The mission of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) Downeast Chapter is to educate Mainers with hearing loss (as well as their families and friends) about the causes, nature, and complications of hearing loss and what can be done to better cope with that loss.
Dealing with telephones, televisions, and theaters How’s that smartphone working for you? Are you frustrated? Do you want to hang it all up? Well, hold that line! There are tools …
Make Your Smartphone Your Friend – Learn all about it – Zoom! Feb. 20, 2025 Read More...We will be at the Bridgton Festival spreading the word about living with hearing loss. It will be a fun day – come on down and show us your support! …
Hooray! HLAA DownEast will be at the Bridgton Festival – Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025 – Come visit our booth! Read More...Great news! The deadline to reserve a room for the Marlborough New England mini-convention has been extended! We now have until February 28th to reserve a room. Please go the …
Attention! We all have more time! A change in the deadline to reserve a room for the March, 2025 conference in MA. Read More...Learn how to make phone calls easier to understand, straight from the maker of a popular speech-to-text app = InnoCaption. Human assistance with captions during a call is available, although …
How to use the InnoCaption phone app, online Thursday January 16, 2025, at 7:00 PM EST. Read More...This will be a great event for all of us! Bring a friend! Join in the excitement! HLAA New England chapters (Eastern CT, Downeast = Maine, MA – Boston, Vermont, …
HLAA New England convention- In-person Saturday March 29, 2025 – Marlborough, MA. Read More...Holidays means large and noisy gatherings. Yup, hard to hear environments. It can be isolating and overwhelming. Let’s meet soon. We will share strategies, and I bet we will share …
Details added for Nov 14, 2024, online meeting at 7:00 pm – Holiday Strategies. Read More...We had a sensational time as sponsors of a weekend of movies at the Alamo Theater in Bucksport, Maine, on Nov 1-3, 2024. This theater offers *open captioned* movies every …
Nov 2024 weekend recap from Alamo Theater. Read More...DownEast HLAA Maine team raised $1667 for the 2024 Boston Walk4Hearing (closest to our state). Roster Margaret Myatt – Captain, and Andy Chandler. Maine folks may participate in these annual …
October 2024 Walk4Hearing recap Read More...Click on this post to make a donation in honor of Tim Porta. The green button to the left. If you prefer to send a check, you may send a …
Please make a donation in honor of the memory of Tim Porta Read More...Join in the fun! Watch a wonderful movie at The Alamo Theater, Bucksport, with captions (Sunday matinee) or connect to the theater’s T-Coil hearing loop all weekend! Four showings – …
Movie weekend with a hearing loop, and open captions! Alamo Theater, Bucksport, ME – Nov 1-3, 2024 Read More...