Do You Hear What I Hear?
A Free Community Event
Saturday, March 6 from 8:30 am - 2 pm
St. Luke's United Methodist Church
3471 Westheimer (@ Edloe)
Houston, TX 77027
- Inspirational insight on coping strategies
- Free hearing screenings
- (CART) Real-time captioning
A free resource for identifying and managing hearing loss
Program
- 8:30 am - Registration
- 9 am - Announcements & Introduction of Dr. Neil Bauman
- 9:15 am - Yes You Can Too!
- 10:15 am - Break
- 10:30 am
- Six Keys to Successfully Living with Your Hearing Loss
- Coping with Hearing Loss the Right Way!
- 12:00 pm - Complimentary Lunch & Visit Exhibits
- 1:00 pm
- Grieving for Your Hearing Loss
- Learn and Put Into Practice Good Coping Skills
- Speechreading
- Wearing Properly Fitted Hearing Aids: Only Part of the Solution
- 2:00 pm
- Book Drawing
- Adjourn
Keynote Speaker
Neil Bauman,
Ph.D. is a
hearing loss
coping skills
specialist,
researcher,
author and
speaker on
issues
pertaining to
hearing loss.
No stranger to
hearing loss
himself, he has
lived with a
life-long severe hereditary hearing loss. He became
an excellent speechreader at an early age and
practices numerous ways to successfully cope with
being hard of hearing in a hearing world.
Dr. Bauman did not let his hearing loss stop him
from achieving goals. He earned several degrees
including a Ph.D. and a Th.D.
After being rejected for pilot training
because of his hearing loss, he subsequently
appealed this decision and
became the first person in Canada to be
approved for flight training in spite of his
severe hearing loss.
In addition to his work as Executive Director of
the Center for Hearing Loss Help, Neil is a member
of the Hearing Loss Association of America
(HLAA, formerly SHHH), the national organization
for people with hearing loss in the USA and a
member of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
(CHHA). He was vice-chair of the Governor’s
Advisory Council for the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing in Pennsylvania (2002-2006). Also, he is a
former editor of the award-winning HearSay, the
quarterly newsletter of the Pennsylvania State
office of HLAA.
Additional Information
Hearing screenings during the conference are sponsored by the University Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic: A United Way Facility, located on the central campus of the University of Houston.
Workshop volunteer services provided by the UH Student Speech, Language, and Hearing Association.
Expertist & Resources at Exhibitor Tables featuring:
- Advanced Bionics
- Luke Burke, M.D. P.A.
- Cochlear Americas
- Hearing Systems, Inc.
- Houston Hearing Healthcare Center
- MED-EL Corporation
- Oticon, Inc.
- Center for Audiology
Lunch underwritten by exhibitors. Captioning provided by Hearing Systems.
