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Colorado Has Four Chapters:
All Chapters work at the local and State level for communication access, public policy, research, public awareness, and service delivery related to hearing loss Find out more of what's happening in each chapter at a glance by viewing the calendar (under re-construction) Even more information is available by opening each Chapter's Newsletters. Click on Chapters and Newsletters |
Due to COVID-19, all in-person Chapter meetings are on hold. JOIN US for Virtual Chapter Meetings on ZOOM! All are captioned and open o the public. No Masks Required!
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Coming Soon - A comprehensive calendar that will show scheduled ZOOM meetings on the local, state, and national levels.
Coming Soon - A comprehensive calendar that will show scheduled ZOOM meetings on the local, state, and national levels.
JOIN US for an HLAA Colorado Virtual Meeting!
Self-Advocacy for People with Hearing Loss in Healthcare Settings
meeting will be captioned
Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
Self-Advocacy for People with Hearing Loss in Healthcare Settings
meeting will be captioned
Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
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Free, but registration is Required - Click Here
After registering, you will receive an individual confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Questions? Contact HLAABoulder@gmail.com
Please Review and/or Print the Following to Refer to During Meeting: |
If you have not used Zoom, here are two captioned videos with some helpful hints to get ready for the meeting. Or, contact Marilyn at above email.
1. "Signing Up for Zoom" - presented by Senior Planet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgc989LIVpA
2. "How to Use Zoom to Stay Connected" - presented by AARP in collaboration with Senior Planet. https://videos.aarp.org/detail/video/6160853316001/how-to-use-zoom-to-stay-connected
Colorado Initiatives
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Mission Statement
To bring people together to promote, support, educate, and create consistent use of hearing loops in Colorado Click here to find out more! |
Open Captioned Movie Bill - a Civil Rights Issue
HLAA Colorado Chapters, the Colorado Association of the Deaf, the Rocky Mountain ADA Center, The Independence Center of Colorado Springs as well as Colorado Senator Joann Ginal and Senator Jessie Danielson support an initiative to bring open captioned movies to Colorado theaters.
In 2021 we want to educate the general public about captioning. Many people do not know that open captions (OC) on movie films are different from the closed captions (CC) that you see on newscasts and television shows. Television closed captions:
- scroll at varying speeds throughout the program
- they are inaccurate, garbled, and delayed – they are not in sync with the scenes you are seeing.
Open captions at movie theaters have stationary captions that:
- appear on the bottom of the screen
- and take up very little space
- and are shown in easily readable phrases that are seen in sync with what you are seeing on the screen.
Did you know captions benefit everyone...even people with normal hearing? Click on
Video Captions Benefit Everyone
We envision an educated public will view captions as normalized as today’s standardized accommodations, just like wheelchairs ramps are.
We would like to expand our allies and work with indoor and outdoor theaters to accommodate the public with open caption showings, and increase our support base for our 2022 legislative "Open Caption Movie" bill carried by Senators Ginal and Danielson. Our senators would like to include people or organizations in Colorado or anywhere in the U.S. to create a broader base of alliances.
- Kids learning to read
- Learning English as a second language
- Literacy
- Sensitivity to noise (Hypersensitivity) Tinnitus, or Meniere's
- Attention deficit disorder
- Autism, Auditory Processing Disorder, Dyslexia, Down Syndrome
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Veterans with battle-acquired hearing loss
- Dyslexia
- Learning Disabilities
- Senior Citizen and Retirement Centers
- People with Normal Hearting who Use Captions
We welcome your input to strategize and organize how you or someone you know would like to contribute to our grassroots movement. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Debbie Mohney, HLAA Boulder President
Terri Shirley, HLAA Boulder Vice President
Sign the Open Captions (Subtitles) are Healthier for Everyone Petition here. Please share the petition with anyone! Join the Colorado Open Caption Movie Facebook Group here. Please share this with anyone!
News From HLAA National
Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter Meetings. Please join our open meeting. We look forward to seeing you. Meetings are captioned. REGISTER FOR MEETING HERE.
You will need to register in advance for this meeting. Helpful Hints and Tutorials
You will need to register in advance for this meeting. Helpful Hints and Tutorials
- Zoom. After registering, a confirmation email will be sent with information to help you join the meeting.
- Use a computer. If possible, attend the meeting on a computer rather than via a smart phone or iPad. This will give you the best layout to view the captions as well as other meeting features.
HLAA Also Offers FREE Educational and Product/Service Webinars
All Webinars are Captioned and Recorded. For upcoming and past webinars, click here