In the News

Hearing Loss? AI to the Rescue
By Paula DeJohn, HLAA Denver Chapter Newsletter Editor

AI, with its ability to record vast amounts of data and to “learn” which facts to choose in a given instance, is ripe for application to health care—and that includes hearing care.

Vinaya Manchaiah, AuD, MBA, PhD, professor and director of audiology at the University of Colorado Hospital, Read more here

Colorado Environmental Film Festival
Stream worldwide Feb. 25-March 2, 2025

Tickets Now On Sale! Use ‘ACCESS25’ 25% Discount Code

Colorado Environmental Film Festival(CEFF) has made great strides in the last three years by bringing captioning to all films selected for the festival. HLAA Colorado sponsors CEFF 2025.

HLAA Boulder VP, Terri Shirley, volunteer film judge, theater host, and festival planner, advocated for:

Open Captions (OC) or Subtitled with LIVE filmmaker talkbacks and Q&A sessions with LIVE CART (captioning)
All films scheduled in Online Encore are open captioned (OC), closed captioned (CC), or subtitled and available to stream in homes worldwide Feb. 25-March 2.

Online Encore films listed here. For more film info or to buy tickets using the ‘ACCESS25’ discount code see CEFF.net

Awards Ceremony

HLAA Boulder Chapter
Vice President, Terri Shirley,
was awarded the
Maria Dugan Award for Advocacy

Watch video presentation (2.5 mins) here (be sure to turn captions on)

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