Our annual Walk2Hear will take place at Jericho Beach on Sunday September 28, 2014! See: https://chhavancouver.ca/walk2hear-vancouver-2014/.
Walk2Hear videos are now posted.
See: http://www.chha.ca/documents/Walk2Hear_Video.pdf.
Registration is now OPEN. Please sign up now to participate in Walk2Hear 2014! For further information and to register, please visit the CHHA Vancouver Walk2Hear information page
CHHA-BC Annual Meeting June 7th – Deadline to register May 31, 2014
CHHA-BC is having its Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 7th at BC Family Hearing Centre, 15220 – 92nd Avenue in Surrey, 9:30 am to 3 pm. Lunch is provided. RSVP is required by May 31, 2014. Please contact the office through email: info@chha-bc.org or by telephone: 1 866 888 2442. Registration is required by clicking here.
Hello All,
We would like to make you aware of an upcoming event held by Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Details below!
Sincerely,
Courtney Walliser
CHHA-BC Receptionist
Join us for our Free Hearing Health Fair on Wednesday May 28th, 2014. Come on out to learn about hearing aids, wireless devices, communication strategies, and tinnitus.
Date: Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
Time: 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Location: Holiday Inn – Vancouver Centre (711 W. Broadway)
Presentations:
1) Keynote Speaker: Gael Hannan, Hearing Loss Consultant and Advocate (www.gaelhannan.com ).
2) Communication Strategies: Dr. Lisa Dillon Edgett, Vancouver Community College Speech Reading Program and UBC School of Audiology and Speech Sciences
3) Update on New Hearing Aid Technology: Charles Fontaine, Audiologist and Manager, Willow Office, WIDHH
4) Wireless and Assistive Devices: Henry Lam, Audiologist and Clinical Supervisor, West 7th Office, WIDHH
5) Tinnitus and Treatment Options: Sandra Baker, Audiologist and Manager, Tri-cities Office, WIDHH.
Also free hearing screenings and an Exhibit Hall, featuring hearing aid manufacturers and services providers for the senior community. At the end of the fair, we will also hold a special Q&A Session as follow-up to the recent CHHA Forum on Cost of Hearing Aids.
Morning Coffee and Light Lunch provided.
Pre-registration encouraged. Please email info@widhh.com with number of guests attending.
Fully hearing accessible (sign language interpreting, real-time captioning, assistive devices).
For more info, please email gshyng@widhh.com. We hope to see you there!
Sent by Marilyn Dahl to the Vancouver Sun and published April 1, 2014:
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/letters/SPCA+policy+questioned/9683322/story.html
Hello all,
We are extending the leadership retreat application deadline to 12 midnight PST on Sunday, April 6th, 2014.
The leadership retreat will take place from the evening of Wednesday, May 21st to the evening of Thursday, May 22nd, followed by the CHHA National conference from May 22nd – May 24th.
The theme will be “Leaders of Tomorrow“, and the focus will be upon leadership and employment.
Confirmed workshops include:
Please send your applications to rosalindho@gmail.com by 12 midnight on April 6th, 2014. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Hotel accommodations (double occupancy), retreat costs, and a dinner out will be covered for the duration of the retreat and CHHA National conference. Participants are responsible for your own travel costs and the CHHA National conference registration fee (http://www.chha.ca/conference/registration2.php).
** Travel subsidies are available from some CHHA Branches/Chapters. Please contact me at rosalindho@gmail.com to find out more!
See attached poster and application form for further details. If you have any questions, please email me at rosalindho@gmail.com.
2014 Retreat Application
Leaders of tomorrow
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Cheers,
Rosalind
—
Rosalind Ho
President, Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Young Adult Network
CHHA Vancouver Members enjoyed a visit with Children’s Hearing and Speech Centre of BC on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 2014.
Shown (L-R) are:
Edith Baranyay, Margaret Liu (Board member of the Centre), Janet Weil (Executive Director of the Centre), Ruth Warick, Miron Gazda, Betty MacGillivray, Ray Forseth
The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association – BC Chapter, Vancouver Branch and other branches is planning a public forum about hearing aid costs and services to be held in Vancouver on Saturday, April 26, 2014, 1 pm to 4 pm, at Alice McKay Room, Vancouver Public Library Square and Conference Centre, 350 W. Georgia, Street. Parking is $1.75 per hour. There will be a multidisciplinary panel of representatives, including a hard of hearing consumer, a hearing aid dispenser, a manufacturer of hearing aids, a BC Government politician, and the registrar of the College of Speech and Hearing health Professionals. In preparation for this public forum, we are asking for your help. Please complete this short survey on consumer concerns about hearing aids and services by clicking here. If you have a story to share, please email to us at info@chha-bc.org with attention of Hearing Aid Forum Committee.
The WIDHH Award of Merit Committee is now accepting nominations for the Annual Award of Merit, to be presented at the upcoming Annual General Meeting in April 2014; exact date to be announced. The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding individuals, groups or organizations that have made a difference in the lives of Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing individuals in British Columbia.
Please write a brief biographical account of the nominee and why you have nominated them.
Click here for more information and to download the Award of Merit Nomination Form.
All completed nomination forms must be delivered either by mail, fax, e-mail, or dropped off in person no later than Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 at 5:00pm to:
Ava Hawkins and Wendy Bruce, Award of Merit Committee Co-Chairs
c/o Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
2125 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6K 1X9
Fax: 604-736-4381
chhavancouver.ca 