San Francisco Tinnitus Support Group Meeting (5:30 - 7:00 p.m.)

The San Francisco Tinnitus Support Group invites you to join them at their next meeting.

When:
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.*
*Meetings tend to go later when we have a big group so plan accordingly.

Where:
The Hearing and Speech Center of Northern California
1234 Divisadero St., 2nd floor conference room
San Francisco, CA 94115
*There is free parking behind the building.

Note from the group leader(s):
"May is Better Hearing and Speech month and the week of May 15 - 21 is Tinnitus Awareness Week. The next meeting for the San Francisco Tinnitus Support/Education Group will be TUESDAY MAY 17 at the usual time 5:30-7:00 p.m. We meet in the second floor conference room at The Hearing and Speech Center of Northern California, 1234 Divisadero St. San Francisco. There is free parking behind the building.

We will have a special guest speaker for our meeting this month. Dr. Robert Sweetow, who is well known in the field of tinnitus, will give a talk entitled  "New Theories on the Biologic and Behavioral Manifestations of Tinnitus". Dr. Sweetow has published many articles on tinnitus and has lectured world wide. He began the tinnitus program at The Hearing and Speech Center in the 80's and was director of Audiology before going to UCSF where he continued his work with tinnitus and other hearing related problems. Dr. Sweetow has been Professor of Otolaryngology and Audiology at UCSF for many years and is a wonderful speaker. He has some interesting new theories on tinnitus and there will be time for questions and discussion.

I will be giving a lecture on tinnitus for the HLAA group on Saturday May 14 in the East Bay at Kaiser Hospital, Oakland, at 10:15 a.m. If you need more details, send me an email (mlevy@hearingspeech.org).

If you are interested in Tinnitus Awareness Week (TAW) check out the ATA.org website to see the various activities throughout the month.

Questions and discussions are always a part of our tinnitus group and we encourage everyone to share his/her concerns.

Our meetings are free and open to the public and provide support for people with tinnitus and hyperacusis and their significant others. Current information on tinnitus treatments are presented along with discussion of coping with and managing the problems associated with tinnitus and hyperacusis.

Please let us know if you will be attending the meeting. Donations happily accepted. -Malvina Levy, Au.D. and Tracy Peck, Au.D."

Please let the group leaders know if you will be attending the meeting: Malvina Levy, Au.D. (mclevyaud@pacbell.net) and Tracy Peck, Au.D.

The American Tinnitus Association's Support Network consists of dedicated support group facilitators and help network volunteers across the country. These volunteers provide compassion, support, experience, and perspective, as well as valuable resources for treating your tinnitus. Please note that ATA offers Support Network information solely as an informational aid. Examine your personal needs and decide if participation in support activities could be meaningful for you. ATA makes no recommendations or representations as to the groups or individuals volunteering.

Please click here for more information on ATA's Support Network.If you are interested in starting a support group or becoming a help network volunteer, please contact Katie Fuller, Manager of Member & Support Relations, at katie@ata.org.