Maura Cosetti, MD (far left), Director of the Cochlear Implant Center at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, along with staff, family, and friends.
More than 30 participants from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) joined thousands of colleagues, friends, and fellow New Yorkers at the Hearing Loss Association for America (HLAA) Walk4Hearing, held on Sunday, September 24, in Riverside Park. Since 2006, HLAA has raised more than $12 million with the goal of increasing public awareness about hearing loss and eradicating stigmas associated with it. This year, NYEE’s Ear Institute surpassed its goal, raising more than $4,000, and as a member of the Walk4Hearing Alliance—a group of local organizations fund-raising for HLAA— the Institute will be allowed to keep some of the money to purchase and maintain loaner hearing aids for adult and pediatric patients.