'Most amazing gift:' Lake County doc continues holiday hearing aid giveaway - WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

CLERMONT, Fla. – It’s thing galore radical instrumentality for granted, being capable to hear.

During the holidays, galore are gathering with friends and household members, but those experiencing proceeding nonaccomplishment whitethorn consciousness isolated and could person trouble communicating.

A Lake County doc is moving to get results and assistance springiness the acquisition of proceeding done a contest.

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This is the sixth twelvemonth Dr. Kristen Weinbaum is hosting the “Gift of Hearing” contention astatine her Precision Hearing office, giving distant proceeding immunodeficiency for escaped to idiosyncratic successful request this vacation season.

2020 contention victor Barbara Rubino work her introduction missive for the archetypal time. That missive reads successful part:

“Only 1 idiosyncratic comes to my caput who I cognize is warranted and deserving of your support. She is 1 who gives herself to others retired of the kindness of her bosom daily... Oftentimes she is recovered nursing and caring for patients aft hours and getting location precocious astatine nighttime each alone... She is astatine an property to wherever galore are retiring and take to enactment astatine location oregon travel, but not Barbara Rubino, she is unstoppable...”

“This is conscionable astonishing to see. I’ve ne'er seen this missive until now. Wow, I can’t judge she thought truthful highly of me,” Rubino said arsenic she get emotional.

At the time, Rubino had nary thought her workfellow successful the aesculapian tract sent successful the missive to the Gift of Hearing Contest.

“I started speechmaking patients’ lips due to the fact that I couldn’t perceive what they were saying clearly. Then COVID deed and masks started and past I couldn’t work lips,” Rubino said. “She was bushed of maine saying ‘What, what?’ truthful I deliberation that’s what prompted her to constitute the letter.”

Dr. Kristen Weinbaum said erstwhile she work the letter, she was inspired.

“I similar that she’s trying her champion to not fto proceeding nonaccomplishment clasp her back. She’s inactive moving and excelling successful her job,” Weinbaum said.

In 2020, Rubino was chosen arsenic the victor of Weinbaum’s Gift of Hearing contest, getting fitted and receiving a escaped proceeding aid.

“I’m touched, I’m genuinely touched. This means the satellite to me. It’s the astir astonishing acquisition of all,” Rubino said.

Studies amusement implicit 48 cardinal Americans study immoderate grade of proceeding loss. Dr. Weinbaum said galore of those impacted ne'er marque it into doctors’ offices owed to the cost.

“Hearing immunodeficiency are typically not covered by insurance, unfortunately. Without insurance, they scope from astir $1,500 to astir $3,500 per receptor truthful it decidedly tin beryllium a large concern for people,” Weinbaum said.

Dr. Weinbaum is nary alien to proceeding loss, having lived with it herself since the property of 5 and ever wanting to assistance amended the lives of others struggling with proceeding loss. She is committee certified successful audiology and specializes successful the diagnosis and attraction of proceeding nonaccomplishment astatine her Precision Hearing session successful Clermont.

She plans to proceed offering the escaped proceeding immunodeficiency each twelvemonth arsenic a vacation tradition.

“It’s truthful rewarding and it puts things successful position for me,” Weinbaum said.

Dr. Weinbaum is accepting entries for the acquisition of proceeding contention done Dec. 9.

Those wishing to stock their idiosyncratic communicative — oregon 1 of a person oregon household subordinate — should nonstop it to Precision Hearing, describing wherefore they oregon idiosyncratic they cognize would payment from winning a brace of proceeding immunodeficiency but person been incapable to get them owed to fiscal difficulties. Stories tin beryllium shared by email to drweinbaum@precisionhearingfl.com, by submission to www.giftofhearing.net oregon by message to: Precision Hearing, 4331 S. Highway 27, Clermont, FL, 34711.

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