About Our Association

Mission statement

AAMHL’s mission is to:

1

Create opportunities for adult musicians with hearing loss to discuss the challenges they face in making and listening to music.

2

Create opportunities for public performance either individually or in groups by adult musicians with hearing loss who might not otherwise have access to these opportunities

3

Provide ongoing feedback to hearing health professionals, hearing researchers, manufacturers of hearing assistive technology, music educators and others to improve hearing device technology relative to music performance and enjoyment

4

Provide educational opportunities to enable hard of hearing and deaf adults to appreciate and make music in ways not previously available

Our initiatives include

* print and mail informational brochures about AAMHL

* create hearing-accessible conferences and workshops on making music with a hearing loss

* produce hearing accessible concerts by both hearing and hearing impaired musicians

* produce recordings of performances by hearing-impaired musicians

* produce informational materials on listening to music with a hearing loss

 

Meet the AAMHL Board of Directors

President:

Wendy Cheng, Cary, NC

Vice President:

Dr. Dawn Mollenkopf, Ames, IA

Treasurer:

Jennifer Castellano, Thornwood, NY

Board members at-large

Dr. Marshall Chasin, Toronto, Canada

Dr. Brad Ingrao, Fresno, CA

There are a variety of ways to support our Association – take a look at this page