Polo Park Hearing Centre Professional Joins Starkey Hearing Foundation To Deliver the Gift of Hearing

WINNIPEG, May 7, 2013 /CNW/ - Polo Park Hearing Centre is excited to announce that Leslie Holden will be traveling with Starkey Hearing Foundation to Honduras to deliver the gift of hearing. The team will give away more than 5,600 hearing aids to children and adults in need.

For 7 days, Polo Park Hearing Centre will help the Starkey Hearing Foundation team of audiologists and hearing aid specialists deliver the gift of hearing by fitting each of the recipients with their very own custom-made, hearing device.

"We are so excited to be joining Starkey Hearing Foundation on this mission," said Leslie. "The Foundation is bringing understanding to people around the world through hearing care. We here at Polo Park Hearing Centre are honored to do our part in delivering the gift of hearing to those in need."

Starkey Hearing Foundation's Honduras mission is just one of the many missions that are conducted throughout the year to deliver the gift of hearing around the world. As a member of President Clinton's Global Initiative, Starkey Hearing Foundation has pledged to fit one million hearing aids by the end of the decade.

For more Information about Starkey Hearing Foundation, visit www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org and to learn more about Polo Park Hearing Centre visit www.poloparkhearing.com.

About Leslie Holden

Leslie has been devoted to helping the public with their hearing health care needs for over 36 years. Leslie is dedicated and well respected amongst the hearing health care field as well as her clientele. One of Leslie's most passionate pursuits in the hearing health care field is taking part in missions to 3rd world countries to fit children with hearing aids with the SHF.  Leslie is looking forward to her 10th mission and having the experience of giving the gift of hearing to these children.

For more information or to set up an appointment with Polo Park Hearing, please call [phone].

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. For more information on Starkey Hearing Foundation, visit www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org.

SOURCE: Starkey Canada

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Leslie Holden
Polo Park Hearing Centre
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