Naomi Haagenson receives donated BAHA from Ear Community during COVID-19
Last week, on March 17th, this sweet little girl in Denver, CO received the gift of hearing from our Ear Community Organization! Meet Naomi Haagenson! Both of Naomi’s Cochlear Americas Baha 5 bone anchored hearing aids broke within one week of each other. Our organization saw the need to help Naomi and wanted to help her hear!
A very special thank you to Dr. Mary Finkbone (audiologist in Washington, D.C.) who donated this hearing device to our board member, Rachel Songy (Dr. Finkbone is her audiologist). I know both Dr. Finkbone and Rachel Songy are very happy with helping a child in need be able to hear. Thanks to this donation from Rachel and Dr. Finkbone, a little girl is able to continue to hear during COVID-19. Naomi would have been deaf without these specialized hearing devices during these pandemic times.
Here is Elise and Naomi’s story:
“This is the face of one extremely happy girl.
Why?
Because she can hear!!!
Thank you to the Ear Community Organization, an incredible non-profit organization that helps Microtia and Atresia families, for your donation of a gently used BAHA 5 Power to my daughter! This donated hearing aid has put my daughter back into commission and as you can tell, she’s not mad about it! “The original Bahas that Naomi had were purchased out of pocket by her family as their insurance provider did not cover this hearing device for her, says Melissa Tumblin. This little girl would have been deaf curing a pandemic.”
Naomi loves her hearing aids so much! While Naomi was needing hearing aids to hear and asking her dad to help her, little did she know that he was on his way to pick up the donated hearing device from Ear Community.
What a beautiful surprise!!
I’m thankful for an organization like Ear Community, because of this organization was able to help my daughter hear again with a bone anchored hearing aid! Because our family had to originally pay for Naomi’s bone conduction hearing devices out of pocket, we know how expensive they are! Our insurance provider does not offer insurance coverage for Naomi’s hearing device. This is exactly why we all need to continue to write and call our local Congress to help pass Ally’s Act, H.R. 5485.”
The Ear Community Organization is very happy to help Naomi hear and we are happy that she can carry on with her family while at home and in home school during COVID-19.
Thank you!
Ear Community
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