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NFL
Player Larry Fitzgerald observes Bill Austin, Founder,
Starkey Hearing Foundation, as he fits a young patient with
a hearing device during the Foundation’s recent hearing
mission in Malaysia. |
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Eden Prairie, MN
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Starkey Hearing Foundation wrapped up its hearing mission in
Penang, Malaysia last month with the help of Larry
Fitzgerald, wide receiver
for the Arizona Cardinals, who assisted in fitting
more than 2,600 children and adults with hearing aids
throughout the course of the mission. This marks
Fitzgerald’s 10th mission with the Foundation.
Over five days, Starkey Hearing Foundation delivered the
gift of hearing to patients with the help of the
Foundation’s team of audiologists and staff, fitting each of
the recipients with their own custom-made, hearing device.
“Starkey Hearing Foundation
has promoted hearing care awareness through its support of
research, education and the distribution of hearings aids to
those in need all over the world, and it’s been our good
fortune to have the loyal support of committed, Hearing
Angels like Larry Fitzgerald, who helped us change lives in
Malaysia by reconnecting people to their families and
communities through the gift of hearing.” stated Bill
Austin, Founder, Starkey Hearing Foundation.
Starkey Hearing Foundation’s
Malaysia hearing mission is one of dozens of missions
conducted each year by the Foundation both domestically and
internationally. Hearing missions are the primary way
Starkey Hearing Foundation realizes its goal – So the
World May Hear. In turn, the Foundation fit more than
110,000 hearing aids to individuals in need in 2011 alone,
and as a member of President Clinton’s Global Initiative, it
has pledge to fit 1 million by the end of this decade.
According to Starkey Hearing
Foundation, hearing loss is pervasive, affecting 34 million
Americans – or one in 10. Yet, with the help of a hearing
device, hearing loss can often be corrected in a majority
cases, giving an individual the opportunity to better
connect with their family, the community, and the world
around them.
About Starkey Hearing Foundation
Starkey Hearing Foundation is
striving to foster greater understanding among individuals
and communities through hearing care by focusing on
awareness, education, protection and treatment, so the world
may hear. Hearing loss affects one in 10 Americans, and 63
million children worldwide, yet many do not have access to
the hearing devices that can help them. From 2000 to 2010,
Starkey Hearing Foundation fit more than 500,000 hearing
aids to people in need in the U.S. and around the world. The
Foundation has grown that commitment to more than 100,000
hearing aids annually, and as a member of President
Clinton’s Global Initiative, it has pledged to fit 1 million
hearing aids this decade. In addition to giving the gift of
hearing through worldwide hearing missions, Starkey Hearing
Foundation promotes hearing health awareness through the
Listen Carefully initiative and provides hearing instruments
to low-income Americans through the Hear Now program. |