Team are on their third hearing mission
A TEAM of audiologists from Starkey Hearing Technologies in Hazel Grove is returning to Armenia on their third hearing mission.
The five-strong team from the hearing device manufacturer includes Helen Whipday, Margaret Black and Julie Adshead from the sales team.
Joined by two members of the European HQ operations team and 14 volunteer audiologists from across the UK and Ireland, they are travelling some 2,400 miles to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.
The team’s visit is part of the worldwide Starkey Hearing Foundation initiative, which has provided more than 1.9 million hearing devices in more than 100 countries.
Its mission is to give the gift of hearing to those in need and during Starkey Hearing Technologies’ previous visits in 2017 the mission worked closely with local teams to help fit more than 1,800 Armenians with hearing devices.
Last June they carried hearing screening tests and took ear impressions to identify candidates. Then in October a mission team returned to fit the hearing instruments.
Starkey UK managing director, Roger Lewin, said: “Meeting the people of Yerevan is always a truly humbling, inspiring and worthwhile experience.
“This will be the third visit for some of the team, but there is still so much work to be done.
“Providing access to hearing care opens up a whole new world of opportunity.
“It connects individuals to life and helps them accomplish more than they ever thought possible, bridging gaps at school, work and in life for children and adults with hearing loss.
“Our aim is to establish an ongoing communitybased hearing service in Yerevan.”