She sends this message to her SHHH friends. Thank you, friends for the opportunity of being on the Board and for your help. Keep up the good work with the changes and growth you have made in the local Albuquerque chapter. I am proud of you. At the May meeting you would have found out what's available in helpful devices designed specifically for the hard of hearing .
Many people find background muisic to be annoying.
For the 102,000 people in Albuquerque with hearing loss, this form of noise pollution adds to their disability, and makes it difficult or impossible to communicate with others. Virgina Carr, Alma Pinckozi, Jean Wallis, Karen Twohig and Wayland Clancy represented the chapter when SHHH member Steve Frazier made the presentation. The managers of all four of the city's Target stores were present, and Frazier explained to them how loud background music can make it difficult for the hard of hearing to communicate, even iaf wearing hearing aids. The framed certificates will be posted in a conspicuous location in each of the stores. The managers were also each given a packet of material on SHHH, its purpose and its activities, a copy of the chapter newsletter and other material explaining the effects of background noise on those with hearing loss.