TECHNOLOGY
VISIT OUR TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE STORE -AND SAVE!
The Hearing and Speech Center's Technology Resource Store is a great place to find assistive listening devices and accessories that can help you hear better in a variety of situations. Come see our phones, alarm clocks, TV listening devices and much more. Our expert staff will help you navigate the options to find items that will work for you. Call to make an appointment today!
Do you or a family member want to enjoy conversation in noise? Want to hear the TV more clearly or to hear someone talking in a car?
The Pocketalker Ultra for the holidays....conversations with family members, grandchildren, friends.
An inexpensive addition to your hearing aids or as an alternative for one-to-one or small group listening.
On sale now for the holidays! Help to bring the joy back to a family member who struggles to hear during the holidays and beyond.
Come to the Hearing and Speech Center and get a Pocketalker Ultra for $149.99 from December 1st until January 31st or while supplies last.
Pocketalker (R) Ultra includes a plug-in sensitive microphone; and for the TV listener: a TV listening extension cord. Use the Pocketalker (R) Ultra with a variety of available earphones and headphones of your choice, or, a neckloop and a telecoil-equipped hearing aid. With the optional Telelink adapter, listeners can use the Pocketalker (R) Ultra to amplify telephone calls to a comfortable listening level. |
NEWS
"MUSIC TO MY EARS" FUNDRAISER
Thank you to all who attended the Music to My Ears fundraiser on March 25th in honor of G. Stuart Spence.
Special thanks to Elza Van Der Heever for performing at the dinner with only a moment's notice! Regardless, the performance was wonderful!
Thanks also to our event committee for all their hard work planning the event. The committee includes: Leslie Castellanos, Jan Christensen, Brenda Cravens, Susan Hambrecht, Terry Helm, Julia Olson, and Joanie Silverstein.
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HEAD OF AUDIOLOGY, RUPA BALACHANDRAN WINS AWARD
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Rupa Balachandran has won the IndUS Business Journal Women In Business Award of Excellence for the Health and Medicine category. The December 15th 2007 issue will publish a pullout supplement profiling all the winners that will be distributed in our nationwide print.
The nomination process took place both through the online version and through the physical paper by their circulation readers sending in their votes. The winners were then chosen by the IndUS Business Journal editorial staff.
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HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER ON FORUM - KQED RADIO
KQED radio held discussion of hearing loss, the latest technologies, technologies of the future and the challenge of hearing loss.
Our very own Director of Audiology, Rupa Balachandran and Director of Professional Services, Laura Clark were special guests on the show, along with Ronda Bonati of the Hearing Loss Association of America and Dave Fabry, of Phonak Hearing Systems.
Download the MP3
(Windows: right-click and choose "Save Target As." Mac: hold Ctrl, click link, and choose "Save As.")
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To submit a story, please email to dkennedy@hearingspeech.org
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EVENTS
HEAD OF AUDIOLOGY TO MODERATE SERIES AT THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB
In honor of Better Hearing and Speech Month in May, the Commonwealth Club will host three speakers, moderated by our own Director of Audiology, Dr. Rupa Balachandran.
All lectures will take place at the Commonweath Club at 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor
Topic: How Hearing and Brain Changes with Aging
Speaker: Dr. Robert Sweetow
Date: May 15, 2008
Time: 5:30 pm
Topic: Cochlear Implants-Where Are We in 2008?
Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Lustig
Date: May 22, 2008
Time: 5:30 pm
Topic: The Future of Hearing: A Sound Investment
Speaker: Dr. Rodney Perkins
Date: May 29, 2008
Time: 5:30 pm
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WISHLIST GIVING
Have you been looking for a way to help the Center?
Maybe you can help us with our wishlist. We need some generous angels to help with purchasing or sponsoring the following items:
- Fax machine ($300)
- Desk chairs ($150/each)
- Vacuum cleaner ($100)
- Carpet cleaner ( $800)
- Digital sound recorder ($200)
- Digital camera ($300)
- Digital video camera ($400)
- New classroom floors ($3,000 per classroom)
- Toilet for ladies' room ($700)
- Handheld vacuum ($30)
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