Sounds Good Blog
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InterviewIsaiah: A successful young author
12. July 2018Isaiah lost his hearing due to meningitis when he was 21 months old. Thanks to a cochlear implant and a hearing aid he was able to hear again and live a life like any other boy – most of the time. This spring, at the age of 11, he decided to write a book and to donate all the profits to the Hear the World Foundation.
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VolunteeringLebanon: An inspiring experience
14. June 2018Sanah Kayani: We set off from cloudy London Heathrow to the Paris of the middle east, Beirut in Lebanon. I cannot begin to explain what an amazing journey it was! It took 7 hours of flying to finally get to Beirut, where the sun was beaming and the sea was as blue as the sky. We were soon introduced to the follow-up phase of the Hear the World team.
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PersonalJackie Oduor: a mother from Kenya
12. February 2018We were blessed with our first child in 2006. I had a normal pregnancy and birth. It was only at two years, we noticed that she wasn’t developing much speech. I compared her with other children of the same age and was asking around but people reassured me that there was nothing to worry. So I enrolled her to a playgroup. Two weeks later her teacher told me that they think she did not hear.
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KnowledgeParents are the best therapy
18. October 2017When little Alejandro first heard his mother’s voice, it was a milestone in the life of the four-year-old: he could hear. The boy from Panama had profound hearing loss. In spring 2017 he received a cochlear implant from Hear the World. What hearing children learn naturally in their first years of life, Alejandro has to learn in language training. Now a study has shown that the most important language therapy is sensitive parents.
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VolunteeringMalawi: Doing the right thing
23. September 2017Ora Buerkli: The true flavor of a project, however, can only be understood when visiting. It’s always uplifting and motivating and I just love doing it. One of the most important insights from these visits is how much difference individuals who care can make. I think we often underestimate our ability to make a difference.
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TipsTips for teens with hearing loss
20. September 2017The adventure of adolescence is full of discovery and challenges – socially and within ones’ self. And even more so for teens who are hard of hearing, as they have to cope with the challenges of becoming adults and their hearing impairment. With this blog post we share ten tips to support teens with hearing loss to develop and to overcome barriers.
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AmbassadorsMarc Sway: Conscious hearing
28. August 2017Marc Sway, the half-Brazilian and half-Swiss musician became a Hear the World ambassador in 2017. In May, he visited one of the foundation's projects in São Paulo to give hope to children with hearing loss. And he also raises awareness of the importance of good hearing among his fans at his concerts.
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Knowledgewhy to protect your hearing
27. August 2017We live in a visual world in which the significance of being able to hear well is often underestimated. Our hearing is the most powerful human sensory organ, which has a huge influence on our quality of life. Here are five reasons why being able to hear well is so important and why your hearing is worth protecting.
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InterviewJackson Mann: start-up founder
19. June 2017Summer time is the festival and concert season. Live events bring a lot of fun, but can also have consequences for our hearing. Jackson Mann from Minneapolis (US) had to learn it the hard way – and decided to develop his own earplugs. The successful start-up founder has told us how it happened.
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