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Lakes Regional Healthcare - Hearing Check Kiosk
Lakes Regional Healthcare (LRH) and Precision Hearing Center (PHC) hosted a hearing check kiosk during May, which is National Better Hearing Month. A portable kiosk was stationed in various areas of the LRH campus, where individuals were able to check their hearing for free. The check took about five minutes and involved simply putting on headphones and touching the iPad screen located in the kiosk. Results were sent to PHC, where hearing specialists mailed a report to each participant or called to set up an appointment to have a hearing test, based on the option chosen at the kiosk.
What is it?
Lakes Regional Healthcare (LRH) and Precision Hearing Center (PHC) hosted a hearing check kiosk during May, which is National Better Hearing Month. A portable kiosk was stationed in various areas of the LRH campus, where individuals were able to check their hearing for free. The check took about five minutes and involved simply putting on headphones and touching the iPad screen located in the kiosk. Results were sent to PHC, where hearing specialists mailed a report to each participant or called to set up an appointment to have a hearing test, based on the option chosen at the kiosk.
Who is it for?
Community residents and visitors.
Why do they do it?
According to the National Institutes of Health, one in eight people in the United States ages 12 years and older has hearing loss in both ears.
Impact
Many people completed the hearing check. Of those, roughly one out of every seven people ultimately had a full evaluation of their hearing and received hearing aids and implants.
Contact: Jennifer Gustafson
Vice President, Marketing & Retail Services
Telephone: 712-336-8799
Email: jennifer.gustafson@lakeshealth.org
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