HLAA received a letter from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski inviting us once again to serve as a voting member of the FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) until the charter ends in October 2014.

On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 the Motion to Proceed on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities passed in the Senate!  See vote count.

HLAA was one of 89 disability organizations sponsoring the National Forum on Disability issues September 28, 2012.

On Monday the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force posted a final guideline for hearing-loss screening in older adults. In contrast to its 1996 guidelines, which recommended asking all older patients about hearing, the Task Force now says it can't recommend for or against it in patients not complaining of hearing loss.

"The Task Force recognizes this is important and common," Dr. Albert Siu, vice co-chairman of the Task Force, said. "We also know for people who complain of problems with their hearing, hearing aids can be beneficial. However, we don't believe there is sufficient evidence that older adults who don't have complaints should be screened."

Read the complete abcnews.go.com article.

Read HLAA's Comments on Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults.