The Starkey Hearing Foundation and National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation Deliver the Gift of Free Hearing to Children in the DC Area

The Starkey Hearing Foundation and National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation Deliver the Gift of Free Hearing to Children in the DC Area

The Starkey Hearing Foundation announces a partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation to provide the free gift of hearing to hearing impaired children throughout the Washington, D.C. area, who otherwise, could not afford treatment. There will be a press conference announcing this collaborative effort followed by the hearing mission at which time all beneficiaries will be fitted with free hearing devices.

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When:
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
10:00am Media Check in
10:30am Press Conference
11:00am - 3:00pm Hearing Mission

Who:
Justin Osmond, Spokesperson Starkey Hearing Foundation, will
emcee the press conference
Speakers Include:
Bill Austin, CEO and Founder of the Starkey Hearing Foundation
Gordon Smith, President and CEO of the National Association of
Broadcasters
In Attendance:
Congressman Erik Paulson, Minnesota
Heather Whitestone McCallum, First deaf Miss America
Members of congress, NAB Board Members and leading broadcasters
have been invited to attend.

"There could not be a more perfect partnership," says Bill Austin, CEO and Founder of the Starkey Hearing Foundation. "Our Nation's broadcasters are committed to delivering quality content through sound. It is my personal mission to help those with hearing impairments receive it."

"NAB is proud to partner with the Starkey Hearing Foundation," said NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith. "Broadcasters have a long and storied legacy of serving communities across America, and NAB is honored to open our doors to the children of Washington, D.C. for this important event."

The Starkey Hearing Foundation, "So the World May Hear," is the global leader in hearing health care and is striving to change the social consciousness of hearing. Each year, the Foundation delivers more than 100,000 hearing aids through hearing missions in countries stretching from the U.S. to Vietnam. Since 2000, the Foundation has supplied nearly 500,000 hearing aids to people in need and is striving to achieve its goal of over one million free hearing aids in this decade. In addition to giving the gift of hearing, the Foundation promotes "Safe Hearing" and prevention, especially among teens, through its National program, Soundmatters.According to the Starkey Foundation, an estimated 63 million children worldwide suffer from hearing loss.

Austin recently received the distinguished "Service to America" award from the NAB and was invited to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative this week in New York. Last week he received the Azteca Eagle Award from the President of Mexico in honor of the great humanitarian efforts of the Starkey Hearing Foundation. This is the highest honor paid to a non-citizen. President Eisenhower, Senator Ted Kennedy and Bill and Melinda Gates are the only other U.S. Citizens to have received the prestigious award.

Press Contact: Mary Niemeyer

(612) 327-4415

maryniemeyer@elationsgroup.com

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