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How to Pay for Hearing Aids


Speakers:


Kelly DiBenedetto, Founder of Hear to Help

Kelly is the current Executive Director of Indiana Hands & Voices.  She is also a Guide with the Indiana Hands and Voices, Guide by Your Side program. Incorporating her own concerns about children with hearing loss and her desire to make a difference, Kelly founded Katie's Hear to Help Foundation in 2008. Named after her daughter, Katie who was born with a bilateral hearing loss. The foundation's mission is to help fund hearing aid costs for children while educating the public as to the needs of these children.




Susan Rardin, M.A. FAAA, Board Certified in Audiology

Susan Rardin received her Masters Degree in Audiology from Indiana University in Bloomington.  She has practiced Audiology in Indiana for over 23 years, 19 of which with Dr. Jerry House.  She has evaluated and fit patients of all ages with hearing aids, from two-month olds to centenarians.  Susan also works alongside Kelly DiBenedetto as a board member and Audiology Consultant for Katie’s Hear to Help Foundation.  She is certified by the American Board of Audiology and is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology.


 




Description of this course:

Hear Indiana regularly receives questions about financial assistance for purchasing hearing aids. This presentation will include resources gathered by the Hearing Loss Association of America and the Better Hearing Institute on available funding options, including federal employee and state health insurance coverage, medical flex plans and income assistance programs. Consumer protection laws that cover the trial period and restocking fees will also be discussed. Update on Indiana legislation and local assistance available for both adults and children will be included.


Beginner Level

Note: Real-time captioning (CART) will be provided for this session.


 
 

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