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| Debbie Wright and Dennis Hansen of Starkey Laboratories, basketball star Julian Wright; and Glenn Taylor, owner of Minnesota Timberwolves. |
NBA Legend Karl Malone assists a local audiologist in fitting a grateful recipient. |
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn — On February 17,
Starkey Hearing Foundation partnered with NBA All-Stars and legends, WNBA players, and celebrities to fit 150 hearing-impaired kids with hearing aids. This was the second partnership with Starkey. In October 2007, NBA Cares, Minnesota Timberwolves players, and team owner Glenn Taylor distributed much-needed, state-of-the-art hearing aids to over 1,000 children in Istanbul during NBA Europe Live 2007.
NBA Legends in attendance included Karl Malone, Jerome Williams, Julian Wright, Sam Perkins, and Jim Hardaway. Participating on behalf of the WNBA was Tamika Catchings. Other participants included NBA Commissioner David Stern and international actor and martial artist, Jet Li.
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. Starkey’s mission is to promote hearing health awareness and education; provide hearing instruments and personal listening devices to people in need, and to support and conduct research and education in hearing breakthroughs and technologies.
In late 2007, SHF launched the Sound Affects media campaign with public service announcements to educate consumers about responsible listening. Spanning the past 12 months, the Foundation has provided more than 50,000 hearing instruments both domestically and abroad. Since 2000, more than 240,000 hearing instruments have been distributed to persons in need worldwide.
SOURCE: Starkey Hearing Foundation
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