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News & Views
May 2010 www.hearingloss-nyc.org E-mail: [email protected]
Hearing
Loss
Association
of
America®
exists
to
open
the
world
of
communication
to
people
with
hearing
loss
through information, education, advocacy, and support.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 5:30 – 7:30 PM
(Socializing at 5:30; program begins at 6:00.)
Music Perception and Hearing Loss
SPEAKER: Jaclyn B. Spitzer, Ph.D.
MEETING LEADER: Joe Gordon
Location
MUHLENBERG LIBRARY BRANCH
209 West 23rd St.
(between 7th and 8th
Ave., closer to 7th)
3rd floor—elevator available
NOTE: Assistive listening help is provided at our
meetings through live CART captioning and a room loop
for those
whose
hearing
aids
have
a T
‐coil.
Headsets
are
also available.
Welcome to the May 2010 issue of
the HLAA‐Manhattan News & Views!
This
issue
will
be
the
last
before
our
Chapter’s
summer hiatus. Please note that although we won’t
be having a regular Chapter meeting in June, we will
be congregating instead on June 8th for a scholarship
presentation ceremony. Our Chapter will be
awarding four college scholarships to high school
students who have hearing loss. The awards are
$1,500 each.
As for May’s regular Chapter meeting, our speaker
will be Jaclyn B. Spitzer, Ph.D., who is a Professor of
Clinical Audiology and Speech Pathology in
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She
is also a Professor in Communication Sciences and
Disorders at Montclair State University. Dr. Spitzer
has been involved in research and clinical application
of implantable devices for 27 years, focusing on
cochlear implants, bone‐anchored hearing devices,
implantable hearing aids, rehabilitation with
implants, and central auditory processing.
Dr. Spitzerʹs recent research has included the
development of
a new
test
of
music
perception
(“Appreciation of Music in Cochlear Implantees”) for
cochlear implant users. At our Chapter meeting, Dr.
Spitzer will be talking about listening strategies,
musical choices, and how to improve satisfaction
with music listening. Her presentation will apply to
hearing aid users and to cochlear implant recipients.
Lastly, I want you to know that this May issue will be
my final issue as editor of the HLAA‐Manhattan
N&V. I am stepping down, due not to dissatisfaction
Editor’s Corner – Elizabeth Stump
Next Month: SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
PRESENTATION, June 8, 5:30 PM
This Will Not Be A Regular Meeting—Come
support the Chapter and the student winners!
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with the position or Chapter, but because of
increased full‐time work that precludes my ability to
continue as editor of the N&V. I have so greatly
enjoyed bringing you an informative newsletter each
month, and I hope each issue has provided you with
handy resources and entertaining tidbits. Thank you
all for your feedback during the past two years!
See you at the Chapter meeting on May 18th!
All Members Invited!
Laurie Hanin, Executive Director of the Center for
Hearing and Communication (CHC), has invited all
members of the HLAA ‐Manhattan Chapter to
attend the CHC Annual Meeting on May 25. The date
is the 100th Anniversary of the CHC. Among the
meeting’s honorees this year is HLAA, and Brenda
Battat, Executive Director, will be at the event for the
honor. There
will
be
ALDs,
CART,
and
an
induction
loop will provide accessibility. Please RSVP if you
will be attending. Contact Susan King at (917) 305‐
7804 or at [email protected]
Details: Tuesday, May 25; meeting from 3:30 PM – 5
PM, cocktail reception at 5 PM; at the Center for
Hearing and Communication, 52 Broadway, 2nd Fl.,
NYC
CHAPTER PLANNING COMMITTEE
HLAA Manhattan Chapter Phone Number: (voice)
(212) 769‐HEAR (4327)
Join the Planning Committee on the first Tuesday of
each month to help plan programs & events.
Barbara Bryan
Mary Fredericks, Secretary
(212) 674‐9128 [email protected]
Joe Gordon, Chapter Advocacy Consultant
Toni Iacolucci, NYC Walk4Hearing Co‐chair;
Advocacy Committee Chair
Elizabeth O’Leary,
Treasurer
Anne Pope, Immediate Past President, HLAA Board
of Trustees; NYC Walk4Hearing Co‐chair
Susan Shapiro, Scholarship Committee Co‐chair
Dana Simon, Liaison for NYPL
Elizabeth Stump, Chapter Newsletter Editor [email protected]
Diane Sussman, Posters and Flyers
Chapter Advisors:
Barbara Dagen, Newsletter Committee
Ellen Semel, Advocacy and Events Advisor
Professional Advisors:
Josh Gendel, Technical Director, Center for Hearing
and Communication (CHC)
Laurie Hanin, Ph.D, CCC‐A Exec. Director, CHC
Joseph Montano, Ed.D., Director, Hearing & Speech,
Weill Cornell Medical College
Help the Chapter Go Green!
Would you like to receive N&V by e‐mail only
rather than receive a mailed version to help us cut down on paper consumption and save money? It
costs about $8 a year to provide one member with
10 issues — that’s more than half of one’s annual
dues. Please notify [email protected] to make
this change. The Manhattan Chapter thanks you!
HLAA E‐news: Do you subscribe? It provides
HLAA latest news every other week electronically.
To sign up go to:
www.hearin loss.or /membershi /Sen.as
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WHAT YOU MISSED IN APRIL
Mary Fredericks
Marcia Finisdore was welcomed very warmly by
about 45 attendees; she is a Pennsylvania resident
and has been active in HLAA since 1990, serving on
its Board of Trustees for 12 years as president, vice‐
president and secretary.
Hearing loss in the workplace has so many facets.
The first thing we should know is the law:
Employees of all companies and volunteers for non‐
profit organizations that receive government funding
are covered by accessibility laws, unless it is an
undue burden for the organization. (for a Disability
Law Handbook go to www.southwestADA.org) If a
private organization does not receive government
funds, it is not required to be accessible. Senior
centers do receive federal or state funds, so are
required to
be
accessible.
Regarding employment, human resources people
don’t understand what a hearing loss is, which is the
reason so many want to give us sign language
interpreters. If you are ever advised not to apply for
a job because of your hearing loss, report the
organization to the EEOC (Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission). The law says if a person
with a disability is applying for a job and has all the
required skills, s/he must be treated equally.
Many times we are too unsure of ourselves due to
previous bad experiences. You are not required to
reveal your hearing loss during an interview, nor is it
permissible for the interviewer to ask. However, if
you are more comfortable talking about it, consider
bringing an ALD (assistive listening device) with you
to demonstrate how you would handle your hearing
loss; be self‐assured – people respond positively to
that. Remember, your skills are being hired, not your
hearing loss.
Sometimes we are afraid to reveal our hearing loss for fear we will be hired at a lower level, or be denied
advancement, or even lose the job. But our hearing
loss becomes evident to others, sometimes causing
them to think us “deaf and dumb” – not a politically
correct term but nevertheless still out there. We are
reluctant to ask for accommodations, but no one is
going to offer them – it is up to us to make our needs
known. Most employers are compliant when asked.
Let them know it won’t cost them a million dollars!
We often stay in less desirable jobs because of anxiety
related to interviews, new bosses, different work
environments. And it is unfortunate that people with
hearing loss often retire early due to missing things
and the resultant psychological stress. Our difficulty
in processing information in groups often leads
others to think of us as inattentive or slow.
Be open – be honest – ask for accommodations when
needed – demonstrate your commitment by the
quality of work you perform and your work ethic.
In closing, one person with 65 years of hearing loss
commented, “There was one singularly positive thing
that I found from my experience being hearing
impaired. It was simply this: you find that having a
hearing loss gives you a whole lot of insight to
people you meet, and you meet an awful lot of very
nice people in the process. I found this to be an
excellent selection process. And it’s enabled me to
form very close relationships with people in the work
force and off the job.”
Thursday, May 6: Center for Hearing and
Communication Cochlear Implant Support Group
50 Broadway, 2nd Floor; 5:30‐7 PM
*For more information, e‐mail
[email protected] or phone 917‐305‐7751.
Tuesday, May 18: HLAA Chapter meeting
Tuesday, June 8: Scholarship Reception in lieu of
regular Chapter meeting
Hearing Loss
Association
Convention
2010:
—June 17‐20, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
—There is a discount for first‐time attendees.
—Veterans of OIF and OEF who have hearing loss
are offered complimentary registration (e‐mail
[email protected] for more information).
—For more information on the annual convention, go
to www.hearingloss.org/convention/index.asp.
—You can also visit the HLAA Convention Blog:
http://hlaaconvention.blogspot.com/ .
Metropolitan Calendar
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The 2010 Walk4Hearing™ for NYC will be
held on October 17th!
The official Walk Web site for 2010 is up:
www.walk4hearing.org. Visit today!
National HLAA News
*HLAA Board adopted a policy paper on
employment hiring and testing: Hearing Loss
Association of America Position Paper Job
Qualification Testing. Go to www.hearingloss.org
for more information on the paper.
*Providence, Rhode Island, was chosen as the 2012
HLAA Convention site.
*HLAA is developing a Wiki (Web site) for parents of
children with hearing loss. This initiative is being led
by Marcia Finisdore, past president of the HLAA
Board of Trustees, and is being assisted by Suzanne
D’Amico, a Manhattan Chapter member and co‐chair
of the NYC Walk.
*HLAA attended the FCC announcement of the
national broadband plan as it relates to people with
disabilities. They intend to track HR 3101, the 21st
Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act,
and which HLAA has been supporting.
*In terms of health care reform, HLAA assisted in
getting a specific hearing aid exemption included in
the newly
signed
legislation.
The
legislation
exempts
hearing aids from the medical device tax that will be
imposed on almost all other devices not sold at
“retail.”
*Representatives from HLAA, National Association
for the Deaf, Telecommunications for the Deaf, and
Northern Virginia Resource Center for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing Persons met with Google in order to
begin working on universal captioning of YouTube
videos. In November 2009, Google released a way to
provide automated time code for transcripts as
another way to make captioning more available on YouTube. In March, they opened up auto‐captioning
to all users and have reported a surge in captioned
videos since then. They are looking for more ways to
get the word out and feedback. Visit the Web site at
www.youtube.com/t/captions.
There was an elderly man who had had serious
hearing problems for many years. Finally, he went to
an audiologist, who fitted him with a set of hearing
aids that allowed him to hear 100%.
A month later, the man went back to the audiologist
for his check‐up appointment. The physician said,
“Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be thrilled
that you can hear again.”
To which the man replied, “Oh, I havenʹt told my
family yet. I just sit around and listen to the
conversations. Iʹve already changed my will three
times!”
Funny Bone Corner
Member Kudos
Congratulations to member Ellen Semel, who
was recently featured in an article about hearing
loss in
her
co
‐op
complex’s
newsletter
(Penn
South Community Newsletter Spring 2010 issue).
A warm welcome from the Planning Committee
is extended to new Planning Committee member
Josephine McFadden!
Congratulations to Suzanne D’Amico, winner of
the 2010 Rocky Stone Convention Scholarship.
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OPEN ‐CAPTIONED
THEATER
‐
Find captioned theater listings nationwide on www.c2net.org
Theater Access Project (TAP) captions Broadway and Off‐Broadway productions each month. Tickets are discounted.
For listings & application www.tdf.org/tap or 212‐221‐1103, 212‐719‐45377 (TTY)
*Upcoming OPEN‐CAPTIONED Shows: [See TAP for tickets]
Collected Stories (6/5, 2 PM)
OPEN ‐CAPTIONED MOVIES –
For updates, go to Captionfish.com or www.regalcinemas.com/movies/open_cap.html.
REGAL BATTERY PARK STADIUM 11, 102 N. End Avenue–Vesey & West Streets (212) 945‐4370.
REAR‐WINDOW CAPTIONED MOVIES ‐ For listings go to Captionfish.com or www.FOMDI.com. Ask for a
special window
when
buying
your
ticket.
The
window
reflects
the
text
that’s
shown
on
the
rear
of
the
theater.
AMC Empire on 42nd Street. (212) 398‐2597, call Tues. afternoon for next week’s schedule
Clearview Chelsea Cinemas, 260 W. 23rd St., Auditorium 4, 212‐691‐5519. www.clearviewcinemas.com/tripod.shtml
The Bronx: AMC Cinema Bay Plaza, 718‐320‐1659.
MUSEUMS WITH CAPTIONED EVENTS & ASSISTIVE DEVICES ‐
The Metropolitan Museum of Art , 1000 Fifth Ave. 212‐879‐5500 Ext. 3561 (V), 212‐570‐3828 (TTY)
Real‐Time Captioning of lectures upon request – This service requires at least three weeks notice.
Gallery Talk with ALDs (meet at gallery talk station, Great Hall)
The Museum of Modern Art , 11 East 53rd St., Access Programs 212‐408‐6347 (V), 212‐247‐1230 (TTY),
[email protected]. ALDs are available for lectures, gallery talks, & family programs. Real‐time captioning for
lectures is available upon request with three weeks notice. Infrared is available in Titus Theaters.
Access to the Arts in New York City
obody’s Perfect Kids’ Play
Based on the children’s book by
Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney,
Nobody’s Perfect is a new musical
about 4th grade girls and hearing
loss. It will be shown on May 8, at
2 PM, at the Skirball Center for the
Performing Arts at NYU. The
performance will be performed in
spoken English and American Sign
Language, and will also provide open captioning. Go to
http://artsedge.kennedy‐
center.org/nobodysperfect for
more.
HLAA Webinar
Topic:
“Help for Tinnitus”
Guest Speaker:
Michael D. Seidman, MD., FACS
Date & Time:
May 20 at 5:00 PM
To join the Webinar, go to:
http://hearinglossassociation.acr
obat.com/hlaa/
Mention of suppliers or devices in this newsletter does not mean HLAA‐ Manhattan endorsement,
nor does exclusion suggest disapproval.
Free Hearing Checks
The CHC is offering “100 Days of
Free Hearing Screenings”: before
December 31, 2010, get a free hearing
screening. The screenings are
conducted by the CHC’s
audiologists. CHC Office: 50
Broadway; screenings by
appointment only, every Wednesday
(12‐2 PM)
and
Thursday
(4
‐6 PM).
Call 917‐305‐7766. Mobile Hearing
Test Unit: check the schedule online
at www.chchearing.org/free‐
hearing‐screenings.
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