Programs to Enhance the Everyday Sounds of Living

The EAR Foundation of Arizona is proud to sponsor several programs for persons with hearing losses and for the detection of hearing loss. You can read about these programs by clicking on the links on the left-hand side of this page.

To-date, the majority of our funded programs have focused on children. Thanks to the generosity of St. Luke's Health Initiatives, Phoenix, The EAR Foundation of Arizona will continue the Hear For Kids program, now in its third year. Additionally, through a multi-year contract with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), The EAR Foundation of Arizona will also continue to work in the area of newborn hearing screening and will seek mandatory hospital screening of all infants born in Arizona's hospitals. This project will be pursued in a consortium with other agencies and organizations under the sponsorship of ADHS.

We are also very pleased to introduce our Web Site, also funded by St. Luke's Health Initiatives, Phoenix. As our newest program, we will strive to keep our Web Site informative and timely. We invite you to submit your questions and comments by e-mailing us at melissa@earfoundationaz.com.

Our "2001 Guide for Medical Professionals," produced and published through a grant from St. Luke's Health Initiatives, is a timely resource for health care professionals. Please note that this guide can be downloaded from our Web Site.

Through regular planning sessions, the Board of Directors, administrative staff and affiliated clinical staff of The EAR Foundation of Arizona identify important developments related to new technologies, demographic trends and socio-economic trends. We also meet with hearing aid representatives, academicians, clinicians and researchers to learn about developments on the horizon. We develop strategic plans and grant proposals for the purpose of translating trends and visions into useful and beneficial programs and services.

In the coming year, we hope to implement new programs to prevent hearing loss in adolescents and to assist adults with hearing losses. We will keep you apprised of new programs as they are introduced. We will also add new clinical audiology consultants to our team to enable The EAR Foundation of Arizona to expand the depth and breadth of our programs. We truly appreciate your interest and support.