Upcoming Events
Happy Valley - Goose Bay
CHHA-HVGB is hosting a Sign Language Course
When: 6:00-8:00 PM on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, and 28.
Where: College of the North Atlantic, Room 106.
Registration fee is $20 for CHHA members and $25 for non-members.
For more information: Contact Cyril at 896-5434 or cgpeach@hotmail.com for more details.
The instructor is Janet O'Donnell.
Labrador City-Wabush
Understanding and Managing Your Tinnitus
Guest Speaker: Mark Gulliver, Audiologist
Nova Scotia Hearing & Speech Centres
Saturday, September 25
Wabush Hotel
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Technology for those with Hearing Loss
Saturday, September 25
Wabush Hotel
11:00 am - Noon
To sign-up for these sessions, please contact Alison phone: 1-888-753-3224, e-mail: abutler@nfld.net, text: (709) 725-3224
Download the poster (PDF)
About the Speaker
Mr. Gulliver has had extensive experience treating and managing patients with tinnitus and is one of the main referral centers for persons with severe tinnitus in Atlantic Canada. He has Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) training from Dr. P. Jastreboff (Atlanta, Georgia) and is Director of the Tinnitus Support Group of Atlantic Canada.
Mark Gulliver graduated from Dalhousie University (Halifax) in 1983 with a Master of Science degree in Human Communication Disorders (Audiology). He has been a clinical Audiologist for 27 years, the past 25 with the Nova Scotia Hearing and Speech Centres.
St. John's and Gander - GUEST SPEAKER - GARY DIRENFELD
Hard of Hearing - Can you relate to that?
This workshop will be of benefit to those with a hearing loss, and perhaps more importantly, to those who relate to a person with a hearing loss. So bring your family, friends, employers and service providers!
Gander
Wednesday, October 20
Hotel Gander
7:00 - 9:00 pm
St. John's
Thursday, October 21
Delta Hotel - Brownsdale Room
Choose from two sessions: afternoon (2:00 - 4:00 pm) or evening (7:00 - 9:00 pm)
Hearing Accessible: Captioning and Assistive Listening Devices will be available.
To attend, please contact Kim at 1-888-753-3224, e-mail: kpbaker@nfld.net or text: (709) 725-3224.
Download the poster (PDF)
Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW is a social worker with more than 28 years of experience working with adults, teenagers, and young children. He has a weekly parenting column and he hosts the reality television show "Newlywed, Nearly Dead" working with newlywed couples. In 2009 he served as Energizer's spokesperson discussing the impact of hearing loss on relationships involving:
- young children and their parents
- kids in school
- intimate relationships
- middle-aged persons with aging parents
- managing in the workplace
St. John's
Walk2Hear
October 24, 2010
Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Walk-a-Thon....Help to Hear for Those who Love to Listen
Sunday, October 24 at the HGR Mews Centre, Mundy Pond Road.
For more information, please visit the Web site http://www.chha.ca/walk2hear/ and click "NL Chapter"
Cost: $20 per person or $100 for a team of six. Online and offline pledge forms are available on the Web site.
There will be many great prizes! Get your team together today!
St. John's - Introduction to Policy Governance
October 30, 2010
An Introduction to Policy Governance: with Janice Moore, the Governance Coach.
Ramada Hotel, Kenmount Road
9:00 am - Noon.
Registration Deadline: Friday, October 15, 2010
Registration Fee: $100 per person
Further details and registration form available here (PDF document).
CHHA-NL Offers Employment Services to Hard of Hearing
CHHA offers Employment Services to hard of hearing persons who meet the eligibility criteria under the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities program. Services are currently offered in St.John’s, To find out more about the services, please contact Kelly White, our regional Employment Facilititator at our office or kellywhite@nfld.net