Robillard Hearing Clinic Joins Starkey Hearing Foundation To Deliver the Gift of Hearing

OTTAWA, March 24, 2014 /CNW/ - Robillard Hearing Clinic is excited to announce that JB Robillard will be traveling with Starkey Hearing Foundation to Ramallah, Tul Karem and Hebron in Israel to deliver free hearing aids to children and adults in need. More than 2,400 people are projected to receive the gift of hearing.

For eight days, Robillard Hearing Clinic will help the Starkey Hearing Foundation team of audiologists and staff deliver hearing care and fit each of the recipients with their very own customized, hearing device.

"We are so excited to be joining Starkey Hearing Foundation for the second time on this mission," said JB Robillard. "The Foundation uses hearing as a vehicle to reflecting caring and change lives around the world. We here at Robillard Hearing are honored to do our part in delivering the gift of hearing to those in need."

Starkey Hearing Foundation's Israel mission is just one of the many hearing missions that are conducted throughout the year to deliver the gift of hearing around the world. Starkey Hearing Foundation gives more than 100,000 hearing aids to people in need each year and has pledged to fit one million hearing aids this decade.

For more Information about Starkey Hearing Foundation, visit www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org and to learn more about Robillard Hearing Clinic visit http://www.hearingisbelieving.com/.

About Robillard Hearing Clinic
From One Century to Another Robillard Hearing Centres has been providing the National Capital Region with quality hearing health care since 1958. Robillard's stewardship and longevity is testament to its unwavering focus on core principles that remain at the heart of the organization: integrity, dedication, and dignity.

Personal Attention Remains a Fixture Robillard realizes that facing any measure of hearing loss, acknowledging it, and ultimately seeking treatment has never been easy for anyone. It is therefore with dutiful individual attention that our accredited hearing practitioners take the proper steps, examining not only the root cause, but also taking into consideration the personal challenges inherent to a particular condition.

About Starkey Hearing Foundation
Starkey Hearing Foundation uses hearing as a vehicle to reflect caring and change lives around the world. Disabling hearing loss affects more than 360 million people, including 32 million children, worldwide, yet many do not have access to the hearing devices that can help them. Starkey Hearing Foundation fits and gives more than 100,000 hearing aids annually, and as a member of President Clinton's Global Initiative, it has pledged to fit one million hearing aids this decade. In addition to giving the gift of hearing through worldwide hearing missions, Starkey Hearing Foundation promotes hearing health awareness and education through the Listen Carefully campaign 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

Elaine Volpato, 905-542-7555 x 4217, [email protected]