HEAR Now

HEAR Now is a private, non-profit organization that provides hearing aids for adults and children who are legal residents of the United States, who are deaf or hard of hearing and who have limited income. HEAR Now is a provider of last resort. All other options for service must be used before benefit can be approved. Services are distributed through a nation wide network of hearing professionals. Providers are asked to waive fitting and follow-up fees for the first year of warranty coverage. Clients pay for their hearing evaluations, plus a non-refundable HEAR Now processing fee of $39 per aide. The organization provided more than 7,800 hearing aides to people in need last year.

Eligibility requirements: Applicants must be legal residents of the United States and must meet financial criteria. They must be low-income people who are considered to be at 125 % of poverty level (about $11,080 a year or $ 923 per month). HEAR Now also requires an asset assessment.

HEAR Now collects old hearing aids for recycling. Donated aides should be packaged and mailed. Donations are tax deductible and will be acknowledged. Used hearing aides are returned to manufacturers for refurbishing and are then sold by the manufacturers as refurbished aides.

The proceeds from these sales are donated back to the Hear Now program. People that qualify to receive hearing aides receive NEW aides and NOT the refurbished ones. Hours of operation are 9-4 (central time), Monday through Friday. Call for applications. Area Served: United States and Territories.

For more information or applications, contact:

HEAR NOW
Juanita Stelter, Program Director
6700 Washington Ave. S.
Eden Prairie Minneapolis, MN 55344
1-800-328-8602 ext. 2358
Fax: (952) 828-6946
nonprofit@starkey.com

This information was kindly provided by Todd Wood, of Region II