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February 20, 2021
HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PITTSBURGH CHAPTER
PUBLIC ZOOM MEETING Saturday FEBRUARY 20 2021
The Hearing Loss Association of America Pittsburgh Chapter Feb 20 public meeting will be by zoom, begins at ten am, and ends at noon. The February 20 meeting will be a discussion led by Brandon Harper. The open discussion will give each of us time to share our stress and joys and experiences with hearing loss. Maybe some have already received the vaccine and can tell us about it. You are invited to send questions to hlap.news@gmail.com.
Captioning will be provided for all parts of the meeting. During the meeting, please leave your microphone on mute unless called up. Questions should be directed to the chat box.
Here is the address to join the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82823759371?pwd=cjMyUFdYWWNPMDRaYnF0ZDk5ZFE1Zz09Meeting ID: 828 2375 9371 Passcode: 227556 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kxT3yz7OX
You can go to innocaptions (https://chchearing.org/blog/zoom-captioning-innocaption-app/) or Hamilton captel for instructions on using zoom captioning separate from our provision.
All our future meetings until further notice will be on Zoom. When we receive permission we will return to DePaul School for Hearing and Speech 6202 Alder St., Shadyside.
NEWS OF INTEREST
HLAA has learned that a proposed settlement was announced in a case claiming that Nike, Inc. had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by requiring their employees wear face masks but failing to ensure customers with hearing loss were provided with appropriate accommodations. As part of the settlement, Nike has agreed to make transparent face masks available to its California store employees, provide guidance to its employees about how to accommodate customers who deaf or hard of hearing, and post signs at the entrance to each California store notifying customers who are deaf or hard of hearing that they may request additional assistance. Nike has agreed to implement these changes by the end of January 2021.
The national HLAA organization is conducting national zoom meetings. You can get notice of them by going to the website (hearingloss.org) and registering for emails or reading the schedule. The national Hearing Loss Association of America has a new address: 6116 Executive Blvd, Suite 320 Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: 301.657.2248 Fax: 301.913.9413
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Teresa Nellans, MA MBA
President, Volunteer, Hearing Loss Association America Pittsburgh
HLA America W. PA Coordinator
www.hlaa-pa.org PITTSBURGH
www.hearingloss.org
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