Hearing Loss Association of America Richmond Chapter - HLAARVA

01/19/2026

From my friend , Jane Popkin.

01/18/2026

Kudos to the Richmond Forum! Last night they provided Live Captions of their speaker, Sanna Marin, the former Prime Minister of Finland. It made the difference for me. ❤️

01/10/2026

This morning’s meeting will not be “in person,” but rather via ZOOM because our speaker is recovering from the flu. Email us at info@hlaagreaterrichmond.org or text us at 804 482 0529 for the link.

01/07/2026

Adult ASL Classes Starting This January!

01/05/2026

We will meet this Saturday, January 10, @ 10:30 a.m. at the Beulah Church Annex, 6930 Hopkins Rd, N Chesterfield, VA 23234.
Our scheduled speaker is Brittany Howard, Director of the Technology Assistance Program (TAP) at the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
The Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH) offers telecommunication equipment and assistive technology to qualified applicants as a solution to their communication needs through the Technology Assistance Program (TAP).

Assistive devices available through TAP includes:
Amplified telephones
Captioned Telephones
Personal FM Systems
Signalers

Other devices available by special request
Personal FM Systems
Signalers

We hope to have the program captioned and there is a hearing loop for attendees with a telecoil equipped hearing device.

12/26/2025

📣 Now Accepting Applications for VRLI Year 5!

The Virginia Rural Center is excited to launch the application process for the 5th year of the Virginia Rural Leadership Institute (VRLI) — Virginia’s only rural-focused professional development and community leadership program designed for rural leaders across business, non-profits, and government.

If you’re passionate about strengthening rural communities and ready to lead in your community, this opportunity is for you.

🗓 Applications are open until February 13, 2026.
📅 Session dates for 2026 have just been released!

Learn more and apply today ➡️www.cfrv.org/vrli

12/26/2025

https://hearinghealthmatters.org/better-hearing-consumer/2025/when-we-mispronounce-words-due-to-hearing-loss/

I’m shocked. Yesterday, I discovered a word I’ve been mispronouncing for my entire life. “Apossle” is the correct way to say what I’ve always expressed as “aposTle”. The ‘t’ is in the spelling, not the telling. But when hearing people heard me make that lovely tick of a t-sound, wh...

11/24/2025

We will not meet in December. Our next chapter meeting will be Saturday, Jan. 10 @ 10:30 a.m. at the Beulah Church, 6930 Hopkins Rd, N Chesterfield, VA. Our speaker will be Brittany Howard who heads up the Technology Assistance Program at VDDHH (Virginia Dept for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing).

If you need help with your hearing loss (information, support, etc.) over the Holidays, you can email us at info@hlaagreaterrichmond.org or leave a voicemail /text at 804 482.0529.

Recommended reading for coping with hearing loss over the holidays: http://livingwithhearingloss - a blog by Shari Eberts, co-author of “Hear and Beyond.” Also, her co-author, Gael Hannum, has penned a humorous article in the current newsletter of the Hearing Health Foundation, entitled “Surviving the Inaccessible Holiday Season” - here’s the link: http://hearinghealthmatters.org.

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Happy Holidays.

10/02/2025

If you want info on the location of looped venues in the Greater Richmond area - indeed throughout the USA and elsewhere, visit this link:

Lists of hearing loops by state or province in the United States and Canada. Contact information to request a custom list.

10/02/2025

Our next chapter meeting is Saturday, Oct. 11, @ 10:30 a.m. at the Beulah Church, 6930 Hopkins Rd, N Chesterfield, VA. Our speaker will be Thom Casey, a long time audiologist in this area and an HLAA member - speaking on the future of hearing care.

The meeting room is looped, and the program will be captioned. If you cannot attend in person, join us via ZOOM. Email us at info@hlaagreaterrichmond.org for the link.

As an added incentive, bring a friend with you to this meeting or the November meeting and be entered into a drawing for 2 tickets to one of the remaining open captioned theater performances at the Swift Mill Creek Playhouse. Tickets do not include lunch.

09/08/2025

We will meet this Saturday, Sept 13, at 10:30 a.m. at the Beulah Church Annex, 6930 Hopkins Rd, N Chesterfield, VA 23234. Our speaker will be Tom Hunt with GN Resound - where he supports hearing healthcare professionals in Virginia and North Carolina. He will talk about the Resound line of hearing aids, and particularly their new models with Auracast capability.

If you cannot attend in person, call or text our chapter number - 804 482 0529, and we will send you a ZOOM link to join our meeting remotely. You can also send an email to info@hlaagreaterrichmond.org.

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!