CHAPTER MEETINGS

The New York City Chapter will meet on the third Tuesday of every month from 6:00 to 7:30. All meetings will be via Zoom.

Stay tuned for Zoom links, which will be sent in email blasts and posted in advance of each meeting.
All meetings will feature open CART captioning.

The meetings feature speakers who share knowledge and answer questions on communication strategies, advocacy, technological advances, and other means of successfully coping with hearing loss.

 

The meetings feature speakers who share knowledge and answer questions on communication strategies, advocacy, technological advances, and other means of successfully coping with hearing loss.

When not held virtually, all meetings feature open captioning and meeting rooms are equipped with audio loops, which transmit sound directly to hearing aids and cochlear implants equipped with telecoils. An ASL interpreter is available on request with five days notice.

Meetings also offer an opportunity to socialize and learn from others who live with hearing loss. 

 

HLAA NATIONAL CONVENTION

 
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This year's Convention will be held in Phoenix, AZ from June 26-29.


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Support the Hearing Loss Association of America and its New York City chapter by joining our team for the NYC Walk4Hearing. Come join us for a walk in the park on Sunday, September 15th in our new location, Riverside Park between 83rd and 94th Streets.

 
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We’re back! Walk New York!—HLAA-NYC's Chapter Walk team—will participate in person at this year’s NYC Walk4Hearing, on Sunday, September 15th. Registration and festivities begin at 9:30. The Walk will take place at Riverside Park between 83rd and 94th Streets.

The Walk helps sustain our HLAA-NYC programs benefiting thousands of New Yorkers with hearing loss: advocacy for captioned performances, communication access in medical settings, school screenings for hearing loss, and more. Our HLAA-NYC chapter is noted for its excellent monthly Speakers Program for which we’ve had up to 125 attendees per program via virtual platform. We need each of you to support these endeavors by donating to our Walk New York! team.

Our walkers include children and adults with hearing loss, their families, friends, teachers for children with hearing loss, college and university students, hearing health practitioners, and hearing health advocates. Let them know they have your support by donating.

Help support HLAA-NYC by joining our chapter team, "Walk New York!" AT THIS LINK.

If you would like to start your own team, REGISTER HERE.

If you would prefer to make a donation without joining our team, MAKE A DONATION TO WALK NEW YORK!

SCHOLARSHIPS

2025 ANNUAL ALBERT B. CHEN SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
FOR A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WITH A HEARING LOSS

The Hearing Loss Association of America’s New York City Chapter is pleased to announce the fourth annual Albert B. Chen Scholarship, made possible by funds donated by Albert B. Chen. Mr. Chen, who has a profound hearing loss, hopes to inspire younger generations to give back to the hearing loss community at some point in the future. This $5,000 scholarship for a high school senior with hearing loss is to be used toward the pursuit of a college degree.

Applicants must be New York City residents, have applied to a college, be between the ages of 17 and 20, wear a hearing aid or cochlear implant, and have a minimum academic average of 80 or a grade point average of 3.0 or better. The scholarship is a one-time award.  Financial need is not a consideration. The award will be presented at HLAA-NYC's June 17, 2025 chapter meeting.  

To apply for the scholarship, complete all parts of the 2025 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM and send to info@hearinglossnyc.org. Deadline for receipt of applications is April 15, 2025.

(Pictured above from Left) Nicole Varghese (Winner 2021), Staten Island Technical H.S, is attending Hunter College. Jonesy Strell (Winner 2022), Millenium H.S., is attending George Washington University. Lawrence Goldfeld (Winner 2023), Staten Island Technical High School, is attending the Macaulay Honors College at the College of Staten Island. Kiana Clercin (Winner 2024), a graduate of the Brooklyn Institute of Liberal Arts, is attending the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

To apply for the scholarship, complete all parts of the 2025 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM and send it to info@hearinglossnyc.org. Deadline for receipt of applications is April 15, 2025.