| Depending on where you live in the world, there are | | | | cannot find the means to purchase a hearing aid, you |
| several organizations that you can donate your old | | | | have the option of finding a refurbished model |
| hearing devices to. For example if you are an | | | | however you also have a few other alternatives as |
| American citizen, you can take your old device to | | | | well. It may be possible for you to use a health care |
| Hear Now, a Starkey Hearing Foundation subsidiary. | | | | spending plan, where you can take money out of |
| They will take your device and have it repaired so it | | | | your earnings before taxes are withheld. You can |
| can be sold for a discount. This money is then taken | | | | then use this money to cover your medical |
| and used to purchase new hearing devices for those | | | | expenses, such as a hearing unit, that your insurance |
| who are less fortunate and cannot afford to buy it | | | | will not cover. |
| themselves. | | | | If this is not an option, you can also call on different |
| For Canadian residents you can go to the Saint John | | | | organization that provides hearing assistance. There |
| Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Inc. They have a | | | | are private and social services organizations that give |
| program known as HARP that takes in older hearing | | | | this kind of assistance. Try the Lions Club for |
| units. Australia has Better Hearing Australia located in | | | | example; they have been assisting people for a long |
| Victoria. You can even donate your old hearing | | | | time in the area of hearing aids. They may give you |
| device for someone in another country. Whatever | | | | direct monetary assistance or guide you to a hearing |
| you decide donating a hearing aid is better than filling | | | | aid bank. |
| landfills with them and you can feel good about | | | | The thing you must remember is that even though |
| helping someone who is not as fortunate as you are. | | | | you may not have the financial means to treat your |
| When you Can't Afford a Hearing Aid | | | | hearing problems there are all kinds of assistance |
| Perhaps you are one of the less fortunate that | | | | programs and organizations that can help you. |