Virginia Professional Hearing Healthcare Center

11/05/2021

If you live in the City of Richmond, please attend this most informative Webinar
Emergency Safety Webinar For Individuals with Hearing Loss
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2021
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Free ZOOM Event
To Register, Please go to
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../emergency-safety-webinar...
​​We are doing all that we can to ensure that individuals with hearing loss are prepared for emergencies and reduce communication challenges surrounding effective communication during emergencies. To do this, we will have a representative from Richmond Fire, Richmond Police, a Text to 911 presentation and Hamilton Relay provide information to residents. This event is especially for individuals with hearing loss, family members, care takers, professionals and specialist that engage with individuals with hearing loss. We will also have a special raffle during this event.
You will also receive information on how to receive a Free Here2Hear Effective Communication Emergency Kit.
Please contact us within 3 days prior to the event if you need accommodations.

09/17/2021

We are open for hearing aid purchase and services. Please call to make your appointment at (804) 330-1350.

09/17/2021

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09/24/2020

The webinar provides information on changes at the polls and addresses communication concerns for Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals.

07/06/2020

To our Virginia Professional Hearing Center Family,
We hope that you are doing well. We continue to monitor the number of new COVID-19 cases daily in our area. This means that the risk is still high for contracting COVID-19 if we reopen our office to patients without having the proper infection control and PPE. We took the time during the shut down to plan an aggressive protocol to keep our patients, staff and provider safe. In addition, we have implemented additional safety measures. We have limited the types of services that we can provide. For additional information or to schedule your appointment, please contact our office at (804) 330-1350.

06/10/2020

Addressing Concerns with Effective Communication for Deaf, Deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing Virginians During COVID-19: The use of Video Relay Interpretation, Sign Language Interpreters and Personal Support Personnel at Testing Sites,Hospitals and Health Facilities

DATE: Tuesday June 16, 2020
TIME: 6 pm – 7 pm

Will video relay be sufficient for communicating if you have COVID-19? Are sign language interpreters available at COVID-19 testing sites and at hospitals? Will individuals that assist with communication be able to go into the hospital room of someone with hearing loss that is diagnosed with COVID?

We heard the concerns.

With COVID-19 cases increasing, it is time to have a public discussion about the communication needs for individuals that are Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing. This includes from the testing sites and beyond.
This meeting is open to the public, specifically for Virginians that are Deaf/ Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing(hearing loss), healthcare workers, hospital administrators, urgent care administrators, language interpreter supervisors for hospitals, sign language interpreters, non-profit organizations, local and state agencies and departments, family members and care takers of individuals with hearing loss.

Invited Panelists:
Purple Communications
Felecia Payne, Regional Manager of Operations
Maybelle Gambrill, VRI Specialist

Steven Gordon
Assistant United States Attorney
Civil Rights Enforcement Coordinator, Eastern District of Virginia

VCU Health Systems
Evan Lee-Ferrand, Medical Interpreter Supervisor
Jen Ayala, VCU Certified Medical ASL Interpreter

This meeting is open to the public.
A Question and Answer session will follow the presentations.
To submit a question, please send an email to Here2_Hear@aol.com. Questions asked during the event will be chosen on a first come basis if time permits.
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Sign language interpreter and captioning will be available.

To Register please visit our website at www.here2hear.org

05/02/2020

Free Effective Communication Emergency Kits for Individuals that are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Virginia Professional Hearing Center is the proud sponsor of Here2Hear. This non profit organization is here to help you communicate effectively in an emergency and during the Covid-19 Pandemic. You can now receive a kit that has the tools that you need to make communicating with others easier!

Here2Hear is a nonprofit organization that is doing all that we can to ensure that Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals reduce communication challenges surrounding effective communication during the Covid-19 pandemic. To do this, we will be providing free Effective Communication Emergency Kits. These kits provide resources and tools for individuals that are Deaf and Hard of Hearing regarding communicating effectively during this difficult pandemic and while in emergency situations. This includes communication during Covid-19 testing and testing sites, with first responders and as a part of emergency preparedness. These emergency kits were designed and developed by Here2Hear with the guidance of individuals in the field of emergency management, first responders and Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals.

While the kit is designed for individuals age 18 and older, the kit can be utilized with individuals as young as 16 with parental guidance.

The kits are free to individuals that are Deaf and Hard of Hearing while supplies and funding last. We will mail each kit to recipients at no cost to the individual.

To see if you qualify or if you would like to receive a kit, visit our website at here2hear.org, email us at here2_hear.org , send a text message or call us at (804) 774-8311.

03/17/2020

Virginia Professional Hearing Healthcare Center
Virginia Professional Hearing Aid Center
Coronavirus COVID-19 & How It Will Impact Your Care

Important Notice: Please Read
Virginia Professional Hearing Center is committed to providing hearing aid and hearing healthcare services to our patients. Our office continues to monitor updates from the CDC and local health department to keep everyone safe. A national and state of emergency has been issued. We take this seriously as we want to be active in reducing the spread of the virus. Many of our patients fall into the “high risk” category and it is our moral duty to ensure that everyone is safe while receiving hearing healthcare and hearing aid services. In order to protect our patients and staff, we will practice the social distancing methods and mitigation techniques as recommended by the state of Virginia and the CDC.
Therefore, our offices will be closed to patients from 3/16/20 to 4/3/20. Please read the following updates regarding office closure:
• If you have a scheduled appointment, hearing aid fittings/ orders or hearing aids that are out for repairs during the office closure, we will contact you this week to provide you with updates regarding rescheduling your appointments or to pick up your hearing aids.

• Our phones will be monitored and answered daily. If the phone goes to voicemail, please leave a message. Messages will be returned within 48 hours.

• There will be a delay in mailing items. Therefore, if you need medical records, please try to receive them via fax to get them faster. We will not be able to mail hearing aid items via mail until the spread Coronalvirus has ceased.

• We will check our emails daily so feel free to send us an email if this is a better way to communicate with our office. vahearing@gmail.com

We will get through this time together as it takes patience and safe practices. Thank you for entrusting us with your hearing healthcare needs and we promise to do all that we can during this unexpected emergency to prepare. We will continue to monitor the situation and comply with all orders, instructions and guidelines set forth by the Governor’s office and other regulatory agencies. When the office reopens, we will send out another correspondence. To check for updates on our website at
www.vaprofessionalhearingaid.com or www.vaprofessionalhearinghealthcare.com. We will also post updates on our page. Please do all that you can to be safe and look out for family members and others during this time. Thank you and have a great day.

Check out http://vaprofessionalhearingaid.com! Home Page

10/12/2018

We are the proud sponsors of Here2Hear. With the rash of severe weather that has effected Virginia, Here2Hear is so looking forward to providing free effective communication emergency kits tomorrow. (October 13 ) The kit distribution and information session 10 am starts at 10 am at the Richmond Fire Department Head Quarters located at 201 E. Franklin Street. This is a fantastic opportunity for deaf and hard of hearing individuals to learn about emergency options like text to 911 and ask question to the local fire department. Visit their website at here2hear.org for more information Please feel free to attend!