A Call to Action - Support a Bill to Provide Tax Credits for Hearing Aid Purchases
Hearing loss affects 1 in 10 Americans and 1 in 4 households. While 95% of individuals with hearing loss could be successfully treated with hearing aids, only 23% currently use them. One of the barriers to hearing aid adoption is affordability. Recent bills in the house if passed could assist up to 1.2 million children and 11.5 million Americans ages 55 and above in treating their hearing loss. Read more to get involved
Operation Hear Safe Continues! Advanced Hearing Centers donated 1000 pairs of hearing protection plugs to children attending the Western NY Chapter of the Liver Foundation's annual Kids n' Trucks event
June 16th and17th at the Dome Arena. The event
was for kids of all ages to enjoy big trucks & vehicles and raise money to fight liver disease.
Helping Teens Living with Cancer - Advanced Hearing Centers sponsored a golf hole in the Teens Teen-Off Fore Teens 5th Annual Monroe County High School Invitational. Held May 22 at Ravenwood Golf Course, the event supported Teens Living with Cancer, a Melissa's Living Legacy Foundation event. Advanced Helps the Starkey Hearing Foundation Give 1,800 Hearing Aids to More than 900 Adults and Children in the Dominican Republic
Rochester, NY – February 6, 2007 -- Advanced Hearing Centers', Andrew Morabito announced the successful completion of a six-day hearing aid mission trip January 13-18 to Santa Domingo in the Dominican Republic. The trip resulted in 900 adults and children receiving a total of 1,800 hearing aids. Andrew and Dr. Carrie Morabito , Au.D. completed the mission trip in conjunction with the Starkey Hearing Foundation in an effort to fulfill the Foundation's commitment to helping the world to hear. Read article and see more photos
Advanced Hearing Centers' Principals Go on Mission Trip to Dominican Republic to Help Needy Children Hear
Rochester, NY—January 11, 2006-- Dr. Carrie Morabito, Audiologist at Advanced Hearing Centers and Andrew F. Morabito, Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist and Founder of Advanced Hearing Centers, will travel this weekend to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic this weekend to fit 1000 needy children who suffer from hearing loss with hearing aids. Read article
Advanced Opens New State-of-the Art Office in Webster - New Location to Better Serve East Side Residents
Rochester, New York – August 2006 - Advanced Hearing Centers, a growing locally-owned audiology practice based in Greece, has announced that it is expanding and is opening its second office in Webster. The new office is open now at 2000 Empire Blvd. Suite 220. Read news release
Operation Hear-Safe Continues - Advanced Donates Hundreds of Ear Plugs to Prevent Hearing Loss
Rochester, New York – July 5, 2006 - Advanced Hearing Centers is continuing its preventive hearing health program. “Operation Hear-Safe,” includes donation of ear plugs to non-profit organizations and/or events where exposure to loud noises could damage hearing. Advanced is donating 300 sets of ear plugs to the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Monroe County. Read news release
The Hearing Aids You've Been Waiting for Are Here! Experience the sounds of a revolution in hearing aid technology - Free Demonstrations - Now available at Advanced Hearing Centers. Advanced Hearing is within your reach with Destiny, the hearing aids that are programmed for your life. Hear the whispers of loved ones, enjoy clarity on the phone, move from the golf course to the bridge table effortlessly. This is the beauty of Advanced Hearing – with Destiny – the hearing aid that automatically adjusts for you. Call us at 225-1100 for a free Destiny demonstration. Ask about special coupons from our most recent mailer.
‘Operation Hear-Safe' Reaches Out to Local Veterans - Due to Demand We are Extending these Special Offers through March
February 8, 2006 - Advanced Hearing Centers of Greece is asking all area veterans to make their hearing health a top priority. As part of its community service program, Operation Hear Safe, during the month of February, Advanced Hearing Centers is offering all area veterans na number of free services. Read article
Warning: Earphones are Not Music to Your Ears
November 8, 2005-- Hip-hop or Haydn, Stevie Wonder or Eminem… the message is not the issue, it's the messenger. Earphones - they're everywhere, on everyone, especially teenagers and young adults. Read article
Advanced Hearing Centers Launches "Operation Hear-Safe," a New Preventive Hearing Health Program
August 11, 2005-- The program will include donation of ear
plugs to non-profit organizations and/or events where exposure to loud
noises could damage hearing. Read article
Insurance Coverage – Hearing Aids
By Dr. Carrie L. Morabito
According to the Hearing Alliance of America (HAA), more than 24 million people in the U.S. have a significant loss of hearing. Approximately 40% of the hearing impaired are under age 65. Read article
Advanced Hearing Offers Comprehensive Information on Hearing Health in New Web Site
July 31, 2005-- Advanced Hearing Centers of Greece has launched a new Web site that features information for consumers as well as for physicians and health care professionals.
Hearing loss among children goes undetected
June 30, 2005-- Hearing loss in more than a million American children is undetected or untreated, according to the Better Hearing Institute (BHI).
Read full article
Modifier Gene Makes Some Hearing Loss More Severe
April 14, 2005--Scientists have identified a genetic mutation in humans that affects the severity of hearing loss caused by a mutation of another gene. Read full article
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