be Jack Carlton from Paragon Service Dogs.
Paragon raises and train pups to serve as invaluable
companions to individuals who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing.
You can view a recording of this meeting HERE. Click on CC for captions.
Saturday, February 15, 2025 -We will have ASL interpreters at this meeting!
1:00 - 3:00pm in the Forum Theater at the Koelbel Library
Our speaker will be Dr Vinaya Manchaiah.
Dr. Manchaiah serves as the Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and as the Director of Audiology at the University of Colorado Hospital (UCHealth). Dr. Manchaiah will talk about artificial intelligence (AI), how it is being used by audiologists and how hearing aids with AI can improve our hearing.
You can view a recording of this meeting HERE. Click on CC for captions.
