Hearing Charities of America

A national awareness-raising and fundraising event created to promote hearing health in our communities. Half of event proceeds support projects in the local community; the other half help fund national hearing health mission projects such as the Hearing Aid Project, A Sound Investment, and other public awareness campaigns. This premiere event is a turnkey fundraising project to help raise funds and awareness of HCOA, our partners, and our hearing health mission.

In many ways, the world has been made accessible to all people through the Americans with Disabilities Act and other efforts. However, in some ways we have failed to make that access complete. For the millions of Americans using hearing assistive devices, the ability to hear in public facilities is limited. A Sound Investment is a public awareness campaign with the goal to make the sounds through public address and amplified systems in public facilities readily accessible to those who use hearing assistive devices. Induction looping is a simple technology that allows hearing assistive devices to serve as wireless loudspeakers, delivering clear, sharp, customized sound right inside the ears. HCOA’s A Sound Investment is an advocacy campaign to support induction looping by providing individuals with presentation materials, fundraising ideas, and information to contact installers.