Daytime meeting - 11am “Being our best—physically and
mentally”
The YMCA of Greater Rochester has served the Flour City area for 155 years.
For January’s interactive and casual meeting, we are urged to wear
our sneakers to participate in some physical and mental activity. Tracy Battaglia
and Lisa O’Connor, staffers at the Y’s Southeast Branch in Pittsford,
strive to re-motivate us following the holidays. They present an overview
of the Y’s extensive roster of programs and classes. Our input is requested
on how the Y can better serve the hard of hearing community.
Ms. Battaglia is the Program Coordinator for Aquatics and Active Older Adults
at the Southeast Y, where she’s worked since 2001. She teaches, trains
and coordinates the branch Water Fitness Programs. They Y has water fitness
classes for those with neurological conditions, water yoga, and exercise
with hydrobikes.
Ms. O'Connor worked for 15 years with people of many fitness levels
and health needs.
(This presentation is Audiolooped.)
Evening meeting - 7pm
“An insider’s view of current and future hearing enhancement technologies”
David Eddins, PhD, discusses the major goals of using hearing enhancement
technologies and how to achieve those goals. While providing an overview
of several new technological advances, he speculates on future technologies
based on what exists now. In the context of reviewing several recent research
studies, the audience will learn how new technologies are evaluated and the
interpretation of such investigations.
Dr. Eddins is an associate professor in the Dept. of Otolaryngology, University
of Rochester, and a Senior Scientist at the International Center for Hearing
and Speech research at RIT. His areas of expertise are hearing science, amplification,
the aging auditory system, and auditory perception.
(This presentation is Audiolooped and real time captioned. Those needing
a sign language interpreter should contact Linda Siple at 585 475 6712.)
All programs are held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, corner of East
Avenue and Westminster Road, across from George Eastman House. Both programs
have the induction loop for those with a T-switch.
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SOCIAL TIME FOR HARD OF HEARING AND DEAF.
3rd Wednesday of each month:
Matinee show at Loew's Webster Theater to attend the movie showing in
"Rear Window Captioning" format.
The early evening show is between 4:00 and 5:30 pm. You need
to check
the D&C paper that morning for the Title of the movie being shown, and
the exact time.
Then, off to a local restaurant afterwards for an early supper and
social time. You'll still be home by dark! Hope to see you there!
Ginger Graham, Theatre Committee
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HLAA programs are held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, East Avenue
and Westminster Road, across from George Eastman House. Enter door at rear
of church, go up a few steps and enter room on right. Refreshments available.
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Questions: Call (585) 266-7890 or visit www.hlaa-rochester-ny.org.
Hearing Loss Association of America (formerly SHHH) is a nationwide
organization for people with hearing loss, opening the world of communication
through information, education, support, and advocacy.
