Welcome!

Who We Are

 
Welcome to the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the country’s leading membership organization for people with hearing loss. HLAA’s mission is to open the world of communication to people with hearing loss through providing information, education, advocacy and support. Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, HLAA’s national network includes roughly 150 local chapters nationwide, and 14 state organizations.
 
HLAA-DC, the Washington DC chapter of HLAA, is a community of people who provide information and education on a wide variety of topics of concern to people with mild to profound hearing loss, and their friends and family, but who wish to function and thrive in the wider hearing world. We stress the use of hearing technologies, effective communication strategies, and self-advocacy, and disseminate information about legal and regulatory requirements that enable people with hearing loss to communicate in public places and in educational and employment settings.
 
We do these things by inviting knowledgeable speakers to address topics of concern, by reaching out to community groups and local government agencies that provide (or could provide) services to the hard of hearing community, and by acquainting the public about how best to accommodate the needs of the some 15 or 20 percent of the U.S. population with some degree of hearing loss.
 

Welcome!

Important Message

Your help is needed to keep the chapter going!

 
To HLAA-DC chapter members, friends, and partners:
 
As you know, the current volunteers who run the DC chapter will be stepping down at the end of May. All of our terms will be ending. We recently updated our bylaws so that it is no longer necessary to have elections to choose board members and instead transitioned to a steering committee. With that said, so far successors have not volunteered to step into our place.
 
We have loved keeping this chapter active with monthly programs, advocacy, and social events. The friends and connections we’ve made have helped us through our own hearing loss journeys. We hope that others feel passionately about this chapter and have a willingness to help keep it going.
 
We are making one final request:
 
  • Is someone willing to put their name(s) on the bank account and various documents by the end of May to simply keep the chapter “open”?
  • From there, it is the choice of those volunteers if they plan to figure out over time how to keep the chapter active. There wouldn’t be any pressure to plan programs or events right away.
 
If no one wants to put their names on anything, then the DC Chapter will be completely closed. If you have any interest in helping out or have questions, please email us at [email protected] by April 30th.
 
With thanks from Rachel, Russ, Lisa and myself.
Judy

Join our next chapter meeting

AnnMarie Killian

TDI for Access – Driving Accessible Communication and Advocacy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) Communities

Presenter: AnnMarie Killian, CEO of TDI for Access,

Sunday, February 9 at 2:00 p.m. ET

Make a difference and volunteer with HLAA-DC!

Interested in getting more involved with the chapter? Find out about volunteer opportunities in this virtual chat with board members: “Who We Are, What We Do, and How You Can Help”

Volunteer sign to join HLAA DC chapter