Oscar Segal, President of the Delray/Boynton Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America ( formerly called SHHH-Self Help for Hard of Hearing), and Geraldine Young, President of the Boca Chapter announce a merger of the two chapters which will now be known as the South Palm Beach County Chapter—Delray/Boynton/Boca.

The first meeting of the newly combined chapter will take place Friday, January 16, 2009 at the South County Civic Center; Jog Road, Delray Beach at 10 A.M. Future meetings will take place the third Friday of each month at this location through May 2009. These meetings are free of charge, open to the public. Membership in the chapter for a nominal annual fee is encouraged.

The Delray/Boynton Chapter is a local chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America, founded 19 years ago. It is the largest chapter in South Florida, dedicated to helping people cope with hearing loss. The chapter has guest speakers who are professional audiologists, hearing doctors and surgeons, manufacturers of hearing aids and displays a variety of assistive hearing devices that can help the hard of hearing communicate better in a hearing world. Professionals from police, sheriff’s, fire departments and emergency services also speak at meetings about how hearing impaired people can best communicate with law enforcement, and fire responders in emergency situations.

Board member Merry Rubenstein provides a free lip reading course to chapter members at the Emmanuel Catholic Church, Military Trail, north of Linton Blvd. the first Tuesday of each month at 1:00 PM. Register with Merry at (561) 738-5630.

Geraldine Young, known to all as Geri, founded the Boca Raton chapter in 1993 when she first moved to Boca. Present board members include: Anita Morse, Janice Pickron, Joe and Hilda Kriteman, Regina Weiss, Irv and Millye Cohen, Rachel Landau, Etta Lampner, Rhoda Rabson, Irving Glass and Harriet Harris.

The public is invited to attend the January 16 meeting at 10 A.M. at the South County Civic Center, where Doctor of Audiology Steven D. Sederholm, Au.D, will be the principal speaker to tell the audience about “What’s new in hearing aid technology - audiologic advancements in restoring speech comprehension in hearing aids.”

For further information call Oscar Segal at 561-499-9873, or e-mail: ohsegal@comcast.net.

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