The joys of healthy hearing are experienced every day in conversations with family and friends, and in listening to the music of our favorite artists. Still, few spend much time considering hearing health until it is too late—most people haven’t had their hearing checked since elementary school!

Through the Sound Matters campaign, Starkey Hearing Foundation is raising social awareness of healthy hearing, prevention of hearing damage, and regular hearing check-ups.

Along with the entertainers and promotional partners who have joined the cause, we hope to change the way people think about hearing, the joy of listening, and the many ways that Sound Matters.

About Starkey Hearing Foundation (SHF)

Starkey Hearing Foundation is the Global Leader in the Gift of Hearing, delivering more than 50,000 hearing instruments annually through hearing missions in 100 countries. Founded by William F. Austin in 1984 with the vision So the World May Hear, countless numbers of lives are touched by better hearing through Starkey Hearing Foundation missions. With the goal to heighten social consciousness on the importance of hearing, Starkey Hearing Foundation launched a Hearing Conservation program, Sound Matters, to educate the public about responsible listening. Today the Foundation is sustained by the selfless efforts of volunteers and donors spanning the globe. Since 2000, the Foundation has distributed more than 442,221 hearing instruments to those in need around the world.

Please visit www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org to learn more.