| CT Connect-SHHH-ion meets SW CT Chapter |
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| In Westport- with speaker Beth Wilson (Circa 2000) |
The newest chapter in CT is called:
Hear Here Hartford Chapter
Our mission is to empower teens and young adults to overcome the everyday life challenges of hearing loss
Contact person Terri Bedard
HearhereHartford chapter
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE QUIET CORNER CHAPTER
The Quiet Corner chapter meets on the 2nd Saturday of the month at 10:30AM (September thru June).
Meeting place is at Pompey Hollow Senior Housing (Community Room), 49 Tremko La. (across from the Ashford Town Hall)
on Route 44, Ashford, CT 06287.
Contact person is Norm Babbitt, President, email address is QuietCornershhh@juno.com.
Our meetings are an educational experience. Many of our meetings are with speakers who are professionals in the area of hearing
loss.
Please come join us for fellowship, information and self-help support. Everyone is welcome.
We use a Computer Assisted Notetaker with an extra large screen to provide realtime captioning for what is being said. For
those who utilize the "T" coil function of their hearing aids, we have recently installed an inductive loop system to help
with your hearing needs For more information, call 429-0167 or 923-0171.
For cancellation information, (WINTER STORMS, HURRICANES, ETC) please call if you have any questions:
Dorothy Gagnon 429-0167
Norman Babbitt 923-0171
To view our award winning (2002 by our National chapter) website you can go there by pasting this address onto your
browser: http://qcshhh.tripod.com/index.html
OR see below
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| ...shhh! (QUIET) Meeting in progress... |
By clicking here- it will automatically open up our website.
| Q.C. President Norman Babbitt |
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOUTHWESTERN CT CHAPTER
Southwestern CT SHHH chapter meets at 10AM on the third Saturday of the month, September thru June.
The meeting place is at the UNITED COVENANT CHURCH, Route 33 (68 Westport Rd), Wilton CT. Our membership is pulled
mainly from Fairfield County (Stamford-Greenwich to Bridgeport-Stratford)
Contact person: Barbara Nagot RACKNCUE@sbcglobal.net or M.E.Nadig at (203) 831-0603
| Several SW CT SHHHers at the NY MiniConv. (2005) |
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| Along with Sam Trychin- {primary speaker/ noted advocate for the HOH |
POINT YOUR BROWSER HERE TO VISIT THE AWARD WINNING WEBSITE OF SOUTHWESTERN CT CHAPTER OF SHHH. SOUTHWESTERN CT COVERS MOST
OF FAIRFILD COUNTY (GREENWICH TO STRATFORD)
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OUR MEETINGS
FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION PLEASE GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES via HYPERLINK.
Programs and speakers are varied- but most often pertain to information that hard of hearing people need; assistive devices,
self help instruction, "hearing" dogs, audiologist and Hearing Instrument Specialists, cochlear implants specialists etc.
are examples of some of the topics that have been discussed. All three chapters utilize CART. CART is a form of CAPTIONING,
where the speaker's message is projected onto a screen for all to see(see picture bottom of page).
Holiday parties during December as well as a picnic mid summer are standard fare. Socializing, along with education, self
help and advocacy are trade-marks of SHHH
No charge to attend meetings,and just a small activity fee to join; anyone interested in learning more about hearing loss
(whether hearing impaired or not), along with family or friends, are welcome to attend!
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| AND OF COURSE- THERE IS OUR NATIONAL CHAPTER |
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| CLICK BELOW FOR A TOUR OF THEIR WEBSITE |
There are over 15,000 member of National SHHH, and over 250 local chapters of SHHH throughout the country. (Click here to
visit NATIONAL: WWW.SHHH.ORG)
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