| LOCAL HEARING AID SPECIALIST
AND THE ST ARKEY HEARING FOUNDATION GIVE 836 HEARING AIDS
TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN HERMOSILLO, SENORA, MEXICO
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – 10/27/06 Stephanie Fiorella, BC-HIS,
Hearing Aid Specialist, owner and operator of Better Hearing–World
of Sounds Hearing Aids, today announced the successful completion
of a three-day hearing aid mission trip to Hermosillo, Sonora,
Mexico that resulted in 418 adults and children receiving
836 hearing aids. The mission trip was completed in conjunction
with the Starkey Hearing Foundation in an effort to fulfill
the Foundation’s commitment to helping the world to
hear.
Hearing aid mission trips are paid for by donations to the
Starkey Hearing Foundation. Every year at the Foundation’s
annual “So the World May Hear” Awards Gala, Gala
attendees have an opportunity to bid during a live auction
to fund a mission trip. Perry Giordanelli in conjunction with
his partners Stephanie Fiorella of Better Hearing-World of
Sounds Hearing Aids in Ft. Lauderdale, Craig Drucker of West
Boca Hearing Center in Boca Raton and Javier Benitez of Hear
Center in North Miami bid $40,000 to help fund the Mexico
mission, which took place September 24 – 27.
LOCAL HEARING AID SPECIALIST AND
THE STARKEY HEARING FOUNDATION GIVE 660 HEARING AIDS TO BROWARD
AND DADE CHILDREN DURING SUPERBOWL MISSION
BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA, 2/5/2007 - Stephanie
Fiorella, BC-HIS, Hearing Aid Specialist, owner and operator
of Better Hearing-World of Sounds Hearing Aids, today announced
the successful completion of a two day hearing aid mission
at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida that resulted
in 330 children and adults receiving 660 hearing aids. The
mission was completed in conjunction with The Starkey Hearing
Foundation, the National Football League and Samsung Electronics
America in an effort to fulfill the foundation’s commitment
to helping the world to hear.
On “So the World May Hear Day”,
the first day of the mission, Better Hearing-World of Sounds
Hearing Aids joined such celebrities as Leslie Nielsen, Marion
Ross, Paul Williams, ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Editions
Eduardo Xol and former Miss America, Heather Whitestone.
“While we help people hear every single
day, it is completely different to help those who cannot help
themselves” commented Stephanie Fiorella.
About the Starkey
Hearing Foundation
Since 1973, Starkey has been giving the gift of hearing to
the world’s underprivileged—especially children—through
its internationally recognized mission program and its domestic
program, Hear Now. Since 2000, the Starkey Hearing Foundation
has provided nearly 200,000 hearing aids to those in need
around the world. Visit www.sotheworldmayhear.org
to learn more.
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