This past Sunday, members from our SLHS community joined the Eastern Connecticut HLAA Chapter at the Connecticut Walk4Hearing. The HLAA Walk4Hearing aims to raise awareness and funds to support hearing health, advocacy, and educational programs, while empowering individuals of all ages and backgrounds to live confidently and thrive with hearing differences.

Torri Ann Woodruff-Gautherin, Portia Washington, and Hannah Mechtenberg from the HELLO and LAB Labs of the SLHS department entered a joint application through the Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (IBACS) to fund brining the Science Alliance Mobile (Science Alliance Mobile | Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences) to the Walk for Hearing where they were able to host science demos, such as eye-tracking and EEG demonstrations. The event also featured an air-conditioned playroom for children to rest and enjoy, along with a book giveaway featuring Mighty Mila, I Deaf-initely Can, and Sound, Switch, Wonder!