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Beltone steps in to help tornado survivors

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According to Jean Brandau from About.com, Beltone Hearing Aid Center of Jackson and Madison counties have announced they will replace hearing aids at no charge to their active patients if they lost their aids during the April 27, 2011 storms. Here's what she states.

"Huntsville area patients need to call (256) 722-5299 and Scottsboro/Jackson County area patients need to call (256) 218-3186 to file a claim with Beltone."

UAB also announces they are participating in the tornado relief efforts by helping to replace damaged lenses on-site. VSP insurance has provided a bus as a traveling clinic to give free eye exams and replace lenses at no charge to tornado survivors. Here's more from UAB.

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"...it will travel to Pleasant Grove until May 14. The Lions Clubs are working to identify and secure additional sites and more mobile facilities to provide them. For more information on the mobile eye-care unit, call Sight Savers at 205-991-4878."

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Val Blakely is mom to two children who were both diagnosed as small infants with having hearing loss. Her oldest has Goldenhar Syndrome and Mondini malformation whereas her youngest child has no known explanation for her deafness. Both wore hearing aids for years and now hear cochlear implants....

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