We Bring Hearing Back The Fisher Foundation for Hearing Health
We Bring Hearing Back
Legendary newsman Walter Jacobson talks to Fisher Foundation for Hearing founder Dr. Ronna Fisher about the purpose of the foundation.
We Bring Hearing Back
Na na na na na na na na BATMAN!
(Above: Our patient, Riley, who is battling cancer was gifted with hearing aids from his favorite superhero, Batman, due to the donations from the Fisher Foundation).
In 2005, the Fisher Foundation was established by Dr. Ronna Fisher to provide hearing services and treatment to those in need. Dr. Fisher and the Hearing Health Center team provide education to the community, ear protection to our troops and hearing aids to children and adults.
The most popular event The Fisher Foundation hosts is an annual Hike 4 Better Hearing in which the community comes together to spread awareness for hearing health and raise donations for this great cause.
With the combined efforts of the HHC team, patients, sponsors and community, we are able to provide the gift of hearing to many special individuals. Take this opportunity to find your inner superhero and spread the joy of hearing. With Batman’s help we are unstoppable! We want to help even more people this year and educate the public about our most precious sense…hearing.
We are proud to partner with the Fisher Foundation for Hearing Health Care to provide hearing aids to those in need. Click below to see the recent coverage on WCIU’s The Jam!
Tell me again you love me, Momma, I can hear you now.” The simple phrase from a seven-year-old boy who had lost his hearing after recovering from brain cancer meant everything to Dr. Ronna Fisher.
“It was one of the most gratifying moments of my life. Everyone in the room was crying,” she recalls. “I knew then I had found the purpose for my foundation; these children with brain cancer have a need no one is filling.”
Fisher started her Fisher Foundation for Hearing Health Care nonprofit in 2005; it provides hearing aids to anyone who cannot afford them, as the costs are not usually covered.
At Hearing Health Center, we are always inspired by those giving back to their communities. Meet 10-year-old Braden Baker, who is hearing impaired and has dedicated his young life to raising funds for those who can’t afford to buy hearing aids. Watch his recent segment on the Ellen show to see how he’s been changing lives around the world!
Similar to Braden’s efforts, the Fisher Foundation (founded by Hearing Health Center’s president, Dr. Ronna Fisher) provides hearing healthcare and support to those in need and unable to afford services.
It is heartwarming to know that the Fisher Foundation belongs to the same community of people who want to make a difference in someone’s life.
Batman Returns! The Caped Crusader returns to visit Brannon Moran in the Hearing Health Center Highland Park office!
Fisher Foundation for Hearing Healthcare gives fourth-grader Brannon Moran more than $7,000 worth of hearing aids.
By Tim Moran (Patch Staff) – November 25, 2015
Click here to read the original article on the Glenview Patch
The following article was submitted to Patch by Dr. Michael Breen.
It’s been a gut-wrenching year for the Moran family. The Glenview couple’s finances have been stretched to the limit. Yet this Thanksgiving they’re more grateful than ever.
“We’re the lucky ones,” says Brannon’s mother Kristin, “Our son is with us.”
Brannon’s once fast-growing brain tumor is now undetectable…and he’s even back with his fourth grade classmates.
Brannon’s back to school thanks to his incredible medical team…and to the Fisher Foundation for Hearing Healthcare. The Chicago foundation, a one-of-a kind, not-for profit enterprise, gave Brannon state-of-the-art $7,500 hearing aids for free.
“When the Moran family reached out to us, we couldn’t say no,” says Dr. Ronna Fisher Au.D. “I don’t think anyone could say no to a family and a child like this one.” The audiologist directs the foundation and is the founder of the Hearing Health Center in Chicago, Naperville, Highland Park and Oak Brook.
Over his short life Brannon had already fought a speech delay, ileitis, and an immune disorder. His parents paid nutritional consults, speech and occupational therapy. Then came the diagnosis of brain cancer with emergency brain surgery, a month of radiation, and six months of aggressive chemotherapy.
Yet through it all, Brannon has rarely complained. Despite his lifetime of illness and debilitating treatment, he’s remained a bright, happy Batman-loving boy.
Brannon’s therapy was life-saving but it also created yet another obstacle: his chemotherapy had taken much of his hearing. He required hearing aids to go back to school and they weren’t covered by insurance. The family already faced massive medical bills and Brannon’s mother had quit her job to care for him. The parents decided to contact the Fisher Foundation For Hearing Health Care. “We’d heard the foundation had helped another child with a brain tumor receive hearing aids,” says Kristin “so we approached them.”
For the Fisher Foundation helping children like Brannon is a departure. Dr. Fisher created the organization in 2005 to offer free hearing aids to needy adults, to educate the public about the medical effects of hearing loss (e.g. an increased risk of diabetes, Alzheimer’s Disease, strokes, and high blood pressure), and to offer free high-tech hearing protection for local soldiers entering combat.
“I didn’t realize so many children needed our help,” says Dr. Fisher, “especially those with chemotherapy-induced hearing loss.”
Last month the Hearing Health Center staff fitted Brannon with his new hearing aids. They also visited Brannon’s school and talked to his classmates about how hearing aids work. Dr. Fisher says, “Kristin was worried Brannon might be picked on for wearing his hearing aids so we decided to be proactive.”
Now Brannon’s learning to use an iPad with his fourth grade classmates. The keys to his classroom success are his hearing aids…and his tremendous determination. Because of his treatments Brannon often had violent vomiting attacks during his tutoring sessions. His tutor would offer to stop; Brannon insisted they continue.
Kristin says, “It’s a miracle that he’s here…and I think there’s a reason. He’s here to teach us all a valuable lesson about courage, about always having a smile on your face and a giant heart. I’m convinced from the impact he’s had that there’s something greater out there for him. I feel that every time I’m with him.”
The Morans know there are no guarantees. But this Thanksgiving they couldn’t be more grateful: for Brannon’s life and the foundation that’s allowed him to resume it. “It’s enabled Brannon to go back to his world. I can’t put a price on that.”
Dr. Fisher says, “I’m just thankful, and privileged, that our foundation can help a child like Brannon.”
And the Moran’s plans this Thanksgiving? A family dinner at home. Simple…but it means everything.
“This Thanksgiving should be normal, a normal Thanksgiving…Thankfully.”
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(Above: Our patient, Riley, who is battling cancer was gifted with hearing aids from his favorite superhero, Batman, due to the donations from the Fisher Foundation).
