804F Stop Mumbling! I Can't Understand You!
One session
Instructor: Bonnie O’Leary
Wednesday, 11:50—1:15, Sept. 30
This program focuses on the impact of late-onset hearing loss on everyone in a relationship. Hearing aids and hearing assistive technologies can only go so far as we navigate life with a hearing loss. Learn about the speaker/listeners/environment/message components of communication, parallel reactions between hearing and hard of hearing people, and effective communication strategies for everyday living.
Bonnie O’Leary is a Gallaudet-Certified Peer Mentor. A late-deafened adult, Bonnie is the outreach manager for the Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC) where she has been providing educational programs since 2001. No sales are ever involved.