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Communication access, the ADA and hearing loss policy in Florida.
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Jul 17, 2025
📅 ADA 35th Anniversary – July 26
Celebrating 35 years of the ADA and HLAA's continuing fight for communication access.
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Oct 17, 2021
INNOVATIVE DISRUPTION
How to get better workplace accommodations for employees with hearing loss, from HLAA Florida's October 13, 2021 meeting.
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Apr 27, 2021
The Americans with Disabilities Act Obligations Regarding COVID-19 Related Services
Federal prosecutors reminded COVID-19 responders that the ADA still applies to vaccine sites and other pandemic services.
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Sep 29, 2020
To Work Or Not With Hearing Loss
Linda Bilodeau looks at employment and hearing loss, and how untreated hearing loss can affect your career.
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Sep 25, 2020
Disability Rights Florida – Know Your Rights
Barbara Page of Disability Rights Florida explained your rights to effective communication at the Sun City Center Chapter's October 2020 meeting.
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Tips for Hearing during Covid 19
Linda Bilodeau shares tips from Shari Eberts's HLAA Florida talk, How to Hear Better During the Pandemic.
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Aug 29, 2020
Online Meeting Schedule Dates
A running list of HLAA Florida's 2020 online meetings and speakers, with links to the ones you missed.
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THE ADA AND YOU
How the Americans with Disabilities Act protects people with hearing loss.
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Your Hearing Potential
Why treat even a mild hearing loss? Linda Bilodeau explains what you gain.
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Disability Without Abuse Project
The Disability Without Abuse Project shares resources to prevent abuse of people with disabilities.
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The ADA and The Hearing Loss Community – HLAA-FL Presentation July 8, 2020
HLAA-FL's July 8, 2020 presentation on the ADA's effective communication rules, Section 504, and rights at hospitals during COVID-19.
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2020 Hurricane Preparedness Guide
ASL Services' 2020 hurricane preparedness guide, in English and accessible formats for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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The Relunctant Hearing Device Wearers
Why do some people with hearing loss avoid hearing devices? Linda Bilodeau explores the reasons.
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HLAA Florida Empowers Chapters to Hold Online Meetings
HLAA Florida offered its 13 chapters a free online meeting room and the know-how to run captioned Zoom meetings.
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Your ADA Rights During Covid-19
Your communication rights at hospitals, restaurants, salons and in the community when people are wearing masks.
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We Need to Hear
Research from Johns Hopkins shows untreated hearing loss can affect the brain. Linda Bilodeau explains why treatment matters.
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Hearing Decisions
Linda Bilodeau on choosing a treatment after a hearing loss diagnosis, from hearing aids to cochlear implants.
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Florida's #1 Choice For Hearing Loops, Assistive Listening Systems, and Intercom Systems
Complete Hearing Solutions has installed hearing loops and assistive listening systems across Florida since 2010.
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May 21, 2020 Face Masks and Hearing Loss: Practical Tips and Strategies
A May 21, 2020 HLAA webinar with audiologist Ellen Lafargue and Carolyn Ginsburg Stern on communicating with face masks.
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Our Remote Hearing Lives
Linda Bilodeau on how the pandemic changed daily life with hearing loss, from groceries to video calls.
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Hearing loss In The Time Of Coronavirus
HLAA's resources for staying engaged and informed about hearing loss during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Keeping Our Hearing Stress Levels Low
As the coronavirus shut down the country, Linda Bilodeau shares ways to keep hearing-related stress low.
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Loop for Better Hearing
A home hearing loop let Linda Bilodeau understand every word of the evening news.
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Hearing Loops for the home
A friend's home hearing loop has Linda Bilodeau looking at loops as a way to hear the TV clearly.
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Hearing and Concentration
Linda Bilodeau shares how building concentration skills can help you hear better.
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A Message from Barbara
HLAA Executive Director Barbara Kelley shares Gerid Adams's story and what HLAA support meant to his family.
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It’s Important to Hear
Back home caring for her mother, Linda Bilodeau talks with relatives about hearing loss and why getting help matters.
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North Palm Beach HLAA Support Group Meetings
Meeting dates for the North Palm Beach HLAA support group and the Palm Beach County chapter in Delray Beach.
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National Chapter and Membership Coordinator
Meet Carla Beyer-Smolin, HLAA's chapter and membership coordinator and a part of HLAA since the 1990s.
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Dr. Leda Velenciano, AuD Miami Chapter Meeting Saturday June 8th from 10am
Dr. Leda Velenciano, Au.D., spoke to the Miami Chapter on June 8, 2019 about how to live better with hearing loss.
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HLAA Miami Chapter Meeting - Have Questions About Your Hearing Loss?
Representatives from MED-EL, Advanced Bionics and Cochlear each presented their cochlear implants at the Miami Chapter's May 11, 2019 meeting.
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Upcoming Events Sarasota Chapter!
The Sarasota Chapter's April 2019 events, including ClearCaptions on communicating more easily by phone at no cost.
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HLAA Sarasota - Wrapping up the "SEASON" - Three Informative Meetings
The Sarasota Chapter wrapped up its 2019 season with three meetings, including ClearCaptions on free captioned phone calls.
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Don’t Be Left Out of the Hearing World
As her hearing loss progressed to profound, Linda Bilodeau found ways to stay part of the hearing world.
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Sarasota/Manatee Free After Hours With Donald Kaczmarek
Donald Kaczmarek showed how wireless accessories can turn your hearing aids into Super Ears at the Sarasota Chapter's After Hours meeting.
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Lets Meet With Ideas
The Miami Chapter invited members to its March 9, 2019 meeting with ideas for what they want from the chapter.
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Brain Training Success With Dr. Ashley Wellons
Dr. Ashley Wellons of ENT Hearing Associates spoke at the North Palm Beach Library on hearing loss and training the brain to hear better.
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HLAA Chapter Mtg: ADA + 504 Legal Perspectives - Friday, November 16 - 10am
Miami civil rights attorney J. Courtney Cunningham explained ADA and Section 504 compliance as it applies to people with hearing loss.
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HLAA-Central FL - The Villages upcoming speakers for 2018 to 2019
The Central Florida Chapter's guest speakers for the 2018 to 2019 season in The Villages.
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September 2018 Listen!Up
The Sarasota/Manatee Chapter's September 2018 ListenUp! newsletter, kicking off a new season of noon meetings.
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Working and Volunteering with Hearing Loss
Linda Bilodeau shares how she managed hearing loss at work and now as a volunteer, from her first hearing aid onward.
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Hearing Loss Technology: The Good and Bad
Linda Bilodeau weighs the good and the frustrating sides of Bluetooth hearing aid accessories and made-for-iPhone devices.
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Sarasota Chapter April 2018 Listen!Up
The Sarasota/Manatee Chapter's April 2018 ListenUp! newsletter, featuring the Giving Challenge and chapter news.
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Volusia HLAA Support Group; Luncheon - Friday, March 23 - 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, Perkins Restaurant in DeLand
The Volusia County group's March 23, 2018 luncheon in DeLand, with an open discussion of hearing loss issues and the ADA Education and Reform Act.
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HLAA SCC Chapter March 20, 2018
Rogerick Green, an ADA specialist, spoke to the Sun City Center Chapter on March 20, 2018.
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Hearing Loss? Keep up with Hearing Technology!
A letter from her audiologist prompts Linda Bilodeau to reflect on why it pays to keep up with new hearing technology.
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ACTION ALERT: Save the ADA! HLAA Opposes Misguided, Damaging H.R. 620
An HLAA action alert urging members to oppose H.R. 620, the so-called ADA Education and Reform Act, which would weaken the ADA.
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HLAA Florida State Association January Reach Out
The January 2018 Reach Out newsletter from HLAA Florida: new state board officers, chapter expos, free event listings and convention scholarships.
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Hearing Loss – Taking Action for Closed Caption Access!
When online news videos and a live event left her without captions, Linda Bilodeau spoke up, and shares how you can ask for caption access too.
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January 18 HLAA Meeting - NEW TIME: 5 to 7 PM at the Deltona Library, 2150 Eustace Avenue, Deltona, 32725
The Volusia County group's January 18 evening meeting at the Deltona library focused on hearing loss and building and keeping social connections.
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