Parkinson Social NetworkThis Wednesday’s Online Café – Miscommunication or Missed Communication? The Challenges of Hearing Loss with Bonnie O’Leary
Just a reminder that all in-person support events have been suspended due to the COVID-19 /Coronavirus pandemic. To support our Parkinson’s community, PSN offers three online (via Zoom) support options each month:
Online Café
Wednesday, May 18
10:00am-11:30am ET
Miscommunication or Missed Communication?
The Challenges of Hearing Loss
Bonnie O’Leary, Certified Peer Mentor and the Outreach Manager for the Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC)
This presentation will include basic information about deafness and hearing loss, limitations of hearing aids and cochlear implants, accessibility options including apps that can be helpful, and effective communication environments and strategies. Hearing loss has an impact not only on those who struggle with it but on everyone in the relationship.
Bonnie O’Leary is a Certified Peer Mentor and the Outreach Manager for the Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC) where she has been providing services to adults aging into hearing loss. since 2001. She also provides trainings for emergency responders, healthcare professionals and caregivers, agency staff, and other organizations where hearing loss presents a challenge to communication. Bonnie created a 3-part program, “I Can’t Hear You!”, which won a Distinguished Partner award from Fairfax County’s Neighborhood and Community Services. A late-deafened adult, she shares a lot of her own experiences in her outreach work.
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Are you searching for a resource or more information about Parkinson’s?
Parkinson Social Network volunteers can help! Call our office at 571-286-5000 or send us email at board@parkinsonsocialnetwork.org
Parkinson Social Network is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. With no paid staff, we are a volunteer led organization with each volunteer having a personal connection to Parkinson’s disease.
Join us Tuesday 5/10 for Watch & Discuss: Sight, Sound, & Parkinson’s
Caregiver’s Support Group via Zoom*
Tuesday, May 10
10:00am-11:30am ET
May’s Topic:
Watch & Discuss: Sights, Sounds and Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s Foundation Expert Briefings (Recorded – 2022)
Join us as we watch the Parkinson’s Foundation recording of Dr. Hamedani’s presentation. After we watch the recording, we will discuss the video presentation.
From the Parkinson’s Foundation YouTube description: As we grow older, it is normal to experience age-related vision and hearing changes. However, for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), difficulties related to the eyes and vision as well as hearing loss often progress alongside other PD symptoms. Learn more about how changes in vision, hearing as well as other senses including taste and smell impact people with Parkinson’s and how to cope with these changes.
Speaker: Ali G. Hamedani, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Neurology Divisions of Neuro-Ophthalmology and Movement Disorders Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Click here to register for the Caregiver’s Support Group meeting
Just a reminder that all in-person support events have been suspended due to the COVID-19 /Coronavirus pandemic. To support our Parkinson’s community, PSN offers three online (via Zoom) support options each month.
*Online Support Groups Sponsored by:
Did You Know?
We are Here to Help!
Are you searching for a resource or more information about Parkinson’s?
Parkinson Social Network volunteers can help! Call our office at 571-286-5000 or send us email at board@parkinsonsocialnetwork.org
Parkinson Social Network is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. With no paid staff, we are a volunteer led organization with each volunteer having a personal connection to Parkinson’s disease.
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