ZOOM – Safety At Home and In Public Places – Tools for the Hearing Impaired Featuring ALRM, a New App for You – Created Right Here in Maine! Thursday, November 19th, 7:00 pm.
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Do you wonder if you will be able to hear a fire or carbon-monoxide alarm? In this Zoom workshop, we will be discussing safety tools for the hearing impaired with special emphasis on ALRM, a new smartphone app that will alert you about dangerous, emergency events that do not have alarms. Think of gun shots at the site of an active shooter. Scary.
ALRM was created by Gavin Phelan, a junior at Cape Elizabeth High School who has been hard of hearing since birth. Gavin was deeply affected by the tragic October 2023 Lewiston mass shooting. Of the 18 people killed and 13 injured, four people killed and five people injured were members of Maine’s deaf community.
Gavin will discuss the app, how to use it in your home and how the app is being installed in public places in Maine. It is an exciting development to help people with hearing loss stay safe in dangerous situations.
Learn more about ALRM at www.getalrm.com.
We will also have on board professionals from The Red Cross and the local fire and rescue teams. They will share their experiences with safety challenges for hearing impaired and provide hints on tools and devices to assist us.
Brewer Library – Sharing Our Stories Thursday, November 19th
Come to the Brewer Maine Public Library for a fun and lively discussion about our hearing loss journeys. We will laugh, learn, share, and come together with our stories, our victories, and our challenges.
This is an ongoing program with Thursday meeting dates throughout the year. The meetings are not every Thursday, but always 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Please check back for upcoming dates. Presently, the upcoming date is: November 19th.
Brewer Public Library, 100 S. Main Street . Click here for directions.
Please contact Gwen Lapointe at gwenmlapointe@gmail.com or info@hearinglossmaine.org and let her know if you are attending. But not required, just stop in!
Zoom! December Madness – Tips on How to Communicate and Stay Sane During the Holidays. Thursday, December 10th
Happy holidays, Merry Christmas and let’s all get through the holiday hearing challenges with happiness and enthusiasm. Let’s all share our stories!
The holiday season can be very stressful for someone with a hearing loss. With large family groups gathering, laughing and conversing, it’s easy for someone with a hearing loss to feel left out, isolated, bewildered and sad.
Zoom link will be published and delivered the day before. Please share this with friends. To ensure that you receive the link, please email Margaret at mmyatt01757@gmail.com.
