Clarity

Clarity®, a division of Plantronics, Inc., offers communications solutions to the world’s aging population. A leading innovator and provider of creative solutions, Clarity’s patented technologies, Clarity® Power™ and Digital Clarity Power™ provide customized solutions for customers who otherwise could not communicate easily and effectively with the outside world. As the world’s population grows older, Clarity will continue to provide effective technologies to allow seniors to age in place and maintain their dignity and independence.

Check out these phones from Clarity! There is something for everyone.

• Clarity Professional C2210™ Corded Amplified Telephone
• Clarity Professional C4205™ Cordless Amplified Telephone
• Clarity Professional XL50™ Corded Amplified Telephone
• Clarity Professional C4220HS™ Cordless Amplified Handset
• Clarity Professional C4220™ Cordless Amplified Telephone
• Clarity Professional C4230™ Cordless Amplified Telephone

Quick Caption

Quick Caption attended the at the 2009 Hearing Loss Association of America Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. QuickCaption offers reliable and high-quality real time captioning services nationwide, both onsite as well as remotely via the Internet, and is currently providing services to a number of HLAA chapters! Additionally, QuickCaption offers prompt and professional video/media captioning. If it can be captioned, we can caption it! Some of their services include Realtime Captioning, Video Captioning, Transcription, Stenography Related, and Proofreading.

Two happy little Quick Captioners :)

American Abilities Television Network

American Abilities Television Network joined us at the 2009 Hearing Loss Association of America Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. American Abilities Television Network (TM) is a television network devoted to creating, producing and distributing quality programming for and about the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Special thanks to Richard McCollough of the American Abilities Television Network for producing “Thirty Years in Pictures.” We are forever grateful to Hollace Goodman who coordinated the project and to helpers, Joan Kleinrock and Ann Liming for their hard work. And,to the many others who submitted photographs - THANK YOU!

Mirusmedia.net produces television programming for Deaf & Hard of Hearing, this service is called (AATV) or American Abilities Television Network (on CW/13 WHAM Time Warner Cable Channel 16 in Rochester, New York) as well as on our website. Lastly we provide meteorological forecasting services for 103.9 WDKX-FM in Rochester, NY. This service is called Weatherfield and is located on the Weatherfied Farm page.

Phonak

Phonak showed up at the 2009 Hearing Loss Association of America Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. Phonak is a global leader in the development and manufacture of digital hearing systems. Using state-of-the-art technology, we strive to produce solutions for both adults and children with a hearing loss in the most challenging of listening environments. The ultimate goal of the experts at Phonak is to make a key contribution to the quality of life of those with a hearing impairment, their families, and their friends.

Phonak has a new hearing model called Naída. It is the innovative offering in the Power segment, designed for moderately-severe to profound hearing losses. All Naída models offer exceptional levels of audibility and clarity, an esthetically appealing design and are water-resistant. The complete PowerHearing solution includes SuperPower (13) and UltraPower (675) models, now at three price points. For more details please visit: www.naida.phonak.com.

Phonak FM System Even with the best hearing instruments, most hearing-impaired people notice that they have difficulty hearing in certain situations such as using a telephone, watching television, during a business meeting, or in a restaurant. Using an wireless communication system (FM system) makes communication in all these difficult situations much easier.

• Dialog - At home, in a busy street, at the shopping center, or in a restaurant.
• Group conversations - Family get-togethers, noisy restaurant, at business meetings or conferences.
• Making telephone calls - Phonak wireless systems provide access to all capabilities of modern telecommunication devices.
• Watching TV and listening to music - Phonak wireless systems provide access to the entire spectrum of today's information and entertainment technologies.
• Schools and further education - In classes at schools and universities, on outings and excursions, in lectures, or on museum tours.
• Transportation - Cars, trains, trams and buses.
• Sports - Cycling, playing golf, skiing, jogging or hiking.
• Events - Theater, in concerts, at the movies, in church services, or at community meetings.
  

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) was at the 2009 Hearing Loss Association of America Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. They are the leading trade association representing the global information and communications technology (ICT) industries through standards development, government affairs, business opportunities, market intelligence, certification and world-wide environmental regulatory compliance. With support from its 600 members, TIA enhances the business environment for companies involved in telecommunications, broadband, mobile wireless, information technology, networks, cable, satellite, unified communications, emergency communications and the greening of technology. TIA is accredited by ANSI.

This is TIA's logo that identifies for consumers telephones compliant with TIA's latest standard for reduced noise and interference when used with T-Coil-equipped hearing aids and cochlear implants!


So when shopping for a telephone and you use the telecoil feature on your hearing or cochlear implant, look for that logo and you will most likely experience less static and/or interference than a non-compliant TIA-1083 phone.

SoundAid Hearing Aid Warranty

SoundAid Hearing Aid Warranty joined us at the 2009 Hearing Loss Association of America Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center! SoundAid Hearing Aid Warranties knows how valuable hearing aids are to your quality of life and your ability to communicate. They also know from experience how fragile they can be. A hearing aid is just like any other highly specialized precision instrument that is operating in very difficult conditions. It will require repair! The fact is you can get a one year service warranty for less than you pay for a single repair. If you are a new user of hearing aids you know how expensive new hearing aids are. And if you are an experienced user you know how expensive repair can be. Why gamble? They feel very comfortable in saying "it is more expensive not to have a service warranty"

If your hearing aids have ever been damaged due to earwax, perspiration, climate or accident, and they were out of warranty, then you know how fragile these modern day wonders are. You also found out the hard way how expensive repair can be! Worse yet, what if you lost one and had to replace it? Did you know that it is more expensive not to have a service warranty? Our service warranties pick up right where the manufacturer left off, and cover Loss, Damage and/or Component Failure. So weather you need a warranty or repair, now or in the future, we have you covered. SoundAid would like to show you how necessary and affordable a service warranty is, so please visit their site to find out more.

Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA)

Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA) was at the 2009 Hearing Loss Association of America Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center! The mission of the Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA) is to support the empowerment of late-deafened people. Late-Deafened Adults are people who have lost the ability to understand speech with or without hearing aids after acquiring spoken language. ALDA is committed to providing a support network and a sense of belonging by sharing our unique experiences, challenges and coping strategies, helping one another find practical solutions and emotional support, and working together with other organizations and service providers for our common good.

In ALDA, we find people who share the same experience and work together to find solutions to the everyday challenges of living with hearing loss. When ALDA members get together communication barriers disappear. ALDA's communication philosophy is "Whatever works, works!"

Geemarc Telecom

Geemarc Telecom is a world wide distributor of specialist communications equipment for the deaf who attended the 2009 Hearing Loss Association of America Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.

The Geemarc representative flashing his assorted array of telephones!

Geemarc identified a special needs market in 2001. This market targets hearing impaired phone users, to whom finding the right phone or compatible device is extremely important to maximize clarity, minimize feedback and increase usefulness. You can purchase Sound Alert products from them as well!