Navigating a trip to a busy airport these days can be very difficult. And if you are hard of hearing, deaf or blind, it can seem impossible. That’s why Hearing Loss Association of America — Rochester chapter — has invited Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport Deputy Director Bill Johnston to be its guest speaker on Jan. 6.
Johnston plays a key role in ensuring communication and wayfinding access for all visitors to Rochester’s airport. Joining William, is Suzanne Johnston, a speech and language pathologist with over 30 years of experience and a board member of HLAA Rochester with expertise in deaf and heard-of-hearing needs and accommodations for communication.
Together the Johnstons will share means of facilitating communication in new environments with unfamiliar partners, what technology and resources are available at Rochester’s airport to facilitate clear communication for air travel, along with three tips for preventing communication ‘mishaps’ during travel.
This is a hybrid program from toon to 1 p.m. at St Paul’s Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall, 25 Westminster Road at the corner of East Avenue.
You may also join in virtually on Zoom. (To obtain Zoom link, pre-register at the chapter website hearinglossrochester.org.) Everyone is welcome.