Event: 2009 Hearing Health Fair
Place: SFU Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings Street,
Vancouver, B.C.
Date: Wednesday May 13th, 2009
Time: 9 to 4 pm
This event is hosted by the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WIDHH) in partnership with the UBC School of Audiology and Speech Sciences and the the BC Network on Aging Research. This health fair is unique in that will focus mainly on hearing health care issues.
The Hearing Health Fair is free admission and will be open to the general public.
Features:
Free Hearing Screenings by UBC School of Audiology and Speech Sciences Students
Free Lectures by WIDHH clinicians and UBC professors: Topics: How Do We Hear; Hearing Aids; Assistive Devices; Communication Strategies; Tinnitus; Research Updates
Key note address by Rick Waters, hard of hearing consumer
Free Exhibit Hall
Fully Hearing Accessible (Loop, Sign Language Interpreters; Real time captioning)
Registered Audiologists and UBC professors on hand to answer questions - all day!
Light refreshments
A free community shuttle bus will also pick up from various community centres and drop at SFU Harbour Centre at various times during the day.
For more information, please visit our website at www.widhh.ca.
This Health Fair has been made possible by an NGO Outreach Initiative from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Aging.
Come on out and learn about your Ears and Your Hearing!
