Upcoming Meetings & Events
Virtual Support Group facilitated by Jennifer McBride.
Wednesday, July 16, 5:00-6:00pm
Please email Jennifer for the Zoom link with HOPE in the subject line: jen427mcbride@gmail.com
HLAA Denver Chapter Picnic
Saturday, July 19, 2025
11:30am – 2:30pm
Picnic Shelter C at deKoevend Park
6315 S. University Blvd, Centennial, CO 80121
Bring your own lunch, we will provide dessert.
Click on "July Picnic" in the menu bar for details and directions.
August - no meeting
September 20 - Jennifer McBride - HLAA Convention Highlights
October 11 - TBD
October 15-19 - ALDA Conference Denver
November 15 - Wynne Whyman - Center for Hearing Access
December 13 - Holiday Luncheon
Past Meetings 2025
June Meeting
Saturday, June 21, 2025
1:00 - 3:00pm in the Forum Theater at the Koelbel Library
Topic: Financial Assistance for Purchasing Hearing Aids
Our presenters will be Dusty Jessen, Au.D. from
Columbine Hearing Care and Hearing the Call and Arthur Belefonte
and Kit Mead from Friends of Man.
You can view a recording of this meeting HERE. Click on CC for captions.
Saturday, April 19, 2025
1:00 - 3:00pm at the Koelbel Library in the Forum Theater
Officer James Seneca is a police officer with the Aurora Police Department who serves as a senior resource officer at the Aurora Center for Active Adults. Officer Seneca will talk about how to best communicate with officers and how to avoid scams.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
1:00 - 3:00pm at the Koelbel Library in the Forum Theater
Our speaker will be Katherine Rybak, author of "Becoming Hearing Empowered - A Guided Journal for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing" and and creator of Hearing Out Loud https://www.hearingoutloud.net/. Katherine will provide solutions that transform the experience of living with hearing loss from “hearing impaired” to HEARING EMPOWERED!
You can view a recording of this meeting HERE. Click on CC for captions.
Saturday, May 17, 2025
1:00 - 3:00pm in the Forum Theater at the Koelbel Library.
Our speaker will be Jack Carlton from Paragon Service Dogs.
Paragon raises and train pups to serve as invaluable
companions to individuals who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing.
You can view a recording of this meeting HERE. Click on CC for captions.
Saturday, February 15, 2025 -We will have ASL interpreters at this meeting!
1:00 - 3:00pm in the Forum Theater at the Koelbel Library
Our speaker will be Dr Vinaya Manchaiah.
Dr. Manchaiah serves as the Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and as the Director of Audiology at the University of Colorado Hospital (UCHealth). Dr. Manchaiah will talk about artificial intelligence (AI), how it is being used by audiologists and how hearing aids with AI can improve our hearing.
You can view a recording of this meeting HERE. Click on CC for captions.
