Deaf Music Producer Creates Beautiful Chaos

“Being deaf shouldn’t stop anyone from creating the music they love”. That’s the mantra of music producer Darnell Parks, Founder and Chairman of H.E.A.R. Me Out, a non profit organization based in Denver, CO. Darnell is using music to raise funding for the organization he founded in the summer of 2011. The start up organization’s mission is to connect hearing impaired adults to the resources they need to help them overcome challenges with their disability.

 

Parks who has a profound hearing loss in his left ear and is completely deaf in his right ear has been producing music since 1994. His love of music is one form of expression that helps him overcome challenges with his own disability. “Having a profound hearing loss in some ways actually helps me with my music,” says Parks, “Because of my disability; I actually hear and feel music a little differently than others might.”

 

After experiencing his own challenges as a hearing impaired, he decided that the best solution to the issue was to create his own non profit organization. “I noticed that many of my friends who are hearing impaired struggled with the same exact challenges that I had. And those challenges are finding and accessing resources for our disability.”

 

He explains that many businesses are not aware of technology or methods that can help their company communicate with hearing impaired customers or employees. As a result, communication barriers exist that hamper opportunities for employment, or access to services. “If a person can’t hear well on the phone and a business does not have compatible technology, it can be a challenge to find employment or access services a company provides.”

 

Parks is using a funding platform called Kickstarter to raise funds for a poetry CD he is producing. The CD which features spoken word poems from a local renowned artist will be sold to raise money for the early development stage of H.E.A.R. Me Out. “My goal for this project is to provide a source of inspiration not just for the hearing impaired, but for anyone who has a challenge overcoming obstacles in their lives.” The fundraiser will run from November 5th 2011 to December 13th 2011. If you are interested in learning more or supporting this project please visit: kck.st/rFHuny

 

Contact:

Darnell Parks

Chairman/Founder-H.E.A.R Me Out

(720) 443-2701

www.justhearmeout.web.com

infohearmeout@gmail.com

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