Let Them Hear Foundation

844 Portola Road Portola Valley, CA, 94028 United States

(650) 494-1000

History

The Let Them Hear Foundation helps hearing-impaired individuals toH.E.A.R., specifically those lacking adequate access to funding and healthcare resources. LTHF provides Hearing services for underprivileged American youth; Education for professional and public sectors per cochlear implant hearing healthcare issues and practices; Access development for under-served persons through insurance advocacy and overseas medical missionary efforts; and Research concerning treatment for ear disease and function. Founded by world leader in ear surgery Dr. Joseph Roberson, M.D., LTHF operates in conjunction with the California Ear Institute in Northern California.

Since its inception in 2003, Let Them Hear has trained leading doctors from 17 different countries, including two-thirds of the cochlear implant surgeons in China.  It has coached nearly 1,000 clinicians and school teachers.  And since 2006, LTHF has achieved healthcare coverage for 126 million Americans formerly denied it.  That is over 50% of those insured in America. 

Let Them Hear is funded by donations and patient fees. It does not accept 3rd party advertising at this time.

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Let Them Hear Foundation
Accessibility Statement

Updated: July 2024

General

Let Them Hear Foundation strives to ensure that its services are accessible to people with disabilities. Let Them Hear Foundation has invested a significant amount of resources to help ensure that its website is made easier to use and more accessible for people with disabilities, with the strong belief that website accessibility efforts assist all users and that every person has the right to live with dignity, equality, comfort and independence.

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Disclaimer

Let Them Hear Foundation continues to work to constantly improve the accessibility of its site and services. We believe that it is our collective moral obligation to allow seamless, accessible, and unhindered use for people with disabilities.

In an ongoing effort to improve and remediate accessibility issues continually, we also regularly scan letthemhear.org with UserWay's Accessibility Scanner to identify and fix every possible accessibility barrier on our site. Despite our efforts to make all pages and content on letthemhear.org fully accessible, some content may not have yet been fully adapted to the strictest accessibility standards. This may be a result of not having found or identified the most appropriate technological solution.

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Contact Us

If you wish to report an accessibility issue, have any questions or need assistance, please contact Let Them Hear Foundation Customer Support as follows:

Email: webmaster@letthemhear.org