REACH World Hearing Day Celebration (Bowen)
Sun, Mar 01
|Bowen Island Community Recreation
An afternoon of presentations and demonstrations focused on hearing health, assistive technologies, tinnitus, communication strategies, and hearing accessibility on Bowen.
Time & Location
Mar 01, 2026, 12:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Bowen Island Community Recreation, 580 Bowen Island Trunk Rd, Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G2, Canada
About the event
Topics include modern hearing aids, assistive listening technology, reducing risk factors for hearing loss, and building a hearing-accessible community. The day concludes with a forum on establishing a local hearing accessibility advocacy group.
Agenda
12:30-12:50pm – Coffee, registration, assistive technology check
PART 1: Technologies & Environments
12:50-1:00 – Introduction (Kathy Pichora-Fuller)
1:00-1:30pm – Not your grandparents’ hearing aids: A guide to current hearing aids (Grace Shyng)