HEARING AID BANK
Lending a Helping Hand
Being able to help people with limited resources both in rural and urban areas and the community in general and after having been evaluated they require hearing prosthetic adaptation.
Promote Educate and raise awareness about the magnitude, causes and consequences of hearing loss, as well as the possibilities of prevention, detection and treatment.
BACKGROUND
According to the world health organization 360 million people suffer from disabling hearing loss worldwide.
In our environment according to our figures at an industrial level we find more than 50% with some type of initial hearing problem.
The young population is suffering from hearing impairment due to the noise pollution that we face today, this pollution is caused by many factors, one of them noise in educational establishments, the use of headphones that fluctuates from ages 12 to 45 years.
In addition to respiratory disorders that in some cases create second side effects from childhood such as the well-known Otitis, Allergies, etc.
We have found that this hearing problem becomes part of their lives and progresses in such a way that when it is already treated many parts of the inner ear deteriorate so much that the hearing aid only helps them hear sounds and they cannot understand what is being heard. In a young person they can develop sign language or lip reading many times but some older adults cannot see well and it is very difficult for them to communicate creating great frustration in them and therefore social isolation.
Now we also have to take into account the possible consequences that COVID causes in the hearing system in people who have already experienced this disease.
​
JUSTIFICATION
Hearing aids have high costs and their technology today is very advanced, and always applied to each case, so our idea of ​​creating a HEARING AID BANK will allow us to reach those people who need it and who cannot afford them due to their high costs. However we can receive hearing aids in good condition with the audiometry of the person who used it to compare with the possible beneficiaries considering that most hearing aids could not be recalibrated because they are programmable and we do not have the software of the different manufacturers. The beneficiary will only have to invest in the minimum costs for its operation depending also on the socio-economic situation; these costs will also be partially or totally subsidized
Your collaboration is always welcome.
All hearing aids of different ranges, especially the BTE type, are welcome as well.
​