A self-help organization dedicated to education, advocacy and support for people who do not hear well and those around them.The Mission of Hearing Loss Association of America Kentuckiana Chapter is to open the world of communication to people with hearing loss by providing information, education, support and advocacy. Mail at Email at Visit our website at P.O. Box 6372, Louisville KY 40206-0372 Info@hearinglossky.org http://www.hearinglossky.org/ NOVEMBER 2014 November Meeting, Tuesday, November 11, 6:30 p.m. Join Brenda Brueggemann, Professor and Director of Composition at The University of Louisville, author and researcher as she shares her story. Brenda says that growing up in an isolated rural western Kansas environment (a farm girl) before mainstreaming or hearing aids that would work for her, she learned very well how to вЂњpassвЂќ as hearing. I didnвЂ™t know I was deaf. A few of the things I will explore in my talk: вЂў How I learned to be (proudly) deaf while I still (also proudly) circulated my personal and professional life in the hearing world вЂў How I happily settled on вЂњhard of hearingвЂќ as my identifying term of choice вЂў How my deafness has really mattered (and in all the best and right ways) in my professional career - make good use of a concept of the Deaf community now calls вЂњDeaf gainвЂќ (not hearing loss) вЂў How moments of and with my hearing loss still sometimes catch me by surprise (and with some stigma and pain) St. LeonardвЂ™s Parish School Library 440 Zorn Ave, Louisville, KY 40206 The meeting is realtime captioned by McLendon-Kogut Reporting Service and is free and open to the public. From the PresidentвЂ™s Corner We are almost ready for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Has it been a year already?! What a wonderful year it has been for our Chapter. And, it is all thanks to the number of open hearts willing to give time, energy, and resources to the Hearing Loss Association of America Kentuckiana Chapter. Our Board members have given freely of their time and energies to advocate for those of us with hearing loss and our families, to help support and bring information to us, and to provide outreach and awareness to others in the community. Thank you so much Ron and Jean Haynes, John Perry, Gerry Gordon-Brown, Kay Calvert, Paula Esterle, Theresa Kidwell, Melanie Magruder, Bob Stuckey, Jana Colter, Pat Flaherty, Karen Lichtefeld, and Merle Williams. The month of November promises to be a great one for our hearing loss community. On November 8th more than ten members are walking and several others are making donations to support вЂњCelebrate Sound, DonвЂ™t Walk in SilenceвЂќ organized by the U. of L. Audiology students and the service organization Sertoma. More information follows if you would like to come or donate. On November 11th I am really looking forward to hearing Dr. Brenda Brueggemann at our regular meeting as she tells us about her life with hearing loss вЂњGetting a (Deaf) LifeвЂќ. DonвЂ™t miss it. Invite your family and friends. Each personвЂ™s story and success helps all of us. The Support Group continues on Thursday, November 13th from 2-4 at Bon Air Library with Michelle Niehaus, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Program Administrator of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services for the Ky. Division of Behavioral Health. Let me know if you would like to be added to the group. She has given us quite a gift with her guidance and understanding of living with hearing loss. The Chapter Building Workshop will be held on November 15th with Ed Ogiba, Chapter Building Specialist from HLAA National. Ron Haynes, State Coordinator and his wife Jean are hosting Ed. The Kentucky Home Chapter has organized some fun sight-seeing and dinner the afternoon and evening before. And, our Kentuckiana Chapter will be hosting a dinner after the workshop. ThereвЂ™s always room for more. Details follow. ThereвЂ™s a Cochlear Community meeting on November 18 from 6-7:30 with Cochlear Representative, Brittany Pellegra organized by Cochlear volunteers. Details follow about that, too. And, last but not least, are some Access Services for those who would like to support the Arts this month. There is Open Captioning available at the ActorвЂ™s Theatre matinee on Saturday, November 22nd as well as an evening performance at the Kentucky Center that evening. The captions are provided by volunteers! So, please be sure to thank them and even to offer to help if you can. What a wonderful service they are providing. Find more information about the Access Services at ActorвЂ™s Box Office: 502-584-1205 and the Ky Center: 502-584-7777, or email at: access@kentuckycenter.org. Mark your calendars, invite a friend, and join us! Carla Trivedi, President HLAAKC carla.trivedi@gmail.com Info@hearinglossky.org Chapter Professional Advisor Dr. Cathy Ann Miller, Au.D., Doctor of Audiology has agreed to be a Professional Advisor for our Chapter. What a wonderful addition she has been as she attends functions and meetings and answers our questions. She joins our founding Professional Advisor Emeritus, Dr. Barbara Eisenmenger, who is currently working at the Norton CommonвЂ™s office of University Audiology. Cathy Miller is the owner and founder of Doctors Hearing Care. She attended Indiana University for her undergraduate degree; the University of Louisville for her masters degree and the University of Florida for her doctorate. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Audiology and a member of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology. Dr. Miller is a life-long resident of Southern Indiana. She has two grown sons, Nicholas and Nelson. Her dog, Stellar, is in the office with her every day. In her spare time, Dr. Miller enjoys yoga, weightlifting, scuba diving, hunting and cooking. CHAPTER/MEMBER NEWS - If you have any вЂњnewsвЂќ please let us know so that we can share it. We especially love good news! Send to hayjean@twc.com or 50patif@gmail.com Let us know what your interests are in addition to hearing loss Info@hearinglossky.org Janny Scheeline, Merle Williams, and Ron & Jean Haynes attended the visitation and the Mass of Christian Burial on October 11, 2014 at Mother of God Church in Covington, Kentucky for Elizabeth Ann Meyer Timon who passed October 2. Betty or Just Betty as she became known was a former Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) member and a well acknowledged advocate for people with hearing loss. Laura, David & Cammi Kogut and Tracy Lundergan also attended. Jane & Bud Smith are grieving the sudden death of JaneвЂ™s son, Joseph Coy Smith, Jr. on October 14, 2014 Joey passed away after being struck by a truck while crossing a street in Bardstown. Our sympathies go to Jane and Bud in this loss. Please keep them in your prayers. Becky Crawford, Carlene Ballard and Ron & Jean Haynes attended the October 17-18 visitation and funeral at the Barlow Funeral Home and the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown. Ed & Connie Schickel and Marilyn Fenwick of HLAA Kentucky Home also attended. John Perry appeared on WDRB-TV, October 22 regarding Kentucky technical assistance for hearing aids. Check out this link http://www.wdrb.com/story/ 26868064/kentucky-assistive-technology-network-collecting-used-hearing-aids-tobe-refurbished-and-reused Several members met on October 23 with Michelle Niehaus, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Program Administrator for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS) with the Kentucky Division of Behavioral Health (DBH). If you would like to join this group, please contact Carla Trivedi for information. Becky Crawford drove Ron & Jean Haynes and Jeannie Taylor to the October 24-25, 2014 Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Town Hall and Commissioners meeting in Newport, Kentucky where they were joined by David Bayersdorfer. Becky, Jeannie and David are commissioners on the board. Carla & G Trivedi drove to Washington, D.C. for the Walk4Hearing on October 25, 2014. This was the seventh year their daughter, Claire Brolin has walked in the D.C. Walk4Hearing. In 2012, her husband, John Brolin joined her, in 2013 their daughter, Fiona Dewdrop Brolin joined her and now in 2014, her parents joined her. Claire is working on a large family team! Jim Smith, Niels Ewing, Carla Trivedi, Theresa Kidwell, David Bayersdorfer and Ron & Jean Haynes were at the Louisville Cochlear Community Chapter Event, October 28, 2014. If you would like to attend this group; it will be meeting November 18, 6:00-7:30 pm at the U of L campus on Shelbyville Road in the Founders Union Building. Joan McCombs is our Chapter Recycler. Please be prepared and place your recycles in the containers she has prepared for you. NEW VISITORS Larry Earhart, Louis вЂњBuddвЂќ Miller, Diane Collins, JoAnn Brooks joined us for the вЂњLetвЂ™s Make it Clear, Communication and Hearing LossвЂќ video program in October. NEW MEMBERS Lori OвЂ™Nan is now a new member as are JoAnn Brooks, Louis вЂњBuddвЂќ Miller, and Diane Collins, all who joined after their first meeting. Welcome to Hearing Loss Association of America Kentuckiana Chapter! The HLAAKC Support Group by Michelle Niehaus, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Program Administrator for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS) with the Kentucky Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) will meet Thursday, November 13 , 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Bon Air Library, 2816 Del Rio Place. If you would like to join the next session, please contact Carla Trivedi Info@hearinglossky.org for information and a reminder email. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss hearing loss difficulties with a professional. MUNCH BUNCH is on "summer break" because so many things are going on. However, if two or more members want to meet for lunch (on any date) and want to invite others to join them, please let Carla, Merle or Jean know and they will get the word out! It is a wonderful way to experience new (or old) restaurants and to get better acquainted. Info@hearinglossky.org вЂњFind us on FacebookвЂќ! The link to this is: https:// www.facebook.com/pages/Hearing-Loss-Association-ofAmerica-Kentucky-Chapters/124469701090202 Membership Report October 1, 2013: October is the beginning of the new membership year with Chapter Dues of $12 payable. Chapter Dues were initiated on 10/01/2009. Since then, our chapter has grown from 28 chapter dues paying members on 09/30/2010 to 62 on 09/30/2014. Of the 62, 42 are HLAA members. After a slow start for 2014/2015, we have 52 members who are paid current until 09/30/2015. Of those, four are new members and three are former household members who have moved up to individual members. We have seven couples who pay as individual members! The sad news is we have 17 members who have not renewed. Two of those have sent their regrets that they will not be renewing but several have sent word that they are renewing at the November meeting. To be eligible for the HLAA Membership drawing, dues must be paid by December 1, 2014. The current members are: Carlene Ballard Elaine Bratcher Robert C Braverman Ron Brennan JoAnn R Brooks Bob Burckle Kay Calvert Jana B Colter Ricky Colter Bobbe Craven Becky Crawford Paula Esterle Niels Ewing Mickie Foushee Bill Franck Dick Goldman Irvin Goldstein Gerry GordonBrown Charlie Hamlet Mary Ellen Hamlet Jean Haynes Ron Haynes Mary Ann Hervey Ed Holloway Jamie Houchen Cecil Iglehart Susie Iglehart Theresa Kidwell Donna Kiley Bob Kuprion Greg Larkin Karen Lichtefeld Melanie Magruder Joan McCombs Frank McLain Cathy Miller Louis "Budd" Miller Lori O'Nan John Perry Trudy Ross Janny Scheeline Bud Smith Jane Smith Jim Smith Bob Stuckey Carla Trivedi G Trivedi Bill Tucker Hazel M Tucker Chester Wilbert Jeanie Wilkins Bonny Zilke HLAA Kentuckiana Chapter Individual Membership Scholarship Fund In the spirit of our mission; at the October HLAAKC Board Meeting it was moved and carried to create a HLAAKC Individual HLAA Membership Scholarship Fund for ten (10) scholarships at $35.00 each to be given at a drawing during the December 11, 2014 Dinner Meeting. вЂў вЂў вЂў Current HLAAKC primary individual members, who have paid for the 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2015 year no later than December 1, 2014, will be eligible for the 2014 drawing. o Eligible members can only win one scholarship. (If you have won in a previous year, your eligibly would be void.) For those already a HLAA member, they will receive an additional year of membership. If they are HLAA Couple/Family members, they can donate the difference ($10) to the HLAAKC Individual HLAA Membership Scholarship Fund and have their HLAA Couple/Family membership for an additional year or they can accept the HLAA Individual membership. A winner may transfer their Scholarship to an eligible member who is not a HLAA member. MEMBERSвЂ™S BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES If your вЂњeventвЂќ was missed, we must not have your dates! Please email hayjean@twc.com or 50patif@gmail.com to appear in the Celebrate Section. Nov-05 Nov-11 Nov-20 Nov-22 Nov-23 Dec-08 Dec-14 Dec-22 Dec-29 Libby Davis Joan McCombs Gerald McDaniel Jamie Houchen Theresa Kidwell Mary Ellen Hamlet Merle Williams Ron & Jean Haynes Cecil & Carol Iglehart Give A Memorial Gift: A memorial gift is a thoughtful way to remember the people who have made a difference in your life. Will will send a letter notifying the family of your kindness (not of the amount of your gift). Please supply the name and address of the family of the deceased. Memorials will be listed in our newsletter. Memorial gifts may be mailed to: HLAAKC, P.O. Box 6372, Louisville KY 40206-0372 _______________________________________________ IN APPRECIATION: Captioning provided by McLendon-Kogut at chapter meetings. Without this real time captioning, our meetings would be extremely difficult. In appreciation of St. Leonard supplying our meeting room, please consider supporting them at their fundraises and let them know how much HLAAKC appreciates their generosity. WDRB, with the support of Norton Healthcare, provides real time captioning for local news which is a great benefit for the deaf and individuals who have a hearing loss. Other HLAA Chapter Meetings around Kentucky -Carpooling can be available to any Kentucky Chapters meetings outside of Louisville, please email or call Jean the day before the meetings. HLAA - Bowling Green Chapter HOLIDAY SOCIAL is Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 6:30 p.m. We will be wrapping gifts for our community service project, вЂњSanta for SeniorsвЂќ and enjoying a potluck of finger foods. Please bring a finger food, your appetite, a friend, and a few personal care items for our community service gift bags. Suggestions for items are - trial size lotion/body wash/hand sanitizer, puzzle books, pens, pencils, highlighters, memo/list pads, post-it-notes, toothbrush/toothpaste, lip balm, combs, mini flashlights, jumbo playing cards, etc Home Instead Training Center, Suite 100, 2475 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green, KY 40509-1806 infobg@hlaa-ky.org http://hlaa-ky.org The meeting is free and open to the public. WEвЂ™RE LOOKING FOR YOUR INPUT! Last month, Bill Schlicht, Disaster Operations Volunteer, Warren County Emergency Management, ask us, вЂњAs a hard of hearing person, how would you prefer to be notified in case of a disaster.вЂќ Examples: phone, text, reverse 911, television/radio, weather radio. THINK ABOUT THIS AND WE WILL SHARE! For more information about our group, contact: HLAA-KY Bowling Green Chapter Donna Woods, 270-782-7329, woods5941@gmail.com Lexington Bluegrass Chapter in Formation November Meeting - Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. FINANCING OPTIONS FOR HEARING AIDS - and other things an informed consumer needs to know John Perry will present on Financing Options for Hearing Aids and other things an informed consumer needs to know. He will review current hearing aid technology, one feature is certain, be sure to ask the hearing professional to include a telecoil in your hearing aid. Also a review on the channels through which hearing aids are distributed, what you need to know as an informed consumer. Finally and very important, he will explore the options available to us to help finance this expense. John was the 2009-2011 president of Hearing Loss Association of America Kentuckiana Chapter and is currently their 2014 treasurer. He first found out about his hearing loss at age 23 when he enlisted in the Kentucky Air National Guard. He would say that most of his hearing loss was caused by rock 'n roll, fireworks, cap pistols, model airplane engines and woodworking machinery. His hearing, along with his eyesight, was recorded as a вЂњ2вЂќ in his official physical profile. Fortunately, his having a вЂњ2вЂќ for his hearing profile did not keep him from his chosen field of weather. Jump forward twenty years plus and JohnвЂ™s hearing was getting so bad that he had to do something. He found the national Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) when it was still named Self Help for the Hard of Hearing (SHHH) and subscribed to the journal. It took him another two years before he was ready to go and see first a dispenser, second another dispenser and finally an audiologist. He bought his hearing aids from the audiologist. His only regret is that he had not accepted his hearing loss sooner and had done something about it. He continued to struggle with the challenges of his hearing loss. Though things have gotten better, John says he is still a work in progress. Lexington Hearing & Speech Center, Second Floor Waiting Room 350 Henry Clay Boulevard, Lexington, Kentucky 40502-1024 Jean@hlaa-ky.org HLAA-KY Lexington Chapter in Formation This meeting is realtime captioned by Sworn Testimony, PLLC and is free and open to the public. HLAA - Kentucky Home Chapter November Meeting - Monday, November 24, 2014 at 6:30 P.M. вЂњLetвЂ™s Make it Clear, Communication and Hearing LossвЂќ For the person who has hearing loss, successful communication can be a constant and frustrating challenge. With better knowledge of hearing loss issues and practical ways to change and improve communication, the person with hearing loss, family, friends and associates can interact more successfully. LetвЂ™s Make it Clear is a 20 minute video that illustrates the everyday difficulties posed by hearing loss, and offers clear and useful tips for effective communication. Join us as we discuss the вЂњbest practiceвЂќ of communication with hearing loss. This instructional and entertaining video is ideal for service providers, family members, and professionals who want to understand both the issues and solutions surrounding communication with people who have hearing loss. Nelson County Public Library 201 Cathedral Manor, Bardstown, Kentucky 40004 November seems like a busy month with a вЂњWelcome to Ed OgibaвЂќ starting with a tour of Barton 1792 Distillery and Visitor Center at 2:45 on Friday, Nov. 14,2014. Following the we will board the вЂњRound the Town Carriage and StagecoachвЂќfor a historic Bardstown tour. The cost of the carriage ride will be $15.00 per person (please some with the exact change). We will end the Welcome by having dinner at the вЂњRickhouseвЂќ where you can order from the menu and be responsible for your individual ticket. Nov 15, we are encouraging all members to attend the training lead by Ed Ogiba from 9:00 - 4:00. Please RSVP for all the events, to Becky Crawford @ rtcrawfordd@aol.com В or Jean Hayes @hayjean@twc.com Hope to see you visit with us.В For more information, contact: information@hearinglosskyhome.org or 502-349-6792. Join us and bring a friend. The meeting is free and open to the public. Meetings are free, open to the public and real-time remote captioned by McLendon-Kogut Reporting Services. HLAA Chapter Building Workshop Saturday, November 15, 2014 9:00 A.M. вЂ“ 4:00 P.M. Heuser Hearing & Language Academy 111-117 East Kentucky Street Louisville, KY 40203 Ed Ogiba, HLAA Director of Chapter Development, will be here to conduct this six hour workshop to help build the chapters in Kentucky. If you are a Kentucky chapter leader or you are interested in being a leader, this is an important workshop for you to attend. Please contact Ron Haynes, ron@hlaa-ky.org, for further information. This meeting is captioned by A La CARTe Connection. Pre-event activities on Friday in Bardstown will be a tour and tasting at Barton 1792 Distillery, a ride on вЂњRound the TownвЂќ wagon & horse, and dinner at The Rickhouse Restaurant. For details & RSVPs contact Becky Crawford at rtcrawfordd@aol.com or 502-348-8070 or 502-507-4571 by November 11. Post-event activities on Saturday in Louisville will be dinner at Ramsi's CafГ© On the World. For details & RSVPs contact Carla Trivedi carla.trivedi@gmail.com or 812-923-0258 or 502-689-4011 text only by November 11. HLAA Kentucky Chapters Coordinator -Ron Haynes HLAA-KY 2015 Conference Planning Committee Meeting: October 23, 2014 The 2015 planning committee met at Fern Creek Library. Presenters, presentations, call for papers, programing, prospectus, program, and exhibit hall were discussed. The meeting dates for the upcoming year were set. Save the Date flyers were emailed to approximately 140 2013 registrants. Please plan to participate in the conference; we will need sponsors, vendors, presenters, volunteers and especially people attending! KCDHH Town Hall: October 24, 2014 The Kentucky Commission of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing (KCDHH) meeting was held at Newport on the Levee in Newport, Kentucky. A community conversation was planned about public housing for people who are deaf or hard of hearing; the вЂњJust BettyвЂќ project. KCDHH Commissioners Meeting: October 25, 2014 The meeting was held at Newport on the Levee in Newport, Kentucky. HLAA Representative Commissioner, Jeannie TaylorвЂ™s report will be available at www.hlaa-ky.org COORDINATOR. HLAA-KY 2015 Conference Core Planning Committee Meeting: October 28, 2014 The meeting was held at 1803 Girard Drive with Carla Trivedi, Paula Esterle, Jean Haynes and Virginia Moore. Hotels, looping, presentations, presenters, vendors, sponsors, keynote speaker, entertainment, prospectus, program, budget, exhibit hall and social media were discussed. Louisville Cochlear Community Chapter Event: October 28, 2014 The event met at U of L campus on Shelbyville Road in the Founders Union Building. The moderator, Jayan Thomas, invited us to promote the 2015 Conference and we were also able to promote the November meeting of HLAAKC. Chapters visited this month were; Bowling Green on October 7, Lexington on October 9, Louisville on October 14, Louisville Board on October 16, and Bardstown on October 27. Please check the HLAA-KY website for contact meeting information and monthly programs; www.hlaa-ky.org under CHAPTERS. Ron Haynes, HLAA Kentucky Chapters Coordinator RonHaynes@twc.com Presented by: University of Louisville Student Academy of Audiology and Sertoma What? A one-mile walk aimed at increasing awareness of hearing loss interventions. There will be entertainment and educational activities for all ages! Where? Festival Plaza at Waterfront Park in Louisville, KY. When? November 8th, 2014 Where do My Donations Go? The funds raised by CELEBRATE SOUND Don't Walk in Silence support grants and scholarships for future professionals, as well as programs that help to further our hearing health mission and make tomorrow about hearing lifeвЂ™s most beautiful moments. How to Register or Donate: To find out more, to register, to share this with opportunity with friends and family, or to simply make a one-time donation please visit www.mycelebratesound.org/louisville Registration Rates: Registration includes an event pass, a t-shirt, and a goody bag of gifts from our sponsors. Rates after October 26, 2014 or same day of event registration: Individual Adult: $25 Individual Child: $20 Donations: Any donation amount is accepted on the website. For information on donor sponsorship recognition please visit http://www.mycelebratesound.org/faf/ sponsorasp/ If you choose to walk as a team, each team member must pay a registration fee, but you can continue to raise funds to support the walkвЂ™s mission as a team. If you have any questions regarding this event feel free to email uoflaudiology@gmail.com GET IN THE HEARING LOOP The Hearing Loss Association of America on behalf of people with hearing loss and the American Academy of Audiology, on behalf of audiologists, announced a collaborative public education campaign, вЂњGet in the Hearing LoopвЂќ in June 2010. HLAAKC acknowledges our local establishments that have provided the Hearing Loop for the accessibility of individuals with hearing loss. Please share other local establishments you know that have a Hearing Loop with Jean Haynes. KENTUCKIANA LISTING Douglass Hills Church of Christ Main Auditorium 300 Burnsdale Road Louisville, KY 40243 (502) 245-0573 http://douglasshillschurch.org Immanuel United Church of Christ Sanctuary 2300 Taylorsville Road Louisville, KY 40205 502-454-3822 http://immanuelucc.info/ Kentucky Derby Museum Great Race & Time Machine 704 Central Avenue Louisville, KY 40208 (502) 637-7097 http://www.derbymuseum.org Silver Street United Methodist Church Sanctuary 413 Silver Street New Albany, IN 47150 USA (813)-948-1332 https://www.facebook.com/silverstreetumc/info Louisville Free Public Library - Main Main Auditorium & Centennial Room 301 York Street Louisville, KY 40203 (502) 574-1611 http://www.lfpl.org Louisville Free Public Library - Southwest Community Room 9725 Dixie Highway Louisville, KY 40272 (502) 933---20 http://www.lfpl.org/branches/southwest Northeast Christian Church Main Auditorium 9900 Brownsboro Road Louisville, KY 40241 (502) 426-6668 http://www.necchurch.org Second Presbyterian Church Sanctuary 3701 Old Brownsboro Road Louisville, KY 40207 (502) 895-3483 www.2ndpreslou.org NEWS FROM NATIONAL: Are you in the workforce? Are you looking for a job? Looking for work, landing a job, and keeping your job can be difficult under the best of circumstances, but it can seem to be minefield if you have a hearing loss. There are ways to be successful at the workplace with a hearing loss. But you need the right tools, do your homework, find out whatвЂ™s right for you and for your employer, and find ways to successfully advocate for yourself. You May Need an Employment Toolkit Anyone who has any degree of hearing loss deals with a number of unknown issues and faces many anxieties when it comes to finding a job or being successful on the job. HLAA has developed an вЂњEmployment ToolkitвЂќ to provide information about the workplace for people with hearing loss. If you have a success story youвЂ™d like to send in, contact us. We want to share good experiences so that others can be encouraged that they too will be successful in the workplace. The Hearing Loss Association of America Employment Toolkit was produced with generous support of Hearing Loss Association of America-Manhattan Chapter. We thank them for bringing this to you. Download the complete Employment Toolkit. Common Questions about the Workplace Untreated Hearing Loss in the Workplace Employment Resources Find out more at: http://www.hearingloss.org/content/workplace Complimentary HLAA Membership for Veterans Do you have a hearing loss due to military service? A report from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs estimated that more than 59,000 military members are on disability for hearing loss from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. HLAA was founded in 1979 by Howard вЂњRockyвЂќ Stone, a retired CIA agent, who endured hearing loss from his service in the United States Army. Rocky was well-known in the agency for both his skill and his hearing loss. On one occasion he was having a hard time вЂњhearingвЂќ when talking with then-Director Richard Helms, so Rocky plopped himself on HelmsвЂ™ desk and asked him to face him directly so he could read his lips! Another time, his old-fashioned body hearing aid was mistaken for a recording spy device and was confiscated. Rocky earned the AgencyвЂ™s highest honor and went onto establish an organization for people who have hearing loss and want to stay in the hearing world with technology and strategies. HLAA is honored to offer two types of new membership for United States veterans (both include the other benefits of Individual membership): вЂў Digital Membership вЂ“ this complimentary membership includes our awardwinning Hearing Loss Magazine in digital format only; or вЂў Non-Digital Membership вЂ“ Hearing Loss Magazine will be delivered right to your mail box; complimentary for one year, renewal at $35/year. Hearing Loss Magazine, a helpful resource on the latest in technology, medical issues, legislation, personal stories, and more. If you are a veteran and are interested in joining HLAA please complete this form and mail it, fax it or email it in. http://www.hearingloss.org/content/veterans We invite each chapter to join the 35th Anniversary Celebration starting this November HLAAвЂ™s 35th Anniversary is this November and a committee of chapter and state leaders has created a wonderful plan to celebrate with activities we hope you will support for 13 consecutive months starting next month in November. For each month in the Anniversary Celebration Year you will find up to 5 or 6 suggested activities with the hope that your chapter can execute at least one of these. The goals are to promote the HLAA Mission and in that regard to promote what each chapter offers its members and community. Chapter anniversary activities for November honor our founder, Rocky Stone The list of suggested 35h Anniversary activities for this November is below. We hope each chapter will consider executing one or more of these which includes introducing Rocky Stone to your membership, discussing one of his short articles from his book, An Invisible Condition, considering a rap session or member discussion that was one of RockyвЂ™s favorite support tools. Click to see November 2014 Theme: Rocky's Gift to the 48 Million HLAA/HLAAKC provides information about various technologies, services, products or organizations to our members for their examination. Inclusion of any technology, service, product or organization does not mean HLAA/ HLAAKC endorsement nor does exclusion of these mean disapproval. HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, (HLAA) headquartered in Bethesda MD, is the nationвЂ™s largest organization for people with hearing loss. The HLAA exists to open the world of communication for people with hearing loss through information, education, advocacy and support. HLAA is a 501c3 non-profit corporation and offers tax exempt status to all local affiliates. Please join HLAA as one of the first steps to doing something about your hearing loss. Through our advocacy work at the federal level, we represent 48 million people with hearing loss in the United States. http://www.hearingloss.org/ Want to Join Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) HLAAKC participates in the National Chapter Rebate Program for new members. Please send a HLAA Membership form and payment to HLAA to the Haynes address on the form. The form is available at HLAAKC meetings or by emailing info@hearinglossky.org with Jean вЂ“ HLAA Form in the Subject line. Annual national membership dues are: $35 individual, $45 family, $20 student, $60 professional, $50 non-profit and $300 corporate. Please send membership renewals directly to the HLAA address on the form or by fax or Internet. Hearing Loss Association of America Kentuckiana Chapter (HLAAKC) is the local Kentucky/Indiana chapter located in Louisville, which is an affiliate of HLAA. We are under the HLAA 501c3 non-profit corporation umbrella. Meetings of HLAAKC are free, open to the public, and take place at 6:30 P.M. on the second Tuesday of the month at St. Leonard Elementary School Library, 440 Zorn Ave. Occasionally we meet at other places or at other times for different activities, including socials; any changes will be found in this newsletter by emailing info@hearinglossky.org. Real time captioning is used at the meetings. HLAAKC Officers/Board: President - Carla Trivedi Info@hearinglossky.org Vice President - Kay Calvert Secretary - Gerry Gordon-Brown Treasurer - John Perry Historian - Paula Esterle/Melanie Magruder Membership Committee Chair - Jean Haynes Social Committee Co-Chairs - Karen Lichtefeld & Merle Williams Outreach Coordinator - Bob Stuckey Professional Advisor - Dr. Barbara Eisenmenger Professional Advisor - Dr. Cathy Ann Miller Public Relations Chair вЂ“ Jana Colter Ways & Means Chair вЂ“ Kay Calvert HLAA Kentucky Chapters Coordinator - Ron Haynes KCDHH & KDBH HLAA Representative - Jeannie Taylor Newsletter/Web - Pat Flaherty