HLAA Colorado Springs Chapter (HLAA-CS) is the local chapter of the national non-profit Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA). We are a 501(c)(3) charitable organization registered in the State of Colorado.
Our mission is to open the world of communication for people with hearing loss through information, education, support, and advocacy, and to make hearing loss an issue of national concern. |
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HLAA-CS Chapter Socials
Here are a couple of our Pro Golfers (Geri and Duane) at a Chapter Mini-Golf outing
(November 2022) Our Cochlear Implants group: Sara (left), Vickie, Pauline, Dixie, Linda - Linda and Sara sharing about their recent cochlear implant progress (April 2023)Chapter Social at an Open Captioned Movie - an excerpt by Pauline Weiss:
"Open captioning at the theater – wow - what a difference watching a movie that has open captions! I found it so enjoyable ...your eyes can stay focused on the screen, enabling you to enjoy the movie so much more with the open captioning appearing at the bottom of the screen immediately as the person speaks!..." PS - Vickie says, "We are excitedly waiting to see Tom Cruise in Top Gun - Maverick, but it was even more exciting to have open captions to know what he was saying!!! |
Flyswatter Volleyball - seated in chairs, two teams try to volley a balloon back and forth across the net with a flyswatter.
This was really FUN! Below - Chapter Social at Red Lobster - Advocating for ourselves, we asked for seating so we could all see and hear each other better. An early lunch time afforded us with a round table and without other diners in close proximity.
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About Our Chapter Meetings and Socials
- We provide information on hearing loss, from technological and medical advances to coping strategies
- We provide you tools for self help
- We have speakers who bring you the latest advances in hearing health
Chapter Meetings Offer Free parking, Refreshments, Hearing Loop, Hearing Assistive Technology (HAT), and CART (live captioning) Join Us for
Hearing-Friendly Social Activities Held Throughout the Year Going to the Movies! The Best Option is an Open Caption Movie where dialog is imprinted on the bottom of the movie screen - Read, What are open captions?, above, as well as Pauline's article, An Afternoon at an Open Captioned Movie, about her experience. To view an actual clip of an open caption movie, click here
Below, are assistive devices available at theaters |
Meetings are free and open to the public. Membership is not required to attend. Regardless of the degree of your hearing loss - or even if you have no hearing loss at all - you, family, friends, co-workers, and professionals are all welcome.
This is where it is OK to not hear well... The HLAA Colorado Springs Chapter
Our Chapter is governed by Volunteers.
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