y3zZi5sYHE4, Smiles all around as hearing aids work their magic on 1,200 children, The simple act of providing the right to hear is being celebrated across the country, courtesy Starkey Hearing Foundation
The Internet is filled with videos of young children making use of glasses, hearing aids and prosthetic limbs for the first time, essentially capturing moments we tend to take for granted, ultimately reminding us of the power of the human body. On that note, seeing it all happen in real time is truly spectacular.
When US-based Starkey Hearing Foundation came to Hyderabad on October 28 and 29, Sangareddy, Mahbubnagar, Khammam, Suryapet, Warangal, Rangareddy and Miryalguda to provide hearing aids for over 1,200 children, the magnanimous appreciation was unprecedented. In 2016, a million beneficiaries received hearing aids which broke a Guinness World Record.
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Finding beneficiaries started as early as April mainly through schools in the designated areas. Vinay Babu Gottipatti, Zonal Business Development Manager of Starkey Hearing Technologies India, shares in the first week of September, numbers of beneficiaries were confirmed immediately followed by teams travelling to the locations to clean and treat any infections and to prepare moulds for the devices which are created in Chennai and Bengaluru — a truly thorough process. Various types of hearing aids were given to those with different degrees of impairment, making for a thoughtful and well-researched experience.
Other locations for the drives include Nasik, Kolkata and Baramati, where each city has 1,200 beneficiaries confirmed. Vinay is grateful for the experience, commenting, “The work is physically strenuous but when we see the happiness of the children, it’s all worth it. We have also set up a playtime area where we will be checking responses and feedback through fun games.”
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