Upcoming Meetings & Events
Wednesday, September 17 - HOPE Support Group. Click on "Support Groups" in the menu bar for details.
Saturday, September 20, 1:00 - 3:00pm in the Forum Theater at the Koelbel Library
5955 S Holly St, Centennial, CO 80121
Our presenter will be Jennifer McBride.
Jennifer will share information about the HLAA Convention 2025 she attended
in Indianapolis in June, including information about her presentation:
Speaking from the Heart: An Interactive Session on Navigating the Emotional Impact
of Hearing Loss.
If you have never attended an HLAA Convention, it is a unique experience! The next convention will be in Louisville, Kentucky, June 10-12, 2026. Mark your calendars!
October 11 - Representatives from the Colorado Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf Blind (CDDHHDB)
presenting the Communications Technology Program and other services available for Hard of Hearing clients.
October 15-19 - ALDA Conference at the Curtis Hotel in Denver (Association for Late Deafened Adults)
November 15 - Wynne Whyman - Center for Hearing Access
December 13 - Holiday Luncheon
October 18 - Deaf Awareness Night with the Colorado Rapids https://deafcolorado.org/events/deaf-awareness-night-soccer-october-18/
Colorado Rapids Soccer Game, 7:00pm at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park - 6000 Victory Way, Commerce City, CO. ASL Interpreters and captions are provided.
Past Meetings 2025
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.
