Nassau County Council on Aging
Melanie Ferreira
Marketing & Communications Manager
May 11, 2017 4:40 p.m.
The Hearing Loss Support Group of Nassau County meets every other Monday from 1 – 3
p.m. in the Rayonier Conference Room of Baptist Medical Center Nassau.
The Hearing Loss Support Group of Nassau County recently hosted a Cookie Cutting to celebrate the group’s success since its launch in February. In addition togroup members, guests included former County Commissioner Dave Howard, Nassau County Tax Collector John Drew and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson’s Regional Director Katie Ross. Ross read a letter from the senator thanking the group for the great service it provides to the community and wishing them continued success.
The honor of cutting the Great American Cookie went to Gerry Mines, who was the inspiration for the group. Mrs. Mines had been a member of a similar support group in Chicago. Her daughter, Ruth Kaiser, wanted Mrs. Mines and others suffering from the “invisible disability” of hearing loss and deafness to have a group offering the same support, friendship, information and resources as her mother had enjoyed in Chicago.
The Hearing Loss Support Group of Nassau County meets every other Monday from 1 – 3
p.m. in the Rayonier Conference Room of Baptist Medical Center Nassau. Each group meeting features a guest speaker touching on issues of interest for the hearing impaired as well as an opportunity for members to share their own experiences with hearing loss and how they deal with the impact it has on their lives. To learn more about the Hearing Loss Support Group of Nassau County, email Ruth Kaiser at [email protected].