Listen!UpFEBRUARY, 2015

FOURTH ANNUAL HEARING TECH EXPO

Saturday, March 7 is the day. 9AM to 3 PM is the time.

Manatee Technical College (formerly MTI) is the place

Over 40 Exhibitors of the latest technology, innovation and devices to take back your life!

All the cochlear vendors and many audiologists will be here to meet and greet

Seven Seminars to learn the latest on how to improve hearing or adjust to hearing loss.

Free hearing screenings. Free health screenings.Prizes, refreshments.

No obligation except to enjoy the day!

MTC-Cantrell Hall6305 State Route 70 (between 301 and I-75) Bradenton

Scene & HeardHLAS COMMUNITY NEWS BITESEVENT CALENDAR

FEBRUARY EVENTS

Saturday, February 7, 2015 9:00 AM to 1:00 PMVeteran Hearing Awareness Forum Community Foundation2635 Fruitville Road, Sarasota

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 1:30 PM to 3:00 PMChapter Meeting“Better Connections through Bluetooth” Michelle Maher, ClearSounds, Inc3:00 PM – Refreshments and Social Time North Sarasota Library Meeting Room 2801 Newtown Blvd., Sarasota

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 4:30 PM—Private Eyes Movie Club Hollywood 20 Theatre 1993 Main Street, Sarasota

Saturday, February 28, 2015 7:00 AM to1:00 PMDowntown Sarasota Farmers Market Free Hearing Screenings1920 State Street, Sarasota

MARCH EVENTS

Saturday, March 7, 2015 9:00 AM to 4:00 PMFourth Annual Hearing Tech Expo

MTC, Cantrell Hall 6305 State Road 70 Bradenton, Florida

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 5:00 PM to 7:00 PMHLAA-Sarasota/Manatee Board Meeting Center for Arts and Humanities1226 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 1:30 PM to 3:00 PMChapter MeetingWidex-Expanding Your World Dr. Leslie Ericsson3:00 PM – Refreshments and Social Time North Sarasota Library Meeting Room 2801 Newtown Blvd., Sarasota

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 4:30 PM--Private Eyes Movie Club Hollywood 20 Theatre 1993 Main Street, Sarasota

Saturday, March 28, 2015 7:00 AM to 1:00 PMDowntown Sarasota Farmers Market Free Hearing Screenings1920 State Street, Sarasota

SAVE THE DATE

June 24-28, 2015 HLAA National Convention Union StationSt. Louis, Missouri

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

You’re invited to join us for our 4th annual HLAA-Sarasota/Manatee Hearing Tech Expo. Save the date March 7, 2015 as we have commitments from over 40 exhibitors representing many of the state-of-the-art, new technologies and support systems that can help one to restore lost hearing. We are planning seven excellent seminars with experts who will provide a comprehensive educational experience for those with hearing loss. And as a special guest we are very fortunate to have Juliette Sterkens, Au.D, HLAA National Hearing Loop Advocate as our featured speaker at our Expo! This FREE public event will be held at Manatee Technical Institute (MTI) which is a cutting-edge facility dedicated to developing new practitioners in numerous technological fields.

The HLAA-Sarasota/Manatee Hearing Tech Expo is the largest hearing loss Expo in Florida. Our mission is to reach out to the approximately 135,000 people in Sarasota and Manatee Counties with hearing loss and motivate them to seek support, information, education and advocacy.

The Hearing Tech Expo is open to the community and we are so fortunate to be sponsored by Florida Telecommunications Relay and Regal Entertainment Group. The event takes place on Saturday, March 7th from 9am to 3pm at Manatee Technical College (MTC, formerly MTI) 6305 State Road 70 in Bradenton, just 1 mile west of I-75 and exit 217B.

Don’t Forget!!! The Veteran Hearing Awareness Forum will be held at the Sarasota Community Foundation, 2635 Fruitville Rd, Sarasota, FL 34237, on February 7th from 9:00am-1:00pm.

JoAnne DeVries, President HLAA-Sarasota/Manatee

Website - http://hlas.orgFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Hearing.Loss.Association.of.Sarasota

MEMBERSHIP NOTES

RENEWALS AND NEW MEMBERSHIPSOur memberships are dual memberships in both the HLAA and the HLAA Sarasota/Manatee Chapter.

The cost is $35 for an Individual membership, $45 for a Couple. .

Among the many functions of HLAA National is the lobbying for people with hearing loss to have equal access in public venues.

If you have any questions on Membership please feel free to contact Anne Taylor at membership@hlas.org. Membership applications can be found at the Chapter website, http://hlas.org.

Welcome new members:

Ted Block, VeniceJohn Brillhort, Bradenton Don Christensoon, Bradenton Paul Linnell, Bradenton Catherine Reckord, Bradenton Ralph Tibbitts, Nokomis

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HLAA-SARASOTA/MANATEE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

HLAA-Sarasota/Manatee hosts monthly meetings, organizes social events and participates in community outreach. In the past few years, the Chapter has grown to over 200 members and the Board is committed to continuing that growth. In order to accomplish this, your support is necessary. We always have a need for volunteers for the Chapter meetings, such as membership assistance, 50/50 raffle and social hour. We have a special wish list for a Graphic Artist, a Grant Researcher/writer and a Telephone Chair.

The Chapter is active in Outreach at the Farmers Market, Health Fairs, public events and knowledgeable members are encouraged to assist us. There are so many ways you can make a difference.Please contact Anne Taylor at membership@hlas.org if you can pay it forward with your time to help educate and advocate for the 135,000 community members with hearing loss.

Meeting UpdateUPCOMING MEETING PREVIEW, PRIOR MEETING RECAP

UPCOMING MEETING

MARCH CHAPTER MEETING

. March 11 at 1:30 PMNorth Sarasota Library Meeting Room

2801 Newtown Blvd. Sarasota

Meeting supported by hearing loop and CART

Refreshments will be served following the program.

MEETING RECAP

FEBRUARY CHAPTER MEETING RECAP

Wow! A Chapter full house for a high tech talk on Bluetooth and Quattro 4.0.

ClearSounds representative Margo Zena explained how Bluetooth is a one on one system and presented other information that helps us all move beyond the sound barrier.

She explained how the Quattro requires a t-coil but can stream your phone, your TV, the iPad, the computer and more without a necklace. It even works for earbuds (popular with younger folks) without a t-coil. If you did attend and not fully process the information or if you did not attend and want to know more, ClearSounds will be at the Hearing Tech Expo on March 7.

“AFTER HOURS” MEETING

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Due to schedule conflicts, the next After Hours will be in April 28. If you have friends with hearing loss that work, this is a great opportunity to introduce then to HLAA. Save the date..

Loud & ClearNEWS FROM HLAA & THE WORLD

HLAA FOUNDER’S BOOK -- THE “INVISIBLE CONDITION”

Join us in a yearlong celebration of Rocky Stone, HLAA’s Founder.

To celebrate Rocky and the 35th birthday of the Hearing Loss Association of America, our Chapter will be remembering Rocky and getting to know his legacy.

In the preface to “An Invisible Condition - The Human Side of Hearing Loss”, he wrote:

“I believe that any occurrence in life which makes us focus on the meaning of life, the few years we are here on earth, and what we are going to do with the time available, is healthy. I believe that hearing loss is such an occurrence. Yes, I am a dreamer, but with a critically analytical mind. Tomorrow is built on today.”

For more on the founder, see http://www.hearingloss.org/about-us/founderIn his book, “An Invisible Condition, The Human Side of Hearing Loss”, Rocky wrote: “the most pervasive physical handicap in America today is an invisible condition – hearing loss”.

LEGAL NEWS—Garbled Captions are No Fun

But the FCC is doing something about it.

New FCC rules for TV closed captioning now ensure that viewers who are deaf and hard of hearing have full access to programming, address captioning quality and provide guidance to video programming distributors and programmers. The rules apply to all television programming with captions, requiring that captions be:

Accurate: Captions must match the spoken words in the dialogue and convey background noises and other sounds to the fullest extent possible.

Synchronous: Captions must coincide with their corresponding spoken words and sounds to the greatest extent possible and must be displayed on the screen at a speed that can be read by viewers.

Complete: Captions must run from the beginning to the end of the program to the fullest extent possible.

Properly placed: Captions should not block other important visual content on the screen, overlap one another or run off the edge of the video screen.

The rules distinguish between pre-recorded, live, and near-live programming and explain how the standards apply to each type of programming, recognizing the greater hurdles involved with captioning live and near-live programming.

See-- http://www.fcc.gov/guides/closed-captioning

If you see garbled captions, contact the station first and if no satisfaction is received, file an FCC complaint (they do read them and they do follow up) at: https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=36040

WFLA, TV8 has recently outsourced its captions and the quality has fallen. If you see this in local news and programming, contact the Station Manager, Andy Alford and be specific-- aalford@wfla.com

ADVOCATE ADVOCATE ADVOCATE

Chapter members should monitor TV8 news and local programming. The stories are often not captioned and if they are, the captioning runs behind and drops half of the story. The complaint procedure is under strict FCC rules for station response. If you do file a complaint to any station:

1. Provide details of the date and time and channel of incorrect or non existent closed captioning that is to be reported to the station.2. The station is required to follow up within 60 days of when the issue with closed caption occurred.3. If the issue resolved, fine, if not, then contact the FCC and provide all the written documentation from steps 1 through 3 for follow up.4. If you opt to send this list directly to the FCC, they will in turn forward the list to the station for follow up.5. The station has thirty days to respond to an FCC complaint(s) regardless of source of complaint.

If our local station, ABC TV7, has failed captions, contact Station Manager Jack Bennington at— jbenninghoff@mysuncoast.com

Other local stations are:

WTSB, TV10, Station Manager, Lee Griffin at-- CCALERT@WTSB.COMWFTS, TV 11, Director of Engineering, Lowell Decker at-- lowelldecker@wfts.com

The FCC requires all broadcasting stations to post an email address for caption complaints.

Filing an FCC complaint--You have multiple options for filing a complaint with the FCC:

File a complaint online https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en- us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=36040

By phone: 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322); TTY: 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-835-5322)

By mail (please include your name, address, contact information and as much detail about your complaint as possible):

Federal Communications Commission Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Division 445 12th Street, S.W.Washington, DC 20554

MEDICAL NEWS –

HLAA recently reprinted an article published in January by the New York Times. It quotes HLAA Board Member and leading hearing loss researcher, Dr. Frank Lin. The article reviews a cross section of hearing loss research addressing loss from meningitis, Maniere’s, age and more. It is lengthy but if you have an interest in the state of research, it is an excellent overview.

From Vertigo to Tinnitus, Ear Ailments Are New Focus for DrugsBy ANDREW POLLACK JAN. 9, 2015

There is a huge need, some experts say. About 48 million Americans have a meaningful hearing loss in at least one ear; 30 million of them have it in both ears, said Dr. Frank R. Lin, an associate professor of otolaryngology and geriatric medicine at Johns Hopkins University. That figure is expected to increase as baby boomers grow older.

A drug to treat or prevent age-related hearing loss “will be something that people take every day for the rest of their life,” said Edwin W. Rubel, a professor of hearing science at the University of Washington and co-founder of a start-up called Oricula Therapeutics. “Even if it could just delay age-related hearing loss by five or 10 years, that would be wonderful.”

Of course, many people with hearing problems can use hearing aids or, for serious cases, cochlear implants. But the implants require surgery and many people do not like or use hearing aids, so drugs could be an alternative.

“Glasses can usually return you to 20/20 while hearing aids don’t return you to normal hearing, not even close,” said Kathleen C.M. Campbell, a professor at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

But challenges remain. Efforts in the past to develop ear drugs, to the extent they were made, largely failed. The inner ear, which is crucial to both hearing and balance, is almost impenetrable, making it difficult to study or for drugs to enter.

“It’s a teeny organ encased in a really, really hard bone,” said Dr. Hinrich Staecker, professor of otolaryngology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. “The whole inner ear fits inside the tip of your pinkie.”

Executives at the new companies say that genetic and animal studies are revealing more about how the ear works. They note that the pharmaceutical industry once also neglected the back of the eye. Now there are blockbuster drugs like Genentech’s Lucentis and Regeneron’s Eylea that are injected into the eye to stave off blindness from retinal diseases.

The ear, they say, is the new eye.

Crucial to hearing are about 15,000 so-called hair cells in the cochlea, part of the inner ear, which convey signals to the auditory nerve leading to the brain. The hair cells can be damaged by loud noise, by disease, by exposure to certain medicines, or simply by the passage of time. And the hair cells do not regenerate, so once they are destroyed the loss is permanent.

But maybe not for Rob Gerk, a 31-year-old man in Denver who lost most of his hearing when he had meningitis as a toddler. He is the first patient in a clinical trial of gene therapy aimed at regenerating hair cells. The trial is being sponsored by Novartis and uses a gene therapy developed by GenVec, a Maryland biotech company.

In late October, Mr. Gerk underwent surgery by Dr. Staecker at the University of Kansas to infuse viruses carrying a gene called Atoh1 into his right inner ear. Atoh1 causes cells in a fetus to become hair cells. It is hoped that some of the supporting cells in the inner ear will take up the gene and turn into hair cells.

The companies said it would take two months to tell if the therapy was working, a time period that just passed. Mr. Gerk said there was no significant change but there may have been more subtle effects. “I have incidents where I think I’m hearing a new sound or hearing sound differently than I did before,” he said by email.

Other companies are trying either to improve hearing or prevent loss of hearing from trauma like loud noises or exposure to the chemotherapy drug cisplatin or a widely used classof antibiotics known as aminoglycosides.

Auris Medical, a Swiss company, said that its experimental drug AM-111 improved hearing and speech discrimination compared with a placebo in people who were treated within 48 hours of suffering a hearing loss. But the drug was effective only for those with serious hearing loss, not mild or moderate. The drug was delivered by a single injection through the ear drum into the middle ear, from which it diffused into the inner ear.

Sound Pharmaceuticals of Seattle says its drug, intended to reduce oxidative damage to the ear, helped prevent temporary hearing loss compared with a placebo in young adults with normal or near-normal hearing who listened to four straight hours of loud music through headphones.

Autifony Therapeutics is conducting early trials of a daily pill aimed not at hair cells but at helping the brain better interpret signals from the auditory nerve.

“You can only hear what your brain allows you to hear,” said Barbara Domayne-Hayman, chief business officer at the company, which was spun out of GlaxoSmithKline and is based in Britain. “We’re basically trying to get the neurons to fire properly again.”

One sponsor of research in the area is the Defense Department, which cannot redeploy many soldiers because they have hearing loss. At Fort Jackson, S.C., drill sergeant trainees fire 500 rounds from extremely loud M16 rifles over the course of 11 days. Dr. Campbell of Southern Illinois University is running a study there to test if d-methionine, an amino acid that is said to reduce oxidative damage, can help preserve their hearing.

Companies are also working on drugs for tinnitus, in which sound is perceived without a source of the sound being present. Roughly 10 percent of American adults, or 25 million people, have experienced at least one episode lasting five minutes or more in the last year, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

Tinnitus can be caused by many things, including hearing loss. Treatments include behavioral therapy and devices that can mask the sound. But many of those just help people tolerate the condition, not get rid of it. Some drugs like steroids and lidocaine are used off label.

Auris is in late-stage trials of AM-101, a derivative of the anesthetic ketamine, which it hopes will dampen the aberrant signaling in the auditory nerve that is perceived as tinnitus. In a midstage trial, the drug, injected into the middle ear, was not more effective overall than a placebo. But a subset of patients whose tinnitus was caused by trauma or infection said the drug made the sound in their ears softer, less annoying and less disruptive of sleep.

Investors appear to be cautious given the challenges. Auris went public on Nasdaq in August at $6 a share, using the trading symbol EARS. The stock is now trading at about $4.

Otonomy’s stock, by contrast, has roughly doubled since its August initial public offering. That is perhaps because for now it is pursuing what might be more tractable problems.

When Mr. Lichter suffered his first attack of Ménière’s, he received steroids, a commonly used off- label treatment. But when the drug is injected into the middle ear, patients have to lie on their sides for 30 minutes and not swallow to try to keep the drug from draining into the throat through the Eustachian tube.

Otonomy, based in San Diego, developed a way to deliver the steroids as a gel that does not readily drain away after injection. The company has started the final stage of trials for the Ménière’s product. It hopes its first product — it will apply for regulatory approval in the first half of this year — could be a gel form of an antibiotic to be injected to treat middle ear infections, an alternative to ear drops.

Mr. Lichter said the intense bouts of vertigo, which left him bedridden two or three times a week, have not returned in four years. But he has constant ringing in his left ear and can barely hear through it.

Mr. Lichter, a managing director at Avalon Ventures in San Diego, said that although he had helped start 15 or 20 companies, “This is the one that is special to me.”

HLAA WEBINARS

HLAA conducts educational webinars for its members and constituents. There is no cost to attend webinars.

All webinars are captioned and archived for access at the HLAA website. HLAA has found that member’s schedules are busy but many go the archives to catch up on the topics that interest them. The website gives you the opportunity to do that. Check out the past topics when there.

In a Webinar announced just prior to airing, hearing loop advocate Dr. Juliette Sterkens (who has visited our Chapter several times), gave a presentation in late January on the latest t-coil technology. This presentation can be linked any time at http://www.hearingloss.org/content/webinars

MFi (Made for iPhone) and Telecoil Technology: A Winning Team

Juliëtte Sterkens, Au.D.

Summary: Learn where and when each technology can help you hear with hearing devices you already own. Looking to replace your instruments in the near future? Learn what questions to ask of your hearing provider regarding wireless technology.

There is no scheduled Webinar in February BUT Webinars with some great topics have been archived for the past six years. To select one or more to view, link to: http://www.hearingloss.org/content/webinars

Plugged-InLOCAL NEWS & EVENTSCHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP TO THE CONVENTION

Be sure to take advantage of the $1,000 scholarship to the HLAA National Convention in June of 2015 which our chapter offers to members in good standing who have not attended a national convention before.

This scholarship covers all the basic expenses including registration, flight or car travel, and hotel expense based on shared occupancy. This is a unique opportunity to learn more about your hearing loss, the HLAA organization, and what you can do to take your advocacy efforts to the next step. Besides that, it is a fun experience guaranteed to make you want to return year after year. The scholarship application can be found on our website here - http://hlas.org/scholarship-info/ - and don’t delay - the deadline to apply is March 13, 2015.

Chapter’s Vice President’s Monthly Column in The Venice Gondolier[Anne Taylor is a bilateral cochlear implant user, a Gallaudet Certified Peer Mentor for the Hard of Hearing. She is Vice President of the local Hearing Loss of America and writes a monthly column. Here is last month’s column].

The Private Eyes Movie Club meets on Third Tuesdays.

This month, the Club will “meet” on Tuesday, February 17 around 4:30 PM at the Hollywood 20 on Main St. in Sarasota. A roundtable review--and other conversation-- follows at a restaurant within short walking distance of the theatre.

The exact time and movie will be announced to Private Eyes Members (membership is free— signup with link below) by e-mail and on Facebook. Last month, the Club met at 3:50 to see “Foxcatcher” with dinner at Appleby’s next door after the movie.

MAGICAL MOMENTS

The Chapter’s Movie Club got an extra treat on Tuesday night, January 20, when they dined next to the Sarasota Magicians Association. Everyone passed on dessert, so five of the magicians stepped in to entertain the group with some of their favorite tricks and several of the Private Eyers left completely amazed. Their group meets at Appleby’s every Tuesday night so future Movie Club outings may have the same opportunity.

Of note, Hollywood 20 now offers CaptiView as well as Sony Caption Glasses. CaptiView is much improved, so the very few people who did not like the glasses now have an alternative. Some have found that CaptiView for some reason has more consistent delivery of the dialogue.

“Private Eyes” free membership is limited to HLAA-Sarasota/Manatee members. First time “Private Eye” members are entitled to a free movie ticket at their first movie. To receive the notice of the movie selected, which goes out the weekend before the movie date, contact Anne Taylor. Anne uses the following email address for Private Eyes -- chrisnmitaylor@hotmail.com

PLAYERS THEATRE

The Players Theatre at 838 N. Tamiami Trail, in its 85th season/ The Players provide the Chapter with 20 tickets for the preopening of each of its 2014-2015 productions. The shows are, of course, looped!

If you wish to attend “Violet” at 7:30 PM on February 10, please email TheatreClub@hlas.com ..

Tickets are allocated to members (a perk for the $35) on a first response basis. Also, the attendees are invited to join in a pre-show dinner at the Starlite Lounge (formerly, the Broadway Bar), 1001 Cocoanut Avenue, at 5:15 PM.

“Violet” received four Tony Award nominations last year as a Broadway revival!

This award-winning musical is set in the racially-charged south in the 1960′s. Based on the short story “The Ugliest Pilgrim,” Violet is about a disfigured girl who embarks on a journey to be healed. It is the winner of the Drama Critics Award, Lucille Lortel Award as Best Musical.

If you use the box office in person, thank them for the loop!!

VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL

The Chapter has 50 tickets for only $6 each for February 11. These tickets are for members only, but hey, for a $35 membership, you’re in!

The show is “Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra”

A few tickets are left and we will have a waiting list--but no guarantee. Reserve at President@HLAS.com .

Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra!

Celebrating and fortifying the American Jazz portfolio, Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra are leaders of the modern New Orleans Jazz movement. Founder and Artistic Director, Irvin Mayfield is a Grammy and Billboard Award-winning trumpeter whose enthusiastic band leadership embodies his dedication to jazz music and lights the way for the future of the foundational genre.

If you use the box office in person, thank them for the loop!

The Chapter’s “Between the Covers Book Club” meets twice a year, Spring and Fall. The next book for the Spring meeting will be announced soon but you can start reading now. The selection is an Amazon 4.5 star book entitled Listen with the Heart - Relationships and Hearing Loss by Michael A. Harvey (4 1/2 stars).

Dr. Harvey has addressed HLAA in the past and the book is summarized by Amazon as follows: “ While distressing for an individual, hearing loss also takes a heavy toll on family and friends.These stories chronicle the unique challenges of hearing loss in interpersonal relationships, including communication, self-identity, and how to continue sharing and growing in these relationships. Many shared activities, such as enjoying music, whispering sweet nothings to a lover, and hearing children's voices are deeply missed by both the hearing and hearing-impaired relationship partners. This book illustrates the power of relationships to transform people and how each party has unparalleled opportunities to grow in profound and unpredictable ways”

This is a good read for members whether you are able to attend the Book Club meeting or not.

HLAA- FLORIDA STATE ASSOCIATION TAKES TO THE SEAS!

Join fellow HLAA members from Florida for a fun pre-holiday break and a fundraiser for advocacy, education and support of the hearing loss community.

“LIKE” THE HLAA-SARASOTA/MANATEE FACEBOOK PAGE

The Chapter’s Facebook Page is a valuable resource for anything and everything related to hearing loss. Announcements, photos, industry information, medical advancements and much more are posted daily.

The Chapter now has over 667 users. Pictures and notices of HLAA-Sarasota/Manatee activities will be posted on Facebook. Find HLAA-Sarasota/Manatee on Facebook. Just tap on "LIKE"

https://www.facebook.com/Hearing.Loss.Association.of.Sarasota

HLAA WEBSITES

Have you seen http://hla-fl.org/ the updated HLAA-Sarasota/Manatee Chapter website?

Check it out! It is all new--http://hlas.org/.

Also, don’t forget our three related websites that have relevant information regarding hearing loss:

The national HLAA website is:

http://www.hearingloss.org/

The Florida Coordinating Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing (the Governor appoints two HLAA-FL members to the Council by lstatute website is:

http://www.fccdhh.org/

The HLAA-Florida Association website is:

http://hla-fl.org/

LOOPED LOCATIONSTravelling in 2015?

Stay in the loop. There is a great website that will let you know about all 60 looped locations in northeastern Ohio or the 23 locations in the Philadelphia area. Check ahead and enjoy your visit!

http://www.aldlocator.com/

They may not have them all but the site is a great help even when home. A MapQuest zoom on the site can bring in the locations very near to you. A zoom in to Gulfgate area of Sarasota brought up the following locations including Glenridge which has some really fine performances scheduled as well as Michael’s on East Ballroom.

Remember our Mission includes advocacy—a “thank you” goes a long way in reinforcing the looping of the community. The list follows:

South Trail Church of Christ 5601 South Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34231 USA 941-922-4141Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

Pine Shores Presbyterian 6135 Beechwood Ave Sarasota, FL 34231 USA 941-922-1597Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

Unity Church 3023 Proctor RdSarasota, FL 34231 USA 941-955-3301Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

St. Thomas More Catholic Church 2506 Gulf Gate Dr.Sarasota, FL 34231 USA

941-923-1691Website: stthomasmoresrq.org Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

Michael's on East - Ballroom 1212 SE AveSarasota, FL 34239 USA 941-366-0007Website: http://bestfood.com/ Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: OtherGet Directions

St. Boniface Episcopal Church 5615 Midnight Pass Road Sarasota, FL 34242 USA941-349-5616Website: bonifacechurch.org Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

St Andrew United Church of Christ 6908 Beneva RoadSarasota, FL 34238 USA 941-922-7595Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

St. Wilfred Episcopal 3773 Wilkinson Rd Sarasota, FL 34233 USA 941-924-7436Website: http://stwilfred.dioswfl.org/ Device Type: Hearing LoopVenue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

All Ears Hearing Service - Mobile vehicle 2727 S. Tamiami TrlSarasota, FL 34239 USA 941-320-2122Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: OtherGet Directions

Faith Lutheran Church 7750 Beneva Rd.Sarasota, FL 34238 USA 941-924-4664Website: faithsarasota.com Device Type: Hearing Loop

Venue Type: House of Worship More Info: SanctuaryGet DirectionsHearCare Audiology Center 2800 Hillview Street Sarasota, FL 34239 USA 914-316-0406Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: OtherGet Directions

Ear Research Foundation 1901 Floyd St #100 Sarasota, FL 34239 USA 941-366-9222Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: OtherGet Directions

Pelican Cove/Pelican Pavillion 1615 Pelican Point Drive Sarasota, FL 34231 USA941-966-5674Website: pelicancovecondo.com Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: OtherGet Directions

First Congregational United Church of Christ 1031 S. Euclid AveSarasota, FL 34237 USA 941-953-7044Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

Covenant Life Church 8490 McIntosh Rd Sarasota, FL 34238 USA 941-556-0604Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

Senior Friendship Centers (AKA) Sarasota Friendship Cenrter 1888 Brother Greenen WaySarasota, FL 34236 USA 941-955-2122Website: http://friendshipcenters.org/ Device Type: Hearing LoopVenue Type: Other Get Directions

Alderman Oak Senior Residence 727 Hudson AveSarasota, FL 34236 USA

941-955-9099Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: OtherGet Directions

Glenridge Performing Arts Center 7333 Scotland WaySarasota, FL 34238 USA 941-552-5298Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: TheaterGet Directions

Owen's Fish Camp 516 Burns LaneSarasota, FL 34236 USA 941-951-6936Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: OtherGet Directions

Burns Court Cinema 506 Burns LaneSarasota, FL 34236 USA 941-955-3456Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: TheaterGet Directions

Department of Health 2200 Ringling Blvd. Sarasota, FL 34237 USA 941-861-2900Website: http://sarasotahealth.org/ Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: HealthcareGet Directions

Church of the Redeemer 222 South Palm Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 USA 941-955-4263Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

Bach & Jacobs PA240 S Pineapple Ave Ste 700 Sarasota, FL 34236 USA 941-906-1231Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: OtherGet Directions

Caragiulo's Restaurant

69 South Palm Ave Sarasota, FL 34236 USA 941-951-0866Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: OtherGet Directions

First United Methodist 104 S. Pineapple Ave. Sarasota, FL 34236 USA 941-955-0935Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

First Church of the Nazarene 3375 Fruitville RdSarasota, FL 34237 USA 941-365-2654Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: House of Worship Get Directions

Sarasota Opera61 North Pineapple Ave Sarasota, FL 34236 USA 941-366-8450Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: TheaterGet Directions

Florida Studio Theatre 1241 North Palm Avenue Sarasota, FL USA941-366-9017Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: TheaterMore Info: Infrared Gompretz Stage Keating Stage Get Directions

Whole Foods1451 1st Street Sarasota Sarasota, FL 34236 USA 941-955-8500Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: OtherMore Info: Register #1 only Get Directions

Selby Library - Geldbart Auditorium 1331 1st StSarasota, FL 34236 USA 941-365-1100Device Type: Hearing Loop Venue Type: OtherGet Directions

OUTREACH - FARMERS MARKET

Outreach -- Downtown Sarasota Farmers Market

Outreach Events Keep the Chapter Busy

The Chapter’s outreach program covers over 100 events a year. Please contact Dave Donnelly to “pay it forward” by attending events with our table and materials and informally offering education, advocacy and support to members of our community. With the assistance of Mark Selis, the Chapter has scheduled 10 outreach events in both January and February. We need some help from 9:00 AM to Noon on many of those days. “On the job” training is available at any Farmers Market day or special event. Let Dave Donnelly know if you can help HLAA-Sarasota/Manatee by contacting hla.sarasota@gmail.com .

Farmers Market -- Saturday, February27- - 7 AM to 1 PM

Our monthly information and support booth at the Sarasota Farmer’s Marker offers an opportunity for people to learn how to address their hearing loss.

The Chapter has a permanently assigned site, 1920 State Street between Lemon and Pineapple.

There will be free hearing screening each month by one of HLAA-Sarasota/Manatee’s Pro Partners. If you have a friend who needs hearing help and cannot make one of our meetings, please suggest they visit us here.

Listen Up HLAA-S monthly newsletter offers Education, Advocacy and Support for the 135,000 people with hearing loss in Sarasota and Manatee Counties. For more information visit www.HLAS.org or call 941-706-4312. For comments or suggestions, contact editor RichardN. Williams at RNW1976@aol.com. Opinions expressed in “Listen Up” are those of the Editor or Author. Mention of goods and services in articles or advertisements does not mean the Hearing Loss Association of America or the Hearing Loss Association of America- Sarasota Chapter endorses same nor should exclusion suggest disapproval