Friday, January 29, 2010

So Much To Do! So Much To See!

Add a day or two to see some of the sights in Milwaukee. Upon arrival at Convention Registration you will receive a registration bag (sponsored this year again by Oticon) filled with lots of goodies including a map of Milwaukee and the 2010 Experience Milwaukee discount card (compliments of VISIT Milwaukee and its members) .

Use the card to receive 1/2 off the price of admission at the following attractions, museums and performing arts venues:

Attractions
Boerner Botanical Gardens
Milwaukee County Zoo
Mitchell Park Domes
Old World Wisconsin

Museums
Betty Brinn Children's Museum
Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion
Charles Allis Art Museum
Discovery World
Harley-Davidson Museum
Millwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee Public Museum
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum

Performing Arts
Milwaukee Chamber Theater
Milwaukee Reperatory Theater
Skylight Opera Theatre

Monday, January 18, 2010

Come to Milwaukee - You'll Be Glad You Did!

Welcome to the HLAA Convention Blog!

This is the place to check for convention news. Along with the Convention page on http://www.hearingloss.org/, it has all the latest developments as we plan for Convention 2010 in Milwaukee, June 17-20.

I've said it before, I would move to Milwaukee if I could! I absolutely love it there and I know you will too. Lake Michigan is breathtaking and there's so much to do and see.
Milwaukee Art Museum


This convention has it all - first-rate workshops and presenters, an exhibit hall full of the latest technology and services for people with hearing loss, a world-class research symposium on the latest hearing aid research and development, two special workshops for parents and educators of children with hearing loss, an off-site event at the Harley-Davidson Museum, and the Saturday night banquet with a German flair with entertainment provided by Blakapelle-Milwaukee. It all offically kicks off with the Opening Session keynote speaker, Bill Barkeley, who despite having both hearing and vision loss due to Usher Syndrome, will be an inspiration to us all. He has climed Mount Kilimanjaro, and next summer will lead an expedition of students (some with hearing, some with hearing loss) to the Peruvian Amazon. 

Harley-Davidson Museum

Blaskapelle-Milwaukee

Do not miss this convention! Scholarships are available - please see the Convention page for guidelines and the application/nomination form.

See you there!