TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE WITH A MEMBERSHIP – OR GIVE A GIFT MEMBERSHIP!
“It is on the local level that help is most effective. Personal interaction, the pleasure of being with other people – particularly people who understand your situation – the re-establishment of confidence, shared projects, creative input, accomplishment, dignity restored – these are the things that happen in chapters.”
“Greater help comes from being part of a Chapter.”
– Excerpts from An Invisible Condition by HLAA Founder Rocky Stone
The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA provides strategies and support that are modeled after Rocky Stone’s self-help philosophy. It offers emotional support, camaraderie, tips and techniques for living with hearing loss, and technical information about hearing assistance devices. It meets monthly with speakers and discussions on all kinds of topics such as hearing aids, assistive listening devices, TV captioning, cochlear implants, how to communicate with your spouse and family members, hearing in public places and meetings, coping at work, and much much more.
Hearing loss is a daily challenge. The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA is a place where it’s ok not to hear. You will be surrounded by others just like you – others who know what it’s like to live with hearing loss and who truly understand your situation. Remember, you do not have to hide your hearing loss. You do not have to face hearing loss alone.
So, specifically, here are 12 reasons to join the Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA TODAY
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA provides a community of people who understand hearing loss and the issues it presents
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA helps you to overcome any stigma you might feel about your hearing loss, because we all have it!
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA helps you to understand your legal rights and responsibilities as a person with a hearing disability.
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA teaches you coping and communication strategies in all kinds of situations.
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA helps you learn how to ask others for what you need in order to hear them better.
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA teaches you how to use assistive hearing technologies to make your hearing aids and cochlear implants work even better for you.
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA share ways in increase your personal and public safety.
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA shows you how to stay tuned into everyday communication with your family, friends, and significant others.
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA teaches you how to hear better in restaurants, crowded rooms, theatres, and other challenging listening situations. You learn by doing!
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA shows you how to communicate effectively and safely when traveling alone. No more missed airplane boarding announcements!
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA empowers you through the exchange of knowledge, encouragement, and shared experiences in bars, restaurants, theatres, etc..
- The Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA alleviates the despair and isolation that can accompany living with hearing loss. You will learn to have fun again in social situations that you might have once avoided because of not being able to hear.
Join the Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA today!
For assistance with downloading, printing, and completing this membership form to join the Sarasota-Manatee Chapter of HLAA
- send us an email [email protected]
- call us on the phone 813-494-6787
- Speak to any Chapter member