Stories

Our Hearing Angels have given hundreds of thousands of children the gift of hearing – and a better future. The overwhelming gratitude of these children and their parents is both humbling and heartwarming. Read their stories. Let their words inspire you to continue spreading the gift of hearing to thousands more like them.

Eli Now Hears the Planes Fly and the Trees Rush By

Elijah, a young boy who arrived in the United States in February of 2006, received a hearing instrument from the Starkey Hearing Foundation this July in New York City at the Major League Baseball All-Star Mission. “I am so happy when he puts his hearing instrument on and his face lights up each morning before he goes to school…

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Reflection from Mexico Mission Volunteer, Michael Rosengart

“A few months ago, I sent you a letter asking for your help to sponsor me on a mission to Mexico with the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Today, I am pleased to say that thanks to your generosity, that goal has been accomplished, and my dad and I were able to accompany Bill Austin and several other members of the Starkey Hearing Team…

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Sean Scores Gold

It is not often in life that you can say a single moment changed a life. But we can. When we came to Starkey and Sean received such a wonderful gift, his world was changed forever…

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Belle Keeps On Giving

This picture was created by Belle Gaudreau, who was one of our 2005 Starkey Hearing Foundation Poster Children. The now 11-yearold Belle was recently refitted for new hearing instruments this past January to replace her old ones she has outgrown. After her refitting she made the decision to illustrate her gratitude…

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