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Hearing loss? We can help--because we've been there.

ALDA Chicago is a group of people with various degrees of hearing loss. Some wear hearing aids or have cochlear implants while others use neither. Our mission is to provide support, education and camaraderie for adults with hearing loss. Our motto, based on our members' dedication to communicating with each other and engaging with the world, is "whatever works."
'Living Well With Hearing Loss' workshop May 12
Well-known psychologist Dr. Sam Trychin will present a workshop on "Living Well With Hearing Loss: What Works and What Doesn't" May 12 from noon-4 p.m. at the College of DuPage. The presentation is cosponsored by ALDA Chicago and the Lincoln Park, Illinois Cochlear Implant and Central Illinois chapters of HLAA. Learn more here.
 
Got Cochlear equipment to spare? Help a child
Northwestern audiologist Pam Fiebig, who specializes in cochlear implants, has a child patient who has bilateral cochlear implants but whose insurance company has refused to pay for an upgrade for processors that are failing and can no longer be repaired. She is looking for donations of any working 3G or Freedom parts or pieces. If you are a Cochlear brand user and have recently upgraded your processor, you might be able to spare a second backup. If you have any 3G or Freedom processors or parts and would like to donate them to a child in need, please contact Pam at PFiebig@nmff.org. This message comes from the Illinois Cochlear Implant Chapter of HLAA.
       
AMC agrees to install closed captioning in all Illinois theaters by end of 2014
The AMC movie theater chain has agreed to install closed captioning devices in all of its digitally-equipped theaters in Illinois by the end of 2014, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced on April 4.

The settlement comes two years after Chicago-based Equip for Equality approached the attorney general's Disability Rights Bureau to complain about the lack of captioning in movie theaters. The attorney general's office decided to approach AMC as the state's largest theater operator, with about 5,000 screens in 320 theaters. Read more here.

Smart phone apps for captioning
Member Sue Siergey pointed out this helpful article on smart phone apps for captioning for people with hearing loss. You can find lots of other useful information on our Helpful Links page.  

ALDA Chicago needs your help. Volunteer!
Your contribution of time, talent and special skills is vital to ALDA Chicago's success. As we enter our 24th year, we hope you can take pride in our organization and all that we have accomplished while also recognizing that there is still so much to do. The bottom line is that we need your help to do it. Learn more here.

CaptionCall partnership raises funds for ALDA
Try a new CaptionCall phone for free, and ALDA Chicago will receive $50 from the company to support its programs. Learn more here.

Journalist who wrote about ALDA dies
Journalist and author Jeffrey Zaslow who died in an auto accident in Michigan last week was the first journalist ever to write about ALDA back in 1991.  Learn more about Zaslow here.   Read his article about ALDA here.

3 board officers re-elected; Linder is new VP
Marsha Kopp was re-elected as president, Karen Krull was re-elected as treasurer and Gary Price was re-elected as secretary at the first board of directors meeting Feb. 4. Joe Linder was elected vice-president. The other 2012 trustees are Linda Belice, Beth Botts and Iris Sherman.

ALDA Inc. Press Release about Captioning in AMC Theaters
Personal captioning systems will be installed in AMC's California movie theaters and across its national chain of theaters on a "rolling basis." Learn more here.

ALDAcon 2012 to be held in Columbia, S.C.
The international convention of ALDA Inc. will be held October 17-21, 2012. Learn more here.

Upcoming events

16 Jun 2012 10:00 AM • Lost Mountain Adventure Golf, Zigfield Troy Golf Course, 1535 75th St. Woodridge, IL

News from ALDA

04 Apr 2012 3:12 PM • Beth Botts
21 Feb 2012 1:26 PM • Beth Botts
18 Feb 2012 10:54 AM • Beth Botts

Longtime ALDA Chicago board member Mary Clark (left) recently met film and TV actress Marlee Matlin at a goodbye party in Chicago for Howard Rosenblum, who has left the Midwest Center on Law and the Deaf to become CEO of the National Association for the Deaf (NAD). The photo was taken by ALDA Chicago's founder, Bill Graham.
 
 
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