Donation of new hearing aids from Signia!

Left to right: Rose Barbour, Steve Wong and Peter Russell

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A hearing aid recycling program that provides hearing aids to low-income Islanders has recently received a donation of new hearing aids. Peter Russell with Signia first heard about the Hear, Hear PEI program from Steve Wong at PEI Hearing Consultants and wanted to help. “Hear, Hear PEI is doing meaningful work on the Island. It is our pleasure to help with it,” says Russell.

Rose and Mike Barbour, Hear, Hear PEI’s founders, are grateful for this generous donation from Signia, which will allow them to help even more Islanders who apply to their program. “We receive many applications from Islanders who would benefit from hearing aids, but can’t afford them,” says Mike Barbour. “Thanks to the new and used hearing aid donations that we receive, we are able to help some of them to hear again. We couldn’t do any of it without our hearing aid donors.”

Hearing loss has a significant impact on the lives of Islanders. The Barbours are learning all about it through the applications that come in. “Every person who applies through Hear, Hear PEI has a story that really tugs at your heartstrings and you wish you could help them all,” says Rose Barbour. “One applicant shared how hearing loss prevented her from hearing the fire alarm in her building for a full fifteen minutes. That is pretty scary. Today, she is a very grateful recipient of hearing aids through our program.”

Wong, a board-certified hearing instrument specialist with PEI Hearing Consultants, volunteers his time to fit Hear, Hear PEI clients with hearing aids and in their follow up care. “With Steve, we know that our clients are in good hands and that means a lot,” says Rose Barbour. “We also appreciate the many other ways that he supports our program, including promoting it to companies like Signia.”

Islanders who have hearing aids to donate can drop them off at any Murphy’s Pharmacies location on PEI.  The more hearing aids that Hear, Hear PEI receives, the more Islanders they can help.

For information on applying for hearing aids, please contact the Barbours at hearhearpei@gmail.com.