Meetings
Sept 1, 2010 Bill Flynn Radio's Polka :King
Oct 6, 2010 Broome Co Sheriff Deputy BobStapleton and Explorer Daniel Kerila
Nov. 3, 2010 Broome County office for Aging Mark Franks
Dec 1, 2010 Holiday dinner TBA
2011
Jan no meeting
May Neil Baumann PHD assistive listening devides
June Panel of audiologists
We welcome your suggestions! If you have suggestions for meeting speakers or topics, please contact donna@hearinglossofbinghamton.org
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Past Meetings
October 7, 2009 Speaker: Fran Battisti on "Personal Power- A Motivational Experience" ".November 7, 2009 Joe Croteau (sign language interpreter) from BCC on "Captioning".
December 2, 2009 Pre-holiday get-together;January 2010 No meeting, February 3, 2010 Jonathan Dollhopf "Modern and Assistive Technology for Deaf and Hard of Hearing" (Sign language interpreter available)March 3, 2010Tony Miller, "Navigating our website and other cyberspaces."April 7, 2010, Jane Long from STIC will talk about her personal experience getting a cochlear implant. May 5, 2010, We are looking for couples interested in being on a panel, topic "How does hearing loss affect couples" June 2, 2010, Audiologist panelWednesday, February 4, 2009 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Jonathan Dollhopf "Modern and Assistive Technology for Deaf and Hard of Hearing" Wednesday, September 3, 2008 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Broome County Executive, Barb Fiala "Adaptations in Broome County for the Hearing Impaired" Wednesday, October 1, 2008 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Helen Waters, Audiologist & Kris Rafter, Advanced Bionics Topic: "Learn the Latest on Cochlear Implants & Meet Cochlear Implant Recipients" Wednesday, November 5, 2008 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Ron Miles, The Fly Guy Topic: "Update on his Hearing Loss Research Grant at SUNY Binghamton" Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Holiday Dinner January, no meeting, Wednesday, February 4, 2009 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Jonathan Dollhopf from Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC) Wednesday, March 4, 2009 7:00 p.m. Speaker: tentative Pamela Vitali Topic: "Hearing Loss Restored using Essential Oils" Wednesday, April 1, 2009 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Jayme Lindsey, Esq. Topic: "Senior Legal Issues" Wednesday, May 6, 2009 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Neil Baumann, PhD. Topic: Come See Assistive Listening Devices Wednesday, June 3, 2009 7:00 p.m. A panel of Audiologists Topic: "Ask the Audiologists" Wednesday, November 7, 2007 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Assistant Attorney General Mike Danaher Jr Topic: How to protect Seniors from Scams and Frauds Wednesday, December 5, 2007 6:30pm Phils Chicken House Rt 26 Endicott for our Holiday Dinner January, no meeting, Happy New Year! Wednesday, February 6, 2008 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Dot Marinachio from VESID Wednesday, March 5, 2008 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Lorie Brewer & her little dog "Will" from Action For Older Persons Topic: Advocacy for Seniors Wednesday, April 2, 2008 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Dr King, local ENT Topic: to be announced Wednesday, May 7, 2008 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Neil Bauman Topic: See Assistive Listening Devices Wednesday, June 4, 2008 7:00 p.m. Jaime Parrotte, Audiologist Topic: to be announced Wednesday, October 3, 2007 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo Topic: Current issues affecting those with hearing loss Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Broome County Office for the Aging "Services for Seniors" Wednesday, June 6, 2007 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Elizabeth Cohen, Binghamton Press Columnist "Caring for Daddy & Baby" Wednesday, May 2, 2007 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Neil Bauman, Author returns Assistive Listening Devices to Help You Hear Better Wednesday, April 4, 2007 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Jayme Lindsey, Attorney "Elder Law" Wednesday, March 6, 2007 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Stacy Winterstein, from STIC "Her experience working with the deaf" Wednesday, February 6, 2007 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Dorothy Gardner of UHS "Humor is Good for your Health" Wednesday, February 6, 2007 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 7:00 p.m. Mike Aswad of Broome County Emergency Services discusses Emergency Preparedness Wednesday, October 5, 2005 7:00 p.m. Joe Gordon & Suzzanne Jeffrey from NYS SSSH discuss Cap-Tel and NYS SHHH. Wednesday, September 7, 2005 7:00 p.m. Election of Officers, Update by-laws Wednesday, April 6 6:30pm at Christie's Grill, Harry L. Drive, Johnson City. Social Gathering. Wednesday, March 2, 2005 Speaker: Rachel Esserman Topic: - Coping with large crowds, Sharing Problems & Solutions Wednesday, February 2, 2005 A Night at the Movies Join us as we watch an Open Captioned Movie Location: Regal Theatre, 900 Front St., Binghamton, NY Meet in lobby at 7:15 p.m. Cost $8.00, $5.25 Seniors Movie: The Incredibles Wednesday, Janaury 5,2005 postponed due to weather conditions Tonights speaker will talk at our March meeting Please join us on the 2nd of February for Open Caption Movie Night Decmber 1, 2004 We will meet at Phil's Chicken House 1208 Main Raod West Corners, NY November 3,2004 Speaker: Kristi Leniek,M.S.,CCC-A Topic: - Care and Maintenance of Your Hearing Aid" October 6, 2004 Our speaker will be Mr. Brian Colpoys, a retired audiologist/speech language therapist. His talk is titled "A Little Background and Some Practical Suggestions" September 1, 2004 Dr. Neil Bauman returns. If you missed Dr. Bauman last year, here is your chance to see him. If you saw him last year, we know you will want to see him again this year. July & August No meetings June 2, 2004 Election of officers a panel of hearing friends & relatives discuss what its like living with a hard of hearing person and we'll have an indoor picnic. May 5, 2004 Dr. Ron Miles - From Binghamton University, recipient of $5M hearing aid research grant. April 7, 2004 David Glaser, M.S., Audiologist He will discuss his hearing loss history, how he has coped with hearing loss and his view on hearing aids today. March 3, 2004 Mary Jane Westbrook from UHS - How to talk to your doctor February 4, 2004 Kelly Steward from VESID. December 3, 2003 Holiday get-together catered by Phil's Chicken House. November 5, 2003 Open Captioned Movie Night October 1, 2003 David DeFrancis from Aurora. September 3, 2003 Marcia Dugan is speaking on the book Living with Hearing Loss which was written in corroboration with SHHH. You can see the information at: http://www.hearingloss.org/html/hearing_loss_book.html. June 4, 2003 Helen Waters, an audiologist from Syracuse, will talk about her experiences working with cochlear implant patients. May 7, 2003 Dr. Neil Bauman, PhD, author of several books dealing with hearing loss, will be our featured speaker. April 2, 2003 Patricia Barno of VESID (Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities) will make a presentation. March 5, 2003 To be announced February 5, 2003 Jennifer Grove from the Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC) will talk about assistive techonolgy, including telephones, designed for hard of hearing people. January 8, 2003 A panel of hearing professionals will be on hand to answer your questions.
