Aloha Events

ALOHA Open House & Dedication of the

Pignatelli Assistive Listening Media Center

The Tucson based Adult Loss of Hearing Association (ALOHA) and its Board of Directors will host a free public Open House on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 1::00 pm - 4:00 pm at the ALOHA office build-ing; 4001 East Ft. Lowell Rd. (north side of the road, just east of Alvernon); Tucson, AZ 85712. Light refreshments will be available and drawings for door prizes will take place periodically throughout the day.

The new state-of-the-art Pignatelli Assistive Listening Media Center will be dedicated at 1:00 pm (with Dyan and Jim Pignatelli in attendance). Staff and Board members will be there to offer tours of the facility and information regarding ALOHA services. Vendors and hearing professionals will be available to demon-strate hearing devises and to answer questions or provide information on various issues (looping, cochlear implants, what to expect and not expect from hearing aids, how new technology can help, etc.).

The center was made available through a grant from Jim and Dyan Pignatelli, and is a state-of-the-art inter-active media system that uses HDTV (TV) displaying Closed Captioning (CC) and a wireless "Intelligent" control panel. By pressing dedicated switches we can select and demonstrate the various devices we have available for display. These include an Inductive Loop (room loop) and a number of wireless UHF, FM and Infra Red devices with interfaces to a CD/DVD player/recorder and a telephone. As a result of family hear-ing concerns, Dyan and Jim have been very generous to both ALOHA and the University of Arizona with donations for projects in this area. Jim retired as Chairman, President, and CEO of Unisource and T.E.P.

The mission of ALOHA has been to establish a support system for individuals with acquired deafness and/or hearing loss and their families, ensuring their participation in the mainstream of life. Services include, but are not limited to, peer support groups, speech reading classes, sign language classes and individualized computer training. Recent census data indicate that 500,000 Arizonans, and one-in-three seniors, are deaf or hard of hearing. Hearing loss is the third most prevalent health problem reported by individuals over age 65 and the number one most common disability shared by veterans returning from the Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts.

For additional information, contact Loretta Butler (ALOHA Office Manager) at 520.795.9887, or e-mail her at: . Office hours are Tuesday thru Thursday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Visit our website at www.alohaaz.org.

Hearing loss is often called the invisible handicap, and yet our ability to hear and understand impacts every single aspect of our daily lives.

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Tucson Based Adult Loss of Hearing Association (ALOHA) Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Service to the Hard of Hearing Community.

The Board of Directors cordially invites you to join us for an open house celebration of 25 years of local service to the Hard of Hearing community in Southern Arizona.

ALOHA Annual Golf Event will be held in the Spring of 2010.

Please contact now if you want to receive the future flyer and registration form.

We need golfers, hole sponsors and prize sponsors

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The mission of ALOHA is to provide a support system for individuals with acquired deafness and/or hearing loss and their families ensuring their participation in the mainstream of life.