A live and interactive discussion with Steve DeMari, Staff Audiologist with CaptionCall. Steve will provide an overview of helping tips and information related to hearing health and hearing loss. Steve DeMari brings with him more than 30 years of experience in the audiology and hearing aid industry. After earning a master’s degree in audiology from Syracuse University, he completed a clinical and research audiologist fellowship at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Long Beach, California. He is also a member of both the American Academy of Audiology and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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14:03:02 From Bonnie O'Leary to All panelists : that's great thanks 14:03:08 From Jacob Lupo : You should be seeing some captions now 14:03:29 From Ron Drach to All panelists : nOPE 14:03:45 From Bonnie O'Leary to All panelists : they're good thanks much 14:04:21 From Gene Poole : How will Google’s instantaneous transcription service affect Caption Call’s technology? 14:06:36 From Bonnie O'Leary to All panelists : captions are gone 14:08:12 From Gene Poole to All panelists : Steve: I am listening to you right now over Costco’s wonderful KS-10 HAs which, at $1400, are almost identical to Phonak’s $6000+ Paradise-90’s. 14:11:36 From Meryl Schaffer : Meryl Schaffer TLC Daily Money Mentor, LLC (301) 260-7428 (Land Line) Meryl@TLCDailyMoneyMentor.com www.TLCDailyMoneyMentor.com I take away the fear of dealing with one's daily financial affairs, from those who cannot or will not deal with these issues. 14:12:10 From Bonnie O'Leary : Bonnie O'Leary, Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC.org) 14:13:53 From Meryl Schaffer : Northern Virginia Resources Center provides wonderful education to hearing & hearing impaired individuals. 14:14:14 From Bonnie O'Leary : thank you! 14:15:29 From Beth Wiseman to All panelists : Hearing Loss Association of America, Greater Baltimore Chapter, Beth Wiseman, 410-484-6866, a support group. We do not sell Hearing Aids. 14:19:57 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Beth Wiseman to All Panelists: 02:15 PM Hearing Loss Association of America, Greater Baltimore Chapter, Beth Wiseman, 410-484-6866, a support group. We do not sell Hearing Aids. 14:29:03 From Lisa Mottesheard to All panelists : Lisa Mottesheard, Hearing Loss Association of America, Greater Richmond Outreach Chairperson and advocate for Fredericksburg, Virginia Beach and Virtual Veterans HLAA chapter support groups. 804-349-7567 or LMottesheard@CaptionCall for meeting times and registration info. 14:30:16 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Lisa Mottesheard to All Panelists: 02:29 PM Lisa Mottesheard, Hearing Loss Association of America, Greater Richmond Outreach Chairperson and advocate for Fredericksburg, Virginia Beach and Virtual Veterans HLAA chapter support groups. 804-349-7567 or LMottesheard@CaptionCall for meeting times and registration info. 14:30:21 From Beth Wiseman to All panelists : I have a captioning phone but the captioning is very, very inaccurate. I'm ready to give up on it. 14:31:42 From Gene Poole to All panelists : Eargo is OK, but not for severe hearing loss. 14:32:34 From Gene Poole to All panelists : Federal govt insurance pays $2500 every three years toward hearing aid cost. 14:33:12 From Lisa Mottesheard to All panelists : I would also suggest contacting your insurance provider to find out your exact coverage available to better understand your options. 14:35:21 From Gene Poole to All panelists : stapes 14:44:35 From Gene Poole to All panelists : Terrific! How about 1 or 2 follow-on sessions? We need more of this. Gotta run in a few. 14:47:56 From mary busse : does the degree if hearing loss matter relevant to the caption call service? 14:53:52 From betty shaughnessy to All panelists : Have to go, this was good! 14:55:24 From Ron Drach to All panelists : Ihave Caption Call and he is right. Fantastic service and captioning and they are all very professional. I did a video for Clear2Connect.org on the importance of captioning to me 14:55:57 From Marsha Schwartz to All panelists : The form that audiologists complete, after a person has had a hearing test, just asks if the person has a hearing loss. There are no other questions regarding degree of loss. 14:56:28 From Beth Wiseman to All panelists : Great program! I will call for your phone and have mine from another company returned.. 15:00:55 From Lisa Mottesheard to All panelists : As Steve mentioned, captions do not have to be cut on when it is not needed. The phone also does not require caption service to be cut on to get added volume 15:01:59 From Mary Anne Hardy : Very helpful! 15:02:01 From Meryl Schaffer : Excellent presentation. 15:02:28 From Bonnie O'Leary to All panelists : how many attended today? 15:02:30 From Meryl Schaffer : The public needs to be educated. Many are quite unaware. 15:02:41 From Ron Drach to All panelists : Fantastic presentation. Probably the best I have seen 15:02:42 From June Luff to All panelists : Thank you 15:02:59 From deb merriner : Thanks for the great info!