2010 Holiday Party Photos (Held at Bob and Pat Leepa’s house)       To read the pdf files found on this site, you will need Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded for free.

Tuesday Morning Meeting October 18th, 2011 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon in the VRI Room of HASA Topic: "Our New Chapter President" Guest Speaker: Margaret Widner-Kolberg   Come meet with the Hearing Loss Association of Greater Baltimore’s newest chapter president, Margaret Widner-Kolberg, as she discusses the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the DC Walk4Hearing and the local Baltimore Chapter’s future direction with YOUR input. Meeting is Free and Open to the Public.   Thursday Evening Meeting October 27th, 2011 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM in the auditorium of HASA “Our New Chapter President” Guest Speaker: Margaret Widner-Kolberg   Come meet with the Hearing Loss Association of Greater Baltimore’s newest chapter president, Margaret Widner-Kolberg, as she discusses the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the DC Walk4Hearing and the local Baltimore Chapter’s future direction with YOUR input. Sign Language interpreters and CART will be provided. Meeting is Free and Open to the Public. Assistive Listening Devices are available upon request.   Meetings are Free and Open to the Public All meetings are held at the The Hearing and Speech Agency 5900 Metro Drive Baltimore, MD  21215. Driving directions at www.hasa.org or take 695 to Exit 18 for Liberty Road East twd Lochearn go about 2.5 miles LEFT - Northern Parkway go to the FIRST traffic light LEFT - Metro Drive Go to the FIRST stop sign LEFT - Mt. Hope Drive Go to the FIRST entrance on the LEFT Park in FRONT or REAR lots (free parking) Both parking lots are equally as accessible to the entrance to The Hearing and Speech Agency Sign language interpreters provided at both meetings. Live Captioning and Assistive Listening Devices are available at the evening meetings   Upcoming Regular Meetings and Event October 18: Margaret Widner-Kolberg October 27: Margaret Widner-Kolberg November 6: Walk4Hearing November 15: Morning Meeting November 17: Evening Meeting December: Holiday Party (date and location to be decided) January 17: Morning Meeting January 26: Evening Meeting February 21: Morning Meeting February 23: Evening Meeting March 20: Morning Meeting March 23: Evening Meeting April 17: Morning Meeting April 26: Evening Meeting May 15: Morning Meeting May 24: Evening Meeting June 19: Morning Meeting June 28: Evening Meeting July: Picnic (Date and location to be decided) Board Meetings Board Meetings are held in the board meeting room at HASA. All are welcome. October 20, 2011 January 19, 2012 March 15, 2012 May 17, 2012 August 16, 2012   Download the 2011-12 Brochure about the Hearing Loss Association of Greater Baltimore

Quick Facts *U.S. People reporting use of a hearing aid: 3.6 million. *U.S. People with a profound loss: 2 million. *Average time between the onset of hearing loss and a professional diagnosis: 5 to 7 years. *Expect a 102% increase in the number of people with hearing loss by the year 2050. Closed Captioned Movies in YOUR area by Fomdi 5 mi 10 mi 15 mi 20 mi 30 mi 40 mi (For subtitled foreign movies, check The Charles Theater or the foreign movie theater in your area. For dates and times, go to our theater page. If you live outside of the Baltimore/DC area, check your local listings.)

Our Mission

Our Mission is to be catalysts who make mainstream society more accessible to people who have a hearing loss. We work at accomplishing this through education and advocacy. We are also here to offer our support and knowledge to the hearing impaired, as well as their families and friends who are also affected by hearing loss.

Our EVENING meetings are usually held on every fourth Thursday of the month at The Hearing and Speech Agency from 6:30 to 8:30. Our MORNING meetings are smaller and usually meet the third Tuesday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. There are exceptions to this schedule, so please check our calendar and events page for updated information. Since The Hearing and Speech Agency also includes a school, we will be closed when the Baltimore City Schools are closed.

At our meetings, we feature speakers who educate us about new technology, laws, resources, and many other things. Everyone is welcome to attend. CART (live captioning) is available at all evening meetings). Sign interpretation, assistive listening devices, and friendly people are available at both morning and evening meetings.

To become part of our chapter and receive emails and messages, please fill out our form and send it, along with any donations to our treasurer. Donations cover our chapter expenses, such as stamps for those who don't have email, CART services (real time caption) for our meetings, special equipment, etc. However, you do not need to donate to attend our meetings.

Many of our links take you outside of our website. You go to these sites at your own risk. Neither the Hearing Loss Association of Greater Baltimore nor the national Hearing Loss Association of America is responsible for any of these outside sites or for any damage that is incurred as a result of going to any of these outside web sites. In addition, these sites may not be Section 508 compliant.