Hearing Loss Association of America (Official Page)

03/09/2026

Get excited about heading to Louisville! If you haven't registered for the HLAA 2026 Convention, you've got just one week left to earn big savings on registration. Meet your people in an environment built to support your full access and engagement, June 10-12.

Experience the HLAA 2026 Convention—an inclusive, hearing-accessible event to learn, connect, and celebrate with our nationwide hearing loss community.

03/06/2026

HLAA and the American Cochlear Implant Alliance were proud to give the inaugural Champion for Hearing Health Award to Congressman Tom Barrett (R-MI) and Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) during a World Hearing Day event supported by Cochlear Americas. The ceremony featured testimony from veteran William Howard and was a timely reminder that hearing health is *not* a partisan issue. Indeed, it is a human issue that touches millions of Americans.

Public policy improvements, led by attentive legislators like our honorees, must be a tool advocates use to address and improve hearing health at all ages. We thank the congressmen for their leadership on this issue.

03/03/2026

Five million children and teens aged 6 to 19 in the U.S. (1 in 10) have hearing loss, and many more are at risk due to unsafe noise exposure, according to The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

That’s why this year’s World Hearing Day theme, "From communities to classrooms: hearing care for all children” is so important. If you’re the parent of a child with hearing loss, you can find resources and support from HLAA at: hearingloss.org/parents


World Health Organization (WHO) World Hearing Forum

03/03/2026

Happy World Hearing Day! HLAA is joining the World Hearing Forum in highlighting the need for health care that supports the 95 million+ children aged 5 to 19 with hearing loss around the globe.

Our HLAA Hearing Loss 101 Toolkit includes key facts and stats about hearing health and prevalence from kids to seniors, and will soon be updated with more resources for parents: hearingloss.org/hearing-loss-101


World Health Organization (WHO) Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

03/02/2026

Do you ever feel shame, fear or doubt because of hearing loss? That's stigma rearing its ugly head...but you're not alone in facing it. Watch this powerful presentation by motivational speaker Ibrahim "Ib" Dabo at our 2025 Research Symposium* in Indianapolis.

Ib shared his own experience facing down stigma and the 5 things he did to overcome it. We hope you find them useful, too.

*HLAA’s Research Symposium is supported, in part, by a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health (Award Number R13DC017913).

03/01/2026

Do you have hearing loss caused by a vestibular disorder such as Meniere’s disease, acoustic neuroma or labyrinthitis? Our friends at Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA) are presenting their annual Life Rebalanced Live virtual conference, March 2-6. Registration is free.

The Life Rebalanced Live virtual conference features presentations by vestibular healthcare experts and patients.

02/27/2026

Even after using hearing aids to treat her hearing loss for decades, Teri waited eight years after medical approval to get her cochlear implant (CI). Why did she wait so long? Her answer—like so many other people with hearing loss—is that she just wasn't ready... until she was. Read her story: https://ow.ly/6lUX50Ynkn0

After delaying eight years to treat her hearing loss with a cochlear implant, Teri wishes she had done it sooner; read HLAA's third inspiring CI Day story.

02/26/2026

We had so many exciting things to share in this month's Hearing Life e-news! 🎉 Don't miss out on the latest HLAA updates—read and subscribe for free: hearingloss.org/e-news

02/25/2026

Meet Qais Khan, a passionate public speaker and disability rights advocate for young adults from the UK. Qais's story continues our look at people who are flourishing with cochlear implants (CIs) at work, school and all aspects of their lives.

Qais Khan is a passionate advocate for young adult cochlear implant recipients—read the second of HLAA's three inspiring stories for CI Day.

02/25/2026

HLAA is celebrating International Cochlear Implant Day with a new blog series sharing three unique stories of people with cochlear implants (CIs), starting with Doni: https://ow.ly/nnxM50Ylf0U

02/25/2026

It's International Cochlear Implant Day! Cochlear implants can be life-changing for people who get them, and the science behind them is *fascinating.* Learn more about the parts of your ear and how cochlear implants work: https://ow.ly/QjhL50Yl9ql

American Cochlear Implant Alliance National Institutes of Health (NIH)

02/25/2026

🥳 Happy fifth birthday to the International Cochlear Implant Community of Action (CIICA)! HLAA Executive Director Barbara Kelley serves on the board of this global support and advocacy network for cochlear implant recipients around the world.

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