{"id":10525,"date":"2010-05-12T03:46:07","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T08:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=10525"},"modified":"2010-05-12T04:09:20","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T09:09:20","slug":"hearing-loss-support-group-stranger-in-a-strange-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/05\/12\/hearing-loss-support-group-stranger-in-a-strange-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Loss Support Group &#8220;Stranger in a strange land&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there!<\/p>\n<p>I am emailing to inform you that there is now a Hearing Loss Support Group<br \/>\ncalled \u201cStrangers in a Strange Land\u201d now forming online and in Austin,<br \/>\ncreated by Julie Carter! I would like to invite you to join the yahoo group<br \/>\nto find out about meetings in the area, events, tips, and so much more! I<br \/>\nwill be helping Julie with bringing technology\/ALD\u2019s and information to the<br \/>\nmeetings for everyone. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone and<br \/>\neveryone you know that can benefit from this group!<\/p>\n<p>Description reads:<\/p>\n<p>Hey hearing impaired people: Tired of feeling like a stranger in a strange<br \/>\nland? Tired of trying to make sense out of the nonsensical? Let&#8217;s get<br \/>\ntogether and share experiences: hilarious, difficult, embarrassing and other<br \/>\nmemorable moments. A support and idea bank for assistive technology, fun<br \/>\nthings to do in Austin, snappy comebacks for insults and whatever else. All<br \/>\ninput is welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to see the page and join the page to keep in touch with all that<br \/>\ngoes on with the group!<\/p>\n<p>So get started. Visit strangersinastrangelandaustin at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/evt=42879\/*http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/strangersinastrangelandaustin\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/evt=42879\/*http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/strangersinastrangelandaustin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your time! Have a wonderful day! If there is anything I can do<br \/>\nto help please don\u2019t hesitate to contact me!<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Bills<br \/>\nHearing Loss Resource Specialist<br \/>\nCSD of Texas<br \/>\n1524 S IH 35, Suite 225<br \/>\nAustin, Texas 78704-2603<br \/>\nEmail: obills@c-s-d.org<br \/>\nPhone: 512.428.1813<br \/>\nToll Free: 877.744.1364<br \/>\nFax: 512.837.1444<br \/>\nVP: 512.213.2151<\/p>\n<p>Hearing Loss Resource Specialist program funded by DARS<br \/>\nOffice for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! I am emailing to inform you that there is now a Hearing Loss Support Group called \u201cStrangers in a Strange Land\u201d now forming online and in Austin, created by Julie Carter! I would like to invite you to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/05\/12\/hearing-loss-support-group-stranger-in-a-strange-land\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,34,1245,3247,4785,1297,3248,4783,17,4784],"class_list":["post-10525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-austin","tag-dars","tag-hearing-loss","tag-hearing-loss-resource-specialist","tag-hearing-loss-support-group","tag-office-for-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-services","tag-olivia-bills","tag-strangers-in-a-strange-land","tag-texas","tag-yahoo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-2JL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27662,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/06\/04\/convention-for-people-with-hearing-loss-2014-coming-to-austin\/","url_meta":{"origin":10525,"position":0},"title":"Convention for People with Hearing Loss 2014 Coming to Austin","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"June 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Convention for People with Hearing Loss Coming to Austin Registration is closed but we will be happy to accept your registration on-site at the Renaissance Austin. 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