Golden Bay Grandpa
Hearing Aids Club
Our Mission
Our mission is to help the senior community with regard to hearing problems and to provide students with the opportunity to contribute and gain experience .
Why
According to National Institute of Age, approximately one in three individuals over the age of 60 experience hearing loss, and this ratio increases to one in two among those over the age of 85.
Hearing impairments have a lot of negative impacts on elderly people. For example, hearing impairments increase the chance of falling, which can result in months of recovery for the elderly. Additionally, as seniors lose hearing capabilities, negative emotions accumulate due to constant difficulty in communication with others. If this problem exacerbates, they might start to isolate themselves from others, which will eventually lead to mental illnesses.
We aim to address this problem through spreading awareness with regard to hearing impairment and alert seniors of hearing impairments for them to get early treatment by holding speaker events at senior communities and offering follow up free testing.
Who We Are
We are high school students who hope to help serve our senior communities and help improve their lives. Our organization reside under the Creative Learning Foundation Nonprofit.
We aim to focus on the problem of elders' unaddressed hearing problems through spreading awareness with regard to hearing impairment and alert seniors of hearing impairments for them to get early treatment by holding speaker events at senior communities and offering follow up free testing.
What We Do
Speaker Events
We organize speakers events at different seniors centers in the hope of informing them of the most suited way for them to get hearing aids if they have hearing problems. In the presentation, the advantages and disadvantages of three major types of business model for hearing aids are discussed. They are Big Box, High End Hearing Center, and OTC (over the counter).
Free Testing
We programmed our hearing test device in a way that allow student volunteers to easily learn its operation. Through its use, we are able to help seniors generate a basic report with regard to their hearing ability and inform them early if there's any impairments. This allow those in need to get early treatment.
