Memtech Acoustical will be participating in the Walk4Hearing, Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Kensington Metro Park West Boat Launch Pavilion in Milford, MI.
Registration starts at 9am!
Why don’t you join our team? The more walkers we have the broader our reach will be in raising awareness for hearing loss.
Your participation will help make this a successful walk!
Participating in an event that raises money for HLAA – The Hearing Loss Association of American, might touch your life in some way. Think about the ways that hearing loss has impacted you and those around you. The money we raise goes to HLAA both at the national and local levels to fund outreach and awareness programs. Let’s step up to eradicate the stigma associated with hearing loss and make hearing loss an issue of national concern.
The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) Walk4Hearing increases awareness about hearing loss, helps to eradicate the stigma associated with it and raises funds to provide information and support for people with hearing loss. Since 2006, the Walk4Hearing has raised more than $10 million and has become the largest walk for hearing taking place in cities across the United States.
Why Walk?
We walk because hearing loss is a public health issue third in line after heart disease and arthritis.
- 48 million people have some form of hearing loss
- 26 million people have noise-induced hearing loss that could have been prevented
- 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 children are born deaf or with a hearing loss
- 60 percent of the people with hearing loss are either in the work force or in educational settings
Hearing loss affects one’s ability to communicate every day in different situations – from a dinner conversation at a noisy restaurant, on the phone, to not hearing alarm clocks and smoke alarms. For people with hearing loss, these situations can be become obstacles without the right information and support.
HLAA provides the assistance and resources for people with hearing loss and their families to learn how to adjust to living with hearing loss.
For more information about how to register and to join our team, please click here!
Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you at the 2016 Walk4Hearing!