Workplace Hearing Loss Diversity, Identity and Disclosure 

Date and Time: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern Time | 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Central Time

Host: Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)

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Description:

How we identify and are seen by others at work is based on various factors such as severity, variability and onset age of hearing loss. You’ll find something familiar in the stories shared by our panelists—each one a member of the HLAA Task Force for Accessible, Inclusive Employment—about how their own hearing identities have influenced disclosure, self-advocacy and use of hearing assistive technology on the job.

Professor David C. Baldridge will discuss his research on relationships between hearing loss characteristics such as severity, variability and onset age, on how we identify and are seen by others at work. He will then discuss the impact of our hearing identities on disclosure, self-advocacy, and hearing assistive technology use.