Ear Community kicks off its 2018 Microtia and Atresia summer family picnics

Ear Community 2018 Sponsors

The Ear Community Organization hosts multiple Microtia and Atresia summer family picnics each summer in the United States and in other countries.  Since 2011, the organization has hosted nearly 50 family and professional events that help educate families on all of the options for Microtia and Atresia, bringing them together to share experiences and so each family knows they are not alone.  Our events welcome children and adults who have Microtia and Atresia, including their families, medical professionals such as ENT/Otololaryngologists/Neurotologists, audiologists, anaplastologists, plastic surgeons, therapists and early intervention providers, and teachers of the D/HH.  Ear Community has hosted family picnics all over in the United States, and in Canada, including Denmark, Australia, Spain, the UK, and in South Africa.

Our FREE family events give families the opportunity to find answers to their questions as medical professionals mingle with us, learning more about reconstructive options and prosthetic ear options.  Families are also given the opportunity to try on the latest bone conduction hearing devices from all of the manufacturers that are currently on the market.  Our sponsors are proud to be a part of our family and community events, helping educate everyone on the amazing options that are available today.  A special thank you to our amazing Ear Community sponsors for helping make our events possible and for supporting the Microtia and Atresia community through the Ear Community Organization.
Thank you to our Ear Community Platinum Sponsors:
Cochlear Americas – helping educate families on the NEW Baha 5 and SoundArc sound processors for conductive hearing loss (also helpful for loved ones who have sensorineural hearing loss and mixed hearing loss).
Oticon Medical – helping educate families on the NEW Ponto 3 Superpower and Ponto series of sound processors for conductive hearing loss (also helpful for loved ones who have sensorineural hearing loss and mixed hearing loss).

Thank you to our Ear Community Silver Sponsors:
MED-EL – helping educate families on the NEW ADHEAR sound processor for conductive hearing loss.
Stryker CMF – helping educate families on the Medpor ear implant for outer ear reconstructive surgery.

A special thank you to Medtronic for helping make our events special with the Alpha 2 MPO sound processor!

Beginning this Saturday, June 23rd, 2018, Ear Community kicks off it’s first picnic of the summer in Sacramento, CA.
Our picnic line up for this summer follows:
Saturday, June 23rd – Sacramento, CA.  To RSVP:   EarCommunityCaliforniaPicnic@gmail.com
Saturday, July 21st – El Paso, TX.  To RSVP:  EarCommunityELPasoPicnic@gmail.com
Saturday, July 21st – Nashville, TN.  *  This picnic is in collaboration with the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Microtia and Atresia Clinic and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital.  We’ll have an educational conference for families from 8:30AM to 12:45PM, followed by our Ear Community picnic beginning at 1:00PM to 5:00PM.  To RSVP:  TennesseeEarCommunityPicnic@gmail.com
Saturday, July 28th – Cincinnati, OH.  To RSVP:   OhioEarCommunityPicnic@gmail.com
Saturday, July 28th – Hamilton, Ontario Canada.  To RSVP:  EarCommunityCanadaPicnic@gmail.com
Saturday, August 11th – Charleston, SC.  To RSVP:  EarCommunityCharlestonPicnic@gmail.com
Saturday, September 29th – Johannesburg, South Africa.  To RSVP:  viola@giveanearfoundation.org

Thank you again to all of our sponsors for making our events possible and for supporting children and adults and their families who have Microtia and Atresia!
The Ear Community Organization
https://earcommunity.org/events/2018-picnics-and-events/

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