Hearing Loss Association of America Richmond Chapter - HLAARVA

07/07/2025

14 family interviews completed and transcribed. A few more to do. Just finished my first draft of the first story I’m tackling, and honestly I’m verklempt. Hearing loss occurs during early childhood for a variety of reasons, including cCMV. Never heard of it? Yeah. THAT’s part of the problem!

06/10/2025

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05/05/2025

We will meet this Saturday, May 10, at 10:30 a.m. at the Beulah Church, 6930 Hopkins Rd, N Chesterfield, VA. Our guest speaker will be Kelly McElligott, Au.D. of Inspired Hearing Solutions. After her presentation,there will be a demonstration of caption glasses by Larry Herbert. This will be our final meeting of this school year - as we do not meet in the summer.

03/07/2025

Our Greater Richmond HLAA Chapter will meet tomorrow morning (Saturday, March at 10:30 a.m. at the Beulah Church, 6930 Hopkins Rd, N Chesterfield, VA. Our speaker will be Matt Rogers of the Chesterfield County Police Department - Topic: Personal Safety for People w Hearing Loss.

If you cannot attend in person, you can join us via ZOOM. Text us at 804 482 0529 or email us at info@hlaagreaterrichmond.org for the link.

03/06/2025

Thousands of children and youth with DD in Virginia are raised in foster, adoptive, or kinship homes. Learn about kinship care and resources that can help your family on Wednesday, March 26th when you join the Individual and Family Support Program Regional Councils and Virginia Dept. of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) staff for our first event of 2025! We'll start at 6 p.m. with a presentation from Stacia Stribling, Ph.D. and Kelly Henderson, Ph.D. at Formed Families Forward. Then stay for a panel with IFSP Councilmembers who will share resources and their own experiences navigating foster, adoptive, and kinship care!

❓ Who should attend?
• Foster, adoptive, or kinship caregivers (including any extended family member currently caring for children or youth with a disability)
• Anyone who is interested in becoming a foster, adoptive, or kinship caregiver
• Professionals and other community members supporting children and youth with disabilities in foster, adoptive, or kinship homes, including support coordinators/case managers, providers, and educators
• Anyone interested in this topic!

📌 Register here: http://tiny.cc/ifsp-march26

🗓 This event is FREE, but you must register. If you would like an email reminder the day of the event, please sign up using this link: surveymonkey.com/r/ifsp-march26

✉️ We are proud to feature remote conference captioning through Virginia Relay! If you need an additional accommodation to participate, please email us by Wednesday, March 12th: IFSPCommunity@dbhds.virginia.gov

🔗 You can share this post, or share the flyer here: http://tiny.cc/ifsp032625

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03/06/2025

Apply here: https://forms.gle/bbrCt58VaVW9qUqF8

03/03/2025

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Come join us!!

02/20/2025

**SCAM ALERT** Real Email, Fake Facebook
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You are directed to click a button in the email, which takes you to what appears to be a Facebook support page. The support page will prompt you to provide your login information to have your account “reviewed.” But your page never really violated copyright laws. The Facebook support page is actually fake and controlled by cybercriminals. If you enter your Facebook user credentials, the cybercriminals will steal them!
Follow these tips to avoid falling victim to a Facebook phishing scam:
• Be suspicious of unusual emails, even if they appear to be from a legitimate email address. Facebook won't send you emails threatening immediate action.
• Log in to Facebook through its official website or mobile app to check your account’s status. Don’t click any links in an email claiming to be from Facebook.
• Always check logos and spelling in emails claiming to be from Facebook. In this particular scam, the emails contained fake Facebook logos, some with misspelled words.

02/19/2025

Celebrate World Hearing Day 2025! Learn how to empower yourself and advocate for better ear and hearing care.

02/19/2025

Thank you Access Virginia.

02/12/2025

Seating still available for Saturdays captioned performance!

Open Captioned performance Saturday, Feb 15th at Swift Creek Mill Theatre with Access Virginia

11/01/2024

Have you voted yet? What are you waiting for! Find your polling place on https://www.elections.virginia.gov/ and go VOTE! .