Elderly, huh? A week from tomorrow I will be 56--LOL!


--- Doreen Pettipas <dodiepettipas@...> wrote:

> Tina,
>
> I will have to do a little research. I don't know
> how many HOH members there are. I know most of them
> are the elderly folks. Not many are under 55. I
> will get back to you.
>
> Dodie
>
> tina blue <tblue37@...> wrote:
> Dodie,
>
> This summer I have been working freelance writing
> press releases and articles for a PR firm in
> Chicago.
>
> Send me all the information and I will write up a
> press release that you can send to your local paper
> and to your local TV news.
>
> I need to know
> -Name of Church
> -Location of church
> -Pastor
> -How many HoH people
> -whether the church has signed services or wheehr it
> is considering them
> -details about the system previously used
> -contact information (Whom they should call for
> further info, phone number for that person, email
> address if one is available, and snail mail address)
> -Any other relevant info
>
> In the release I will want to include a brief quote
> by
> your pastor and one by you as a deaf/Hoh church
> member. If I don't quite like a quote you send, I
> will
> polish it up or make one up out of whole cloth.
>
> --- Doreen <dodiepettipas@...> wrote:
>
> > Our church just completed the building of our new
> > sanctuary, after a
> > 10 year struggle with the city over a conditional
> > use permit. Once
> > we got our conditional use permit (about 2 yrs
> ago)
> > I started
> > researching what was available out there for
> looping
> > the church for
> > the hearing-impaired congregants. I went to a
> > meeting with the
> > building committee and told them about the need
> and
> > how it would be
> > better for the people needing it than using the
> > portable FM receivers
> > previously used. I stressed that using headphones
> > on a personal FM
> > deprived the user of the amplification of their
> > hearing aids which
> > are adjusted individually based on the wearer's
> > loss.
> >
> > Well, they agreed to pursue it. We moved to the
> new
> > sanctuary on
> > June 25th. The building wasn't complete and the
> > sound system wasn't
> > entirely finished. This past Sunday I got to try
> > the loop out. It
> > was so nice to be able to hear the sermon without
> > all the background
> > noise in the sanctuary. People don't seem to
> > realize how distracting
> > it is when they are moving around, shuffling
> papers,
> > coughing, baby
> > crying, etc. When you have to work hard to hear in
> > any situation you
> > quickly find out how distracting these sounds are.
>
> >
> > We are looking into getting signs to let people
> know
> > the loop is
> > there and working. I hope there are lots of others
> > who can benefit
> > from it. We also have large screens at the front
> of
> > the sanctuary
> > where the sermon outline is posted. This is very
> > helpful, since I
> > sometimes miss what the fill-ins are when I have
> to
> > look down at my
> > paper.
> >
> > I am going to see if there is someway the church
> can
> > get free
> > publicity from the local paper regarding the loop
> > system. There
> > aren't many places here in the Southern Oregon
> area
> > that have any
> > amplification systems. The ones that do are just
> > infrared or FM and
> > use headphones. Again, back to taking out your
> aids
> > to use the
> > headphones and not having enough amplification
> > without the aids to
> > really hear. At least for those of us with severe
> > or profound
> > losses.
> >
> > Anyway, just thought I would let you guys know
> that
> > this happened.
> >
> > Dodie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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