Hearing Health Foundation is again proud to partner with fellow nonprofit Help America Hear, which since 2004 has worked to raise awareness and provide financial assistance to those with visual and/or auditory impairments.
As part of this effort, Help America Hear holds an annual scholarship contest to high school seniors to help fund the educational opportunities of those with hearing loss.
The contest is open nationally to high school seniors who have a hearing loss, which requires the use of hearing aids or cochlear implants in their daily life.
The purpose of this scholarship is to help students with hearing loss reach their full potential by giving them the gift of sound. This will further allow the students to build confidence and self-esteem as they prepare for college or vocational school.
The recipient of this scholarship will be selected by an independent group of judges to be determined by Help America Hear Inc., a 501c3 not for profit corporation. The scholarship will award five students per school year, currently wearing hearing aids. Devices currently worn that are three years old or less will only receive a financial award. Cochlear Implant users are also eligible, but will only receive the financial award.
The scholarship recipients will receive two state-of-the-art Resound hearing aids which best fit their hearing loss, plus a $2,000 scholarship towards the student’s college or vocational school of choice.
Get details about the essay competition here. Applications are due Sunday, April 2!
Here are two of last year’s winners:
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