News & Events
PRESS RELEASE: FTRI ANNOUNCES A NEW RELAY BUSINESS
PARTNER
Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc. (FTRI), which provides
specialized telecommunications equipment for people who are Deaf,
Hard of Hearing, Deaf/Blind, or Speech Impaired, is pleased to
announce that Advanced Audiology of New Tampa, LLC has
become a Florida Relay Business Partner. By becoming a Relay Business
Partner they have committed to building positive community relations,
providing opportunities for all people to communicate, and training
their employees to receive and make telephone calls through Florida
Relay.
Advanced Audiology of New Tampa, LLC will receive
a Relay decal for their front door to let people know that they
are "Relay
Friendly," and will have their business listed on the FTRI web
site and in the newsletter. If your business is interested
in becoming a Relay Business Partner, please call the FTRI Outreach
Department at 1-888-292-1950 ext. 232 or visit the Web site at www.ftri.org
PRESS RELEASE: AFFORDABLE HEARING CARE COMES TO
ADVANCED AUDIOLOGY OF NEW TAMPA
New Non-Profit Program Offers Affordable Hearing Care for Area
Residents
Statistics
show that eight million Americans need hearing aids but cannot
afford them. Solving that problem is the goal of AUDIENT,
a new non-profit program helping people get access to affordable
hearing care.
The mission
of the AUDIENT program is simple: use Federal tax returns
or Social Security benefit statements to give qualified individuals
greatly discounted prices on new digital hearing aids and refer
them to a provider who is part of a nationwide network of hearing
care professionals.
No
other asset test is required and a financing plan, with payments
of about $65 per month, for 24 months, is also available for those
who qualify.
Mike Langhout,
president of the AUDIENT program, explains that the effort came
in recognition of a growing, unmet need. “The system was
designed to make it as easy as possible for someone to find the kind of help
they need,” says
Langhout. “that’s why we’ve kept the qualifying
process very simple, with a financing option as well.”
AUDIENT
is a division of the Northwest Lions Foundation for Sight & Hearing,
with a history of serving people in need for almost 40 years, Langhout
says.
An income
level of no more than 2.5 times the national poverty level—or
$24,500 for an individual, plus $8,500 for each additional family
member—has
been established to determine eligibility for the AUDIENT program.
AUDIENT
is a recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Proceeds
from the AUDIENT program are put back into the program, so that
more people can be helped.
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