Songs for Sound aims to Improve the Lives of 1 Million People Living with Hearing Loss by 2025 through Outreach, Advocacy and Lifetime Programs.
MISSION & OUTREACH
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Free Hearing Screenings
31,793
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Free Hearing Health Events
950
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Veterans Served
3000
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Community Partners Served
700
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Centennial pitcher Lexi Vernon never needed sign language. She can read lips, if she has to, but only uses that skill if necessary.
In essence, Vernon suffers no ill affects from the congenital hearing loss she's had to navigate through since she was born.
But that doesn't mean the Lady Cougars sophomore, who has Power 5 college interest from schools like Iowa and Indiana, hasn't had a difficult path to walk. While a Cochlear implant allowed Vernon to hear, she and her family, had to play catch-up from a condition that should have been caught days after she was born in December of 2007.
“I WANT TO HELP ONE MILLION PEOPLE TO HEAR AND LIVE TRANSFORMED LIVES full of learning, literacy, employment and CONNECTION to the world around them.”
In a study that tracked 639 adults for nearly 12 years, Johns Hopkins expert Frank Lin, M.D., Ph.D., and his colleagues found that mild hearing loss doubled dementia risk. Moderate loss tripled risk, and people with a severe hearing impairment were five times more likely to develop dementia.
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"Thank you for your Hear the Music Project! I knew I needed to get my hearing checked and there you were at our local YMCA. I am so grateful to know my hearing is normal! Thank you for this free service!"
~Karen, Ohio
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“I had the pleasure of having Jaime and her mobile hearing clinic visit our community for a day to provide free hearing screenings to our residents. I loved learning about their amazing organization and the wonderful services they offer. You can truly tell that they have a passion for what they are doing. We had about 100 residents receive screenings in a 4 hour period. They were fast, easy, and professional.” – Lauren Stobbie, Fitness Director, Del Webb Ponte Vedra
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"As a volunteer with a cochlear implant, I enjoy meeting other people and inviting them to get their hearing screened... Songs for Sound provides a wonderful opportunity to get a hearing screening along with guidance and encouragement. I'm honored to be a SFS VOLUNTEER!" ~Carolyn, TN
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