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Together for better hearing

Founded in 2006 by Sonova, the leading provider of hearing solutions, the Hear the World Foundation supports people, and particularly children in need with hearing loss around the world and gets involved in hearing loss prevention. Since its establishment, the non-profit Swiss foundation has supported over 90 projects in 39 countries with funding, hearing aid technology and expertise.

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World Hearing Day

Check your hearing! Early identification is key

"Check your hearing!" is the theme of this year's World Hearing Day 2019. The WHO will draw attention to the importance of early identification and intervention for hearing loss. For over 12 years Sonova’s Hear the World Foundation has enabled people in need with hearing loss to hear better. Help us support this important cause.

#HEARVIETNAM

Supporting a school for children with hearing loss

Vietnam is one of the world’s most dynamic emerging nations. Its healthcare system is also constantly improving, but the care varies greatly between the poor and the rich, as well as between urban and rural areas. In the remote Mekong Delta, the Hear the World Foundation is supporting a school for children with hearing loss, by donating hearing aids and technical equipment.

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Peru and the hearing test factory

60 wax occlusions, 21 infections, two Piñata foam pieces and a live insect (a cochineal)! - some otoscopy findings during your typical week of hearing screening in Lima. In September 2018, I was fortunate to be allowed to be part of a small team of Sonova volunteers, who travelled to Lima Peru. Our mission was to screen at least 4000 children for hearing loss within five days.

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3 minute test

Take a few minutes and test your hearing. The Hear the World hearing health check will give you an idea of how well you are hearing.

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When hearing aids no longer help

Full of hope, Ha and Hang are waiting for a special moment: on February 27th, 2019, their son Hung, who is almost three years old, will once again hear his parents’ voices clearly. That is the moment when the boy’s cochlear implant, which he received through the #HearVietnam program on January 21st in Hanoi, will be activated.

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September
2018

Cochlear Implant donation helps children in Vietnam to hear

The Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss and the Hear the World Foundation have joined forces to enable Vietnamese children in need with significant hearing loss to hear and speak. Hear the World is donating cochlear implants, the cost of the operations, auditory-verbal therapy, audiological follow-up care, and a guarantee on the devices for up to 15 years.

August
2018

World Wide Hearing receives Richard Seewald Award 2018/19

The recipient of Hear the World's 2018/19 Richard Seewald Award is World Wide Hearing. World Wide Hearing works towards the prevention of hearing loss and early identification of school children with hearing loss.

July
2018

Gregor Meyle becomes ambassador for conscious hearing

The german singer-songwriter Gregor Meyle is becoming an ambassador to the Hear the World Foundation. He supports the Swiss foundation’s vision to creating a world in which everyone can experience good hearing.

May
2018

Activity report 2017/18: CHF 3.51 million for people in need with hearing loss

In 2017, the Hear the World Foundation supported 25 aid projects benefiting people in need with hearing loss, and particularly children, by providing CHF 3.51 million. The foundation donated 33 percent more than in the previous year.

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Give the gift of hearing

The Hear the World Foundation supports people and particularly children in need with hearing loss around the world and gets involved in prevention. The focus is on projects for children to enable them to develop at the appropriate rate for their age. You can help with a donation.

Conscious hearing

Sounds Good Blog

Read our blog posts about the importance of good hearing, personal stories, interviews, gadgets, studies and much more.

Knowledge

Hearing and hearing loss

The importance of good hearing and the consequences of hearing loss are often underestimated. We inform about the subject.

Give the gift of hearing

Our vision is a world in which everybody has the chance of good hearing. To turn this vision into reality, we support projects all over the world benefiting people and particularly children in need with hearing loss and open up a prospect of a better future for them.

Give the gift of hearing

With your donation you help people in need to better hear. Thanks to your contribution we can provide even more powerful hearing solutions and free-of-charge follow-up care to people and particularly children in need with hearing loss all over the world.

100 % of your donation effectively used

We guarantee to direct every donation efficiently, in order to make a sustained contribution towards better hearing in conjunction with our professional partners all over the world. And as Sonova bears all of the administrative costs of the foundation, 100 percent of your support goes directly to our projects.

How to donate

You can make an online donation via Paypal or donate via bank transfer:

UBS AG, Zurich
Account:
Hear the World Foundation
Account number:
230-477384.01U
IBAN:
CH12 0023 0230 4773 8401 U
SWIFT:
UBSWCHZH80A

All personal information collected will be used exclusively for the purpose of this donation and will only be shared with companies duly accredited. Please check our privacy policy for more information.

The Hear the World Foundation is an officially recognized swiss foundation and all donations are tax deductible following the rules and regulations of your country of residency.