Hearing the Call

By Dr. Noël Crosby, Au.D.

Imagine having no access to hearing healthcare. This is the case for 466 million people worldwide — of which 34 million are children. In the United States, untreated hearing loss may lead to isolation, depression, and lower earning potential. In many other countries, it may lead to ostracization, little or no education, and physical abuse. Now imagine promoting dignity, self-worth, and opportunity through the gift of hearing.

“Hearing the Call” is a nonprofit campaign bringing hope and healing to persons with hearing loss locally and globally. Through quality healthcare, we help people connect with family, education, and opportunities. We provide opportunities for audiologists, ENT doctors, students, and volunteers to travel to countries and areas such as Jordan, Palestine, Zambia, South Africa, Guatemala, Ecuador, and more. We also provide opportunities to help in our backyard through local organizations throughout the United States.

Help In Our Local Community
Hearing the Call Englewood is a project sponsored by Advanced Hearing Solutions that are designed to provide affordable hearing healthcare to qualified individuals in Sarasota and Charlotte Counties. Hearing loss can affect an individual physically, emotionally, socially, economically, and psychologically. We know that untreated hearing loss has a devastating impact on individuals, families, and communities and that is why we are here to help. Since 2006, Advanced Hearing Solutions has been improving the lives of residents by providing services that result in better communication. Now through affordable hearing solutions and our reduced cost/sliding scale fee hearing clinic, our campaign hopes to bring a better quality of life to qualified individuals with hearing loss.

Our Mission is to provide hearing healthcare to individuals in Sarasota and Charlotte counties and surrounding areas who cannot afford it on their own while providing them with opportunities to give back to the community through service to others. We also provide hearing healthcare globally to those in need.

Our vision is to improve the quality of life of low-income individuals in our community with hearing loss through affordable hearing healthcare and to create a “circle of giving” whereby the recipient of our services gives back to the community through service and gains a greater purpose while doing so.

We will do our best to enrich the lives of those in need of our services by having a meaningful impact on their quality of life and the culture of our community. We will provide hearing tests and fit and maintain hearing aids for those individuals in our community who need and qualify for our services.

1 in 5 Americans suffers from hearing loss to an extent that interferes with communication. We believe no one should miss out on participating fully in life because of hearing loss. Untreated hearing loss has a devastating impact on individuals, families, and communities. Sadly, even Medicare does not cover any of the costs of treating hearing loss, nor do many health insurance plans.)

Qualified participants will show proof of financial need, pay a small fee for their hearing devices, and give back volunteer hours in their community to say “Thank you” to the local companies, families, and friends that are donating to their care.

Should you feel led to help Hearing the Call: Project Englewood we will ensure that your donation stays right here in our local community. Your donation will go to Hearing the Call, a 501(c)(3) organization, and will be restricted to the Englewood project. The funds for this project will be used specifically to help promote hearing healthcare to qualified individuals in the Englewood area. Each donation, no matter the size, will help to get us one step closer to providing access to quality and affordable hearing healthcare to those who would otherwise go without. If you would like to donate you can visit our website at www.hearingthecall.org/englewood. Have a wonderful Holiday Season.

Advanced Hearing Solutions
Using the latest and most sophisticated technology, we determine if you have hearing loss–and, if you do, we determine the degree and type of hearing loss. If your hearing loss requires medical or surgical intervention, we can refer you to a physician (otologist or neurologist) for appropriate treatment. If your type of hearing loss can best be treated with the use of hearing aids and/or other assistive listening devices (which is true in the great majority of cases), we can select any of a wide range of hearing devices and custom fit them to your ear, programmed to augment your hearing at those frequency levels where your hearing loss is greatest.

PROFESSIONAL BIO
Dr. Noël Crosby, Au.D., owner and audiologist at Advanced Hearing Solutions in Englewood, FL is a licensed professional whose 30-year career has been devoted to helping people of all ages hear and understand more clearly. Dr. Crosby received her BS and MS degrees from FSU and her Doctorate in Audiology from UF. Her credibility as an authority grew during her tenure as the Director of Audiology at the Silverstein Institute in Sarasota, FL from 1991-1998. Today, in addition to managing a successful audiology practice, Dr. Crosby is involved in creating hearing loss awareness through her jewelry and accessory company AuDBling.com. She has served and is serving on various professional boards and committees and was president of the Florida Academy of Audiology in 2000 and 2001.

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